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Eric N. Swensen, D.O. was born and raised in South Central Idaho in the Magic Valley. He grew up the second youngest of eight siblings learning the value of hard work while employed in his father's grocery store as a youth. Though his parents never graduated from college themselves, they emphasized academic achievement, integrity, and doing one's best both inside and outside of the classroom. Upon graduating with honors from Minico High School in Rupert, ID he attended Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello, ID with an academic scholarship. He served a volunteer religious mission to Barcelona, Spain for two years, and then continued his pre-medical studies afterwards at ISU. He achieved the Dean's Honor List multiple times, graduating with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish while also fulfilling his pre-medical requirements. Dr. Swensen also met his wife who was attending nursing school at ISU.
In 2005, Dr. Swensen moved to Kansas City, MO where in 2009 he earned his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences - College of Osteopathic Medicine. He then moved to Fort Wayne, IN where he had been accepted into the Fort Wayne Medical Education Program family medicine residency in 2009 and graduated in 2012.
Afterwards, Dr. Swensen moved to Wyoming with his wife and family and worked in a family medicine clinic for three years at the local hospital, freelancing in the emergency department when he was not on call. He then transitioned over to work full-time in the Evanston Regional Hospital emergency department for 5 years as a managing partner.
Dr. Swensen has lived in Evanston, WY with his wife and family for the past 10 years and has a wide range of experience both in clinical family medicine and emergency medicine. He believes strongly that ‘exercise is medicine’ and encourages and helps his patients to be as physically active as possible in their own lives. Maintaining a healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and weight is a focus in his medical practice.
Dr. Eric N. Swensen's hobbies include taking his family to see and do fun things throughout the region in including hiking, museums, planetariums, zoos, Olympic villages, historical sites, etc. He also personally enjoys snow skiing, playing tennis, and listening to audio books. Dr. Brendan Fitzsimmons was the sixth of nine children and grew up in the Chicagoland area. He spent six years in the Navy as a radar tech before moving to Wyoming to go to the University of Wyoming in Larmie. He then went on to Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska where he graduated in 1995. He completed the Family Medicine Residency of the University of North Dakota in Minot, North Dokata and has been board certified in family medicine since 1998. He continued to pursue education and certifications during his career. In 2014 he received his board certification in Integrative and Holistic Medicine and in 2023 he became certified by The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine as a Medical Director for Nursing Homes.
After marrying his wife who is from Wyoming, he decided to settle in the state to practice medicine. He has been a private practitioner as well as an employed physician in various parts of Wyoming including Laramie, Greybull/ Basin, Lovell, Pinedale/ Mableton/ Big Piney, Lander, Saratoga, and now Kemmerer. For the majority of his career, he has done clinic work, emergency medicine, and provided care for nursing centers. He will continue to work as a full-time family medicine provider at South Lincoln Primary Care as well as the Medical Director of South Lincoln Nursing Center.
Dr. Fitzsimmons lives with his wife in Pinedale and has three children who are all grown and continue to live in Wyoming. He is an avid reader who enjoys mostly nonfiction such as popular neuroscience, evolutionary psychology, political science, and above all history, especially Roman history. For most of his life he enjoyed swimming, running, skiing, and hiking; although he had slowed down in those activities over the past few years. He is fascinated by languages and speaks some Spanish and has tried his hand at Italian and Icelandic. He loves to go to the movie theater when the topography in Wyoming allows it. He enjoys traveling. He especially loves being a doctor and although he has reached a point where many of his classmates are retiring, he hopes to continue practicing for many years to come.
