Matthew Fryzek, M.D.
Dr. Fryzek graduated from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree with High Distinction. He attended medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and received his M.D. degree in 1998. His Internal Medicine residency training was from 1998 through 2001, also at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Fryzek joined Bluffs Family Healthcare in 2001. He was Board Certified in Internal Medicine in August 2001 and recertified in 2011. Dr. Fryzek is from Glenwood, Iowa. He is a member of the American College of Physicians. Dr. Fryzek was the medical director for Hospice with Heart from 2005 until 2016. He also served as medical director at Grifols Biomat USA Plasma Center in Council Bluffs from 2009 until 2018. Since 2003, Dr. Fryzek has been the medical director at On With Life in Glenwood, IA, a skilled nursing facility that specializes in long term care for brain injuries. Dr. Fryzek provides adult outpatient medical care in the office.
Joseph Wanzek III, D.O.
Dr. Wanzek graduated from Creighton University in 1999 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He attended medical school at Des Moines University and received his D.O. degree in 2003. His family medicine training was from 2003 to 2006 at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. He was board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine in 2006. Dr. Wanzek worked with a group practice in Toledo, Ohio from 2006-2008. Looking to move closer to home, Dr. Wanzek joined Bluffs Family Healthcare in 2008. Dr. Wanzek is originally from Urbandale, Iowa. He is a member of the American Family of Physicians. Dr. Wanzek also provides visits to nursing home patients and even home visits to patients when necessary.
Emily Wickham, FNP-BC
Emily Wickham, FNP-BC, graduated from The University of Iowa in 2015 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Physiology with a minor in Spanish. She went on to graduate with her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from Creighton University in 2017. She then worked as a registered nurse in the float pool department at The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City and at Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Omaha. She floated to over 15 different hospital units and it is where she found her passion for family practice- something new and challenging every day. She completed her Master of Science in Nursing in 2021 and is board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
John Marshall, M.D., emeritus
Dr. Marshall graduated from Drake University in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. Graduate work followed at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Military service was completed from 1969 through 1971. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Missouri in 1975 with honors. From 1975 through 1978 he did residency training in Internal Medicine at the University of Missouri. Dr. Marshall began private practice in Internal Medicine in Council Bluffs in 1978 and founded Bluffs Family Health Care in 1987. Dr. Marshall was elected to Alpha Omega Alpha National Medical Honor Society and Phi Kappa Phi National Scholastic Honor Society. He was Board Certified in Internal Medicine in 1978. Dr. Marshall retired January 1, 2016.