University of Iowa News Release

July 23, 2007

UI Physician To Join UI Family Care - Lone Tree

Natalie Lanternier, M.D., will join the staff of UI Family Care - Lone Tree on Wednesday, Aug. 1.

Lanternier is a graduate of the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine. She completed her residency at UI Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, the state's only comprehensive academic health center.

She is a family medicine physician and practiced at UI Family Care - Belle Plaine for the past three years. Lanternier will join David Bedell, M.D., in providing care for patients of all ages. Her interests include obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and preventive medicine.

Lanternier is fluent in English and Spanish and is currently accepting new patients. She will see patients on Mondays and Wednesdays, while Bedell will see patients on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays.

UI Family Care - Lone Tree offers quality primary care for your entire family in one convenient location. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 319-629-4214, or visit online at http://www.uihealthcare.com/familycare. UI Family Care - Lone Tree is located at 109 West Jayne St.

STORY SOURCE: Joint Office for Marketing and Communications, University of Iowa Health Care, 200 Hawkins Drive, Room E110 GH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1009

MEDIA CONTACT: Tom Moore, 319-356-3945, thomas-moore@uiowa.edu.