Joann has more than 20 years of experience practicing as an PA. She is originally from Western Nebraska and became interested in medicine after serving as an EMT in Kimball, Nebraska. She attended PA school at UNMC in Omaha, Nebraska because she was interested in following a patient’s care from the beginning to discharge rather than leaving the patient in the ED. Joann enjoys being part of Aligned Providers Wyoming, which has helped her learn to serve others with more compassion and introduced her to a new calling: serving third world communities through mission work. Her true loves continue to be her two amazing children, Kelvin and Lexi. Kelvin has two daughters, Noa and Andi. They live in Beijing, China.

Dr. Waters is a board certified emergency physician. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY in 2014. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a master’s degree in computer science. He has done research in and holds a patent on the design of automated external defibrillators.

For more than 20 years, Dr. Lawrence Bean’s career has spanned the gamut in emergency medicine, where he’s served as a practicing ED physician, healthcare executive, entrepreneur, and leadership consultant. In addition to developing one of the country’s first fire-department-based community health paramedicine programs, he has also led emergency departments and managed urgent care centers. He has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Dallas, attended medical school at UT Southwestern, and completed emergency medicine residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. Currently, he is physician executive at CareCulture, an independent emergency, hospital medicine, and urgent care management services organization dedicated to aligning emergency department teams with hospital goals. He is also co-founder of Great Commission Outreach, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving indigent communities both domestically and abroad.

Adam is a board-certified emergency physician with experience in physician leadership. He serves as regional medical director for Aligned Providers Wyoming sites and site medical director of Cheyenne Regional Medical Center. His Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree was awarded with honors from Nova Southeastern University. He completed his residency in emergency medicine at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, NY in 2001. In addition to his 20 years of clinical practice experience and 10 years as medical director prior to joining Aligned Providers, he has been a county EMS director, president of a physician-lead multi-hospital ED group, and chief of staff.

Dr. Chweh brings with him experience and a mindset that will help our partner hospitals and providers blossom to their full potential.  He has nearly 20 years of combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric experience. Since completing medical school at Rush Medical College in 2003, Dr.  Chweh has served in a variety of clinical settings, including completing his Med-Peds residency at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago, and serving as chief medical resident in his final year. He served at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital in Melrose Park, Illinois where he was co-founder and managing partner of Encompass Physicians Med-Peds Hospitalist group for the past 15 years. Dr. Chweh is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics and has clinically practiced at Trinity Health in Minot, North Dakota. With his background in rural medicine and leadership qualities, he will help build upon the solid foundation that Aligned Providers Wyoming has already established.

Russell Lauver attended medical school at Western University of Health Sciences and completed his residency at the University of Nevada School of Medicine.