Dr. David Michael Sahlstrom M.D.

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Get to know Family Physician Dr. David M. Sahlstrom, who serves the population of Canby, Minnesota. Dr. David M. Sahlstrom is a highly respected and experienced family physician, having been in practice for over forty-four years, specializing in a vast array of physical conditions. His career in medicine began in 1974, after graduating from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine. Dr. Sahlstrom completed his medical residency at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis. He is certified by the American Board of Family Practice. Dr. Sahlstrom currently practices at the Sanford Health, and affiliated with Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center and North Memorial Medical Center Family medicine is the medical specialty which provides continuing, comprehensive health care for the individual and family. It is a specialty in breadth that integrates the biological, clinical and behavioral sciences. The scope of family medicine encompasses all ages, both sexes, each organ system and every disease entity.

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