meet our professionals
Acorn Pediatrics was started out of a desire to provide high quality medical care for children and teens in the Gallatin Valley and the surrounding region. We are strongly committed to providing this care in a small practice setting, which allows us to give not only great care, but also great service. Thank you for taking your time to learn more about our practice. We hope to have the opportunity to care for your child.
staff
Anicee Acosta-Yearick, RN
Jane Albee
Aimee Combs, MA
Heather DeGraw, RN
Andy Kessenich, MGR
Sarah Kelly, MA
Cindy Kindschi
Keslee Lawn
Netzi Lemmon
Brandi McWalter, LPN
Lisa Oberle
Urania Ryan, MA
Kathy Rogers, MA
Kelsey Voeller
Becky Ward
Susan M Daniels, MD
Dr Daniels is proud to be Co-founder of Acorn Pediatrics. Along with Dr Idzerda, and all of the staff at Acorn Pediatrics, she is committed to providing the best care for children and adolescents in the Gallatin Valley and the surrounding area. She enjoys working with parents to help care for kids of all ages.
Dr Daniels was born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota. She completed medical school and pediatric residency training at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. After practicing pediatrics in Minnesota for five years, she and her husband and two young children moved to Bozeman to live closer to family. In 2009, out of a desire to create a small practice to provide excellent care and service, Acorn Pediatrics was born!
Dr Daniels enjoys involvement with the American Academy of Pediatrics and is the Coordinator of the Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS) Program for the State of Montana. When away from the office, she loves spending time with her husband, son and daughter, as well as her parents and brothers who live near by. She also loves skiing, hiking, knitting, gardening, fly-fishing, photography, baking bread, and looking after her dogs, chickens, horses and cat.
Sheila M Idzerda, MD
Dr Idzerda is delighted to be Co-founder of Acorn Pediatrics. She is pleased to provide primary and specialty care for children and teenagers. One of the joys of her practice is to be a part of a child's life as they grow and develop.
She was born and raised in Maryland. She completed medical school at George Washington University, and completed internship and residency at Children's National Medical Center, all in Washington, DC. She worked in a small pediatric practice in Maryland for 9 years before moving to Montana in 2000. She greatly enjoys the small practice setting and the personal service it provides to patients and families.
She currently serves as the Vice-President of the Montana Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She is involved in education for medical and nurse-practitioner students training in Bozeman. In addition, she is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Advanced Life Support course that trains health care providers in the emergency care of children.
Her biggest support is her family - her husband and three daughters. They enjoy participating in choir at church, skiing and hiking together. She is an eternal student - studying harp, TaeKwonDo and French.
Kathryn M Lowe, MD
Dr Lowe is pleased to be part of Acorn Pediatrics and to have the opportunity to serve the healthcare needs of children in Bozeman and the surrounding area. She is originally from Grand Forks, North Dakota. After attending Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, she served in the Peace Corps for two years in rural Bolivia. She attended medical school at the University of Connecticut where she met her husband. They moved to Portland, Maine, where she completed her pediatric residency training. She continued to pursue opportunities to work in healthcare settings in various developing countries during medical school and residency.
In 2008, she and her husband and son moved to Bozeman to be near family.
She enjoys using her experience abroad and her Spanish fluency to help provide medical care to Spanish-speaking families, and to those who are planning trips to other countries. Aside from practicing pediatrics, she enjoys exploring the beautiful Gallatin Valley with her family through hiking, camping, biking, and running. She also enjoys playing the piano and cooking. She looks forward to partnering with parents to work for the health and benefit of children.
Tory Katz, MD
Dr Tory Katz is pleased to be joining Acorn on a part-time basis. She grew up in Centennial Colorado. She attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania where she majored in Molecular Biology and Anthropology. After college she worked with a health organization in Northern Pakistan and then in a clinical oncology research lab in Denver, Colorado. She graduated with honors from University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver Colorado where she met her husband Thomas Kelly and did her residency in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at University of California San Diego. After graduating residency in 2001 she pursued her interests in rural health and cross cultural medicine by working with the Navajo people in Shiprock, New Mexico for nine years. There she practiced full spectrum medicine and is comfortable managing a wide variety of problems. While there she was director of the HIV clinics and established a clinic for hepatitis C patients. She also has a special interest in sports medicine and obesity prevention in children. She won several awards over the years for excellence in care.
She enjoys helping patients and families ask questions and take charge of their health. She loves teaching and was a faculty member at Columbia University of Physicians and Surgeons helping share her passion for medicine with future doctors.
She and her husband and son love living in Bozeman and are taking advantage of the outdoors and all the family friendly options! She is still mastering juggling work and family and being a part of the community but enjoys the challenge. She is a voracious reader, and loves hiking, camping, skiing, cooking and travel!
Christine R. Hodgson
RN, MSN, PNP-C
Christine Hodgson is very excited to work at Acorn Pediatrics, as the first PNP in a pediatric practice in Bozeman! You may wonder what a PNP (Pediatric Nurse Practitioner) is…
PNPs are specially trained RNs who provide health care for well and ill children of all ages. They perform well-child visits including immunizations, sports physicals, diagnose and treat common childhood illnesses, and collaborate with doctors and other health professionals to enhance the health of children.
Christine received her bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Michigan and her master’s degree in nursing from the University of California San Francisco. She worked as an RN in a pediatric intensive care unit for three years, and then as a PNP in a private practice in northern California for four years. She moved here with her husband and growing family in 2003 and has worked as an adjunct assistant professor at the College of Nursing at MSU.
She has a wonderful husband and three busy, young boys. Bozeman is the perfect place for her as she loves to ski, mountain bike, fly-fish and read. She is thrilled to return to her passion of providing primary care for children.
Lynne Foss
RN, MSN, PNP-C
Lynne Foss is thrilled to join Acorn Pediatrics and to be working alongside Christine Hodgson as a fellow Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) in our growing practice.
PNPs are RNs with advanced pediatric training who provide health care for well and ill children of all ages. They perform well-child visits including immunizations and sports physicals. They also diagnose and treat common childhood illnesses, and collaborate with doctors and other health professionals to enhance the health of children.
Lynne recieved her Bachelor's degree in Nursing from the University of Delaware, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner certification from the United States Air Force and her Master's degree in Nursing from the University of Washington in Seattle. She worked as a clinical nurse for three years, and then as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for twenty years in the Air Force. Before moving to Bozeman, she worked for three years at a private pediatric office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Lynne was fortunate to move to Bozeman in 2010 with her husband and two daughters. On her off time she loves hiking, skiing ,weaving and quilting. She is very excited to be here in Bozeman and to serve the children of the Gallitin Valley and beyond.
choose Acorn Pediatrics for:
quality
Acorn Pediatrics physicians are Board Certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.
They are skilled in general pediatrics, as well as many areas of specialty pediatric care.
They also provide hospital care to infants and children, and are certified by the Pediatric
Advanced Life Support and Neonatal Resuscitation Programs. Our experienced Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioners hold Master's degrees and have advanced pediatric training.
extended hours
Acorn Pediatrics offers the most extended hours for care by a pediatrician in the Bozeman
area. If emergencies arise outside of our extended office hours, one of the doctors from
Acorn Pediatrics is on call to help 24 hours a day.
mon - thurs: 7:00 AM - 7:30PM
friday: 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
saturday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
convenience
Acorn Pediatrics offers same day sick appointments, and well child check-ups during
daytime and evening hours.
caring
Acorn Pediatrics providers and staff are committed to deliver the highest level of healthcare,
along with friendly service and support for you and your family.
participation
Acorn Pediatrics accepts most major insurance providers.
