New doctor to serve county clinics, ER
July 18, 2019
Dr. Peter Edminster will take the place as a family practitioner and OB for Dr. Anthony Lundberg, who has practiced in St. John for 19 years.
Dr. Lundberg plans to move to St. George, Utah, where he will join the Veterans’ Administration program.
Dr. Lungberg and wife Kelly have five children, and two of them, Wilson and Cooper, graduated from SJE while the family resided in St. John.
Dr. Edminster is certified in family practice and OB. He has completed his residency with Family Medicine of Spokane with a rural training track at Colville.
The training track was the same one followed by Dr. Lundberg prior to his move to St. John.
Dr. Edminster grew up in Colbert where he wrestled for the Mead High School wrestling team. He moved on to obtain his bachelor’s degree in Biology from Carroll College in Helena, Mont.
Dr. Edminster traveled to Honduras after finishing his undergraduate degree, to teach English, Spanish and math to children.
“It gave me perspective on the profound need for compassionate and passionate medical care in the world,” he said.
Dr. Edminster said his father and older brother are also doctors, and he didn’t think he wanted to pursue the same path until he went to Honduras.
Dr. Edminster attended medical school at the University of Washington.
Dr. Edminster will man the Whitman Medical Group clinic in St. John, and will commute to Colfax for a couple days in the week. He said he will also work in the emergency room and will deliver babies.
“I appreciate it being an independent group that isn’t owned by a corporation,” Dr. Edminster said.
He said the full spectrum medicine approach and the current doctors at the clinics drew him to the St. John community.
“I’m excited to be a part of a community,” Dr. Edminster said. “I want to help people take ownership of their health and establish long-term relationships.”
Dr. Edminster’s family includes his wife, Melissa, who works as a hospice social worker, and two sons, Sam, who is two and a half, and Levi, who is three months old.
The Edminster family plans to make their home at the doctor’s house in St. John. They will be the fifth physician family to reside at the St. John residence.
A reception for the change of doctors is planned for July 28 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the residence.
Current patients of Dr. Lundberg may contact the Whitman Medical Group office with questions. Dr. Edminster’s tentative start date is Sept. 1.
The Whitman Medical Group employs about six doctors for three clinics in Colfax, St. John and Tekoa.
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