Mission:
The mission of the Upper Peninsula Association of Rural Health Services is to provide high quality primary
health care with respect and compassion to all in need.
Our Vision:
Our vision for the UP Association of Rural Health Services is to be a major health provider in the Upper
Peninsula of Michigan which offers a coordinated and expanded system of primary care including medical,
oral health, nutrition, vision, preventive care, mental health and pharmacy.
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Medical Providers
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JAMES MICHAEL REAUME JR., M.D.
Dr. James Reaume attended medical school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, where he
received his M.D. degree in 1985. He completed three years of residency training at MSU Kalamazoo
Medical Campus from 1985 to 1988. He first received Board Certification in Family Practice at that
time.
Following completion of his training, Dr. Reaume was employed by a private practice group, Westside
Family Medical Center, Kalamazoo, MI. For five years he was also employed by University Health
Service, Eastern Michigan University. Before coming to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan he was was
a hospital-employed family physician at Family Health Center-Ionia, a service of Ionia County
Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Reaume is now employed by the UP Association of Rural Health Services and working in the Ewen
Medical Center as a Primary Care Health Physician.
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J.A. McERLEAN, M.D.
Dr. McErlean attended medical school at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL, where he received
his M.D. degree in 1980. He spent a year of rotating internship at Evanston Hospital in
Evanston, IL.
He served as a Commissioned Officer (Lt-03) for US Public Health Service, Indian Health Service in
San Carlos, AZ for three years. Before coming to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan he served as
Center Medical Director for Concentra Medical Centers in Livonia, MI. He primarily worked in solo
practice as a general surgeon. He has worked as a "locum tenens" physician in emergency and
urgent care.
Dr. McErlean is now employed by the UP Association of Rural Health Services and working as a
Primary Care Physician at the Northern Menominee Health Center South in Menominee.
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DOUGLAS JON HENKE, M.D.
Dr. Henke attended medical school at the University of Iowa, College of Medicine in Iowa City, IA
where he received his M.D. degree in 1982. He spent a year in Family Practice Internship at
Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, IA. He was then a Resident in Obstetrics and Gynecology
in West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV from 1983 to 1986.
From 1986 to 1989 Dr. Henke worked for the Upper Peninsula Association of Rural Health Services
Obstetrician-Gynecologist at the NMHC in Spalding in fulfillment of a National Health Service
Corps obligation. Subsequently he has had his own practice in the Iron Mountain, MI area and
is now in Primary Care as Henke-Ryan Physician and Partner. His practice is limited to
Gynecology & Gynecological Surgery.
Dr. Henke assists as Primary Care Physician for UPARHS as needed.
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CATHERINE HARRIS, M.D.
Dr. Catherine Harris attended medical school at Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, where she
received her M.D. degree in 1979. She completed three years of residency training at the Creighton
University Family Practice Residency Program from 1979-1982. She first received Board Certification
in Family Practice at that time.
Following completion of her training, Dr. Harris was employed as a staff physician at the Family
Health Center in Grant, Michigan. From 1985-1998 she worked at the Westside Family Medical Center
in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
She first came to the Upper Peninsula in 1998 and was employed by the Helen Newberry Joy Hospital
in Newberry. In October, 2000 she teturned downstate and worked with the Southwest Medical Clinic
in Niles and Bridgeman, Michigan.
Dr. Harris worked as a "locum tenens" physician in the Upper Peninsula and throughout the Midwest
followed by three years as a staff physician at the Ewen Medical-Dental Center. She is now retired
and working as needed at UPARHS clinics.
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