HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea Health expand orthopedic care options

Now offering their most advanced and comprehensive orthopedic care options, ever, in Northern Wisconsin

OCONTO FALLS, Wis. – HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea Health are now offering their most advanced and comprehensive orthopedic care options, ever, in Northern Wisconsin. 

In the spring of 2025, HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea established the most robust team of orthopedic care specialists in all of Oconto County. The team includes highly skilled, fellowship-trained surgeons and expert providers offering orthopedics; foot and ankle/podiatry; pain and spine care/physiatry; routine foot care; physical and occupational therapy; and hip, knee, hand and sports medicine specialty services. Learn more about the Prevea Orthopedics team in Northern Wisconsin and all the specialized care options they now provide at: prevea.com/ortho-northern 

Prevea Health and HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital are partners, with Prevea physicians and providers offering care in both clinic and HSHS hospital settings. The partnership allows Prevea doctors, surgeons and specialists to provide care, such as orthopedic surgery, within HSHS hospitals across Northeast Wisconsin. Through pairing the expertise of Prevea physicians with state-of-the-art technologies, services and medical experts in HSHS hospital settings, patients receive the highest level of care, close to home.  

“Our neighbors in Northern Wisconsin now have access to more orthopedic surgical care offerings, specialized providers and advanced services than ever before,” said Colleen Koski, Chief Administrative Officer at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital. “With this expanded orthopedic care team, our patients have more surgical solutions than ever to get back to living their best lives – pain free.” 

The team of Prevea physicians and providers offering orthopedic care in Northern Wisconsin now includes: 

• Dr. Matthew Colligan, orthopedic and hip/knee surgeon 
• Dr. Padraic Obma, orthopedic and sports medicine surgeon 
• Dr. Patrick Riggle, orthopedic and hip/knee surgeon 
• Dr. Daniel Williams, orthopedic hand surgeon 
• Dr. Wyatt Wiedenfeld, podiatrist (foot and ankle surgeon) 
• Ross Ficarri, physician assistant 
• Stacy Milquette, nurse practitioner 
• Scott Maxon, routine foot care specialist
• Becky Wolf, nurse practitioner, physiatrist 

Prevea orthopedic care is provided at the following locations in Northern Wisconsin: 

• Prevea Oconto Falls Medical Services Building, 853 S. Main St., Oconto Falls 
• Prevea Oconto Health Center, 620 Smith Ave., Oconto 
• Prevea Marinette Health Center, 1409 Cleveland Ave., Marinette 
• HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital, 855 S. Main St., Oconto Falls 

“By bringing this new team of orthopedic experts to Northern Wisconsin, we’re providing our community convenient and first-class care, close to their homes,” said Jeb Husmann, Executive Director of Musculoskeletal and Physical Therapy Services at Prevea. “Having this expanded team of orthopedic experts, means we’re now able to offer hip, knee, foot, ankle, shoulder, elbow and hand care services to all of our patients.” 

With HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital and Prevea now offering Northern Wisconsin the largest team of orthopedic specialists and services in their history, the team also prepares for some bittersweet news – the upcoming retirement of Dr. Mark Schick, Prevea orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Schick has been instrumental in ensuring top-tier orthopedic care is provided to all his patients at HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital for over five years and at Prevea for nearly 30 years. His dedication to Prevea, HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital, and all his patients, is appreciated and will be remembered.  

To schedule an appointment with a member of Prevea’s orthopedic and sports medicine team today in Northern Wisconsin, call (920) 272-3300.  

Prevea Orthopedics care is also provided in the communities of Green Bay, Manitowoc, Kohler, Pulaski, Sheboygan, Luxemburg, Plymouth and Ashwaubenon. 
 
About Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS)
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital in Oconto Falls, Wisconsin, is part of Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS), a Catholic health care ministry founded in 1875. Dedicated to our Mission to reveal and embody Christ’s healing love for all people through high-quality Franciscan health care, HSHS clinicians provide exceptional care centered on the whole person. Based in Springfield, Illinois, HSHS employs more than 11,000 colleagues who provide care in 13 acute-care, children’s and critical-access hospitals and home health and hospice programs in Central and Southern Illinois and Eastern Wisconsin. HSHS is aligned with more than 1,000 primary and specialty physicians and advanced practitioners through its owned affiliates HSHS Medical Group and Prairie Cardiovascular and its partnership with Prevea Health. For more information about HSHS, visit hshs.org. 

About Prevea Health
Prevea Health is a community of passionate and accomplished physicians, caregivers and staff working together to provide exceptional health care. Patients have trusted Prevea with their medical care needs since 1996 when the organization was founded in Green Bay, Wis. Today, Prevea provides primary care and a wide range of specialty medical care in clinic, hospital, and workplace settings across Northeast Wisconsin. It is partnered with Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) which operates hospitals in Wisconsin. For more information about Prevea Health, visit www.prevea.com.