Joelle has been dedicated to the nursing profession since 2012 with a wide variety of experience from Behavioral Health,  Intensive Care, Emergency Room, Home Care and Palliative care prior to Family Practice. She is board certified as a family nurse practitioner by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). She joined East Jordan Family Health Center in June of 2017. She is dedicated to serving our community providing team based, equitable quality care.

Daniel M. Mann, MD is a board-certified family medicine physician. Dr. Mann received his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine and completed his residency in Duluth through the University of Minesota. Dr. Mann has over 20 years of experience in primary care, urgent and emergency care in Charlevoix, as well as serving the Beaver Island Rural Health Center. He is passionate about providing comprehensive and compassionate care to patients of all ages. Dr. Mann and his family love northern Michigan life and being outdoors. Outside of medicine, he enjoys traveling, cycling, winter sports, sailing, cooking and the health benefits of hot sauna!

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Dr. North received her B.S. degree at Eastern Michigan University and her Medical Degree at Michigan State University. Her residency was in Family Medicine at St Joseph’s Hospital in Syracuse, NY. After residency training, she served as an active duty physician in the U.S. Air Force staffing stateside hospitals as well as deploying overseas on two occasions from 2000-2004. Since the Air Force, her practice locations have included Olympia, WA and most recently Jackson WY.

She returned home to Michigan in 2017 to settle closer to family and expand her nonprofit animal sanctuary. When she is not busy seeing patients, you will find her tending to the 80+ residents of her rescue, enjoying the outdoors of Northern Michigan, or a good game of Yahtzee.4

Her interests in medicine include full spectrum primary care, and promoting wellness and good lifestyle choices.

John received his Master Degree of Physician Assistant Studies from Central Michigan University, where he also received his undergraduate in Biomedical Science. John is a licensed Physician Assistant, Board Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). He is also certified to treat substance use disorders and perform Department of Transportation employment physicals.

He joined the East Jordan Family Health Center team in 2022, bringing with him over 6 years of family practice experience, as well as hospitalist experience. Dave’s passion as a family practice physician is to get to know and treat his patients in both diagnostic and preventative medicine on a long term basis, as this is something that is often lacking in today’s medical partnerships.

John typically goes by the name Dave, as the first name of John is a family tradition.

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A native to northern Michigan, Molly Zubal graduated from the University of Michigan as a nurse practitioner in 2020 after working several years as a RN in northern Michigan. Molly has 9 years’ experience working bedside in an Intensive Care Unit. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, getting outdoors and music. She is looking forward to working at the health center to build lasting relationships with and serve the community that she lives in.

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Sam received his Master Degree of Physician Assistant Studies from Central Michigan University and attended Calvin College where he received his undergraduate degree in Biology and was the recipient of numerous scholastic achievement awards. Sam is a licensed Physician Assistant, Board Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Sam joined the East Jordan Family Health Center team in 2007, seeing patients at the East Jordan site for several years before transferring to our Bellaire Family Health Center location.

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Gamble is a licensed and board-certified Physician Assistant, accredited by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Originally from Mid-Central Michigan, she earned her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science and Kinesiology with a minor in Psychology from Central Michigan University. Rebecca went on to complete her Master’s in Physician Assistant Studies at Central Michigan University in August 2024. Outside of her practice, she enjoys spending time outdoors and reading. Rebecca is proud to serve the Bellaire community and surrounding areas with compassionate and personalized care.

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Dr. Dorothy Nelder has over 20 years of experience as a compassionate family medicine physician dedicated to providing high-quality, patient-centered care. A native of Northville, Michigan, Dr. Nelder earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan-Dearborn and her medical degree from the University of Toledo. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at The Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia.

Dr. Nelder has served patients in diverse settings, including solo private practice in rural Alabama and Georgia, as well as urban urgent care. Her extensive experience equips her to care for patients of all ages and backgrounds. Passionate about improving lives and promoting wellness, Dr. Nelder is excited to be part of the Bellaire Family Health Center team.

Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, photography, rescuing dogs, and spending time with her friends and family.

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Dr. Pasik is our Chief Pharmacist and oversees the operations of our Bellaire and East Jordan pharmacies to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations while working with pharmacy team to promote quality care and patient medication access.  She also oversees the clinical pharmacy team, aligning clinical pharmacy programs with the needs of our health center and patients.

Dr. Pasik received her Doctorate of Pharmacy from Ferris State University.  She joined the East Jordan Family Health Center team in 2017 and helped to pioneer the clinical pharmacy program at our health centers, which implemented the integration of clinical pharmacists within the healthcare team to help optimize medication therapy management to improve overall health outcomes and mitigate barriers to patient’s access to their medications.

Dr. Pasik is certified in pain management through the American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists (ASHP).  She has several years of experience as a pharmacy manager and working with patients to optimize their medications in the community and ambulatory care settings. She currently works under collaborative practice with the prescribing practitioners to optimize medication therapy.