Ridgeview Research
3000 Hundertmark
Chaska, Minnesota 55318
952-556-2686 http://www.ridgeviewmedical.org/research svoboda@ridgeviewmedical.org

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Site Overview Research Experience Facility Info Investigator Experience Staff Experience Patient Demographics Therapeutic Areas

Ridgeview Research is a dedicated research site created in 1993. Ridgeview Research, a division of Ridgeview Medical Center, conducts Phase II through Phase IV studies for pharmaceutical companies.

Ridgeview Research has conducted more than 200 studies, randomizing over 3,000 participants. Our areas of service for Phase II through Phase IV studies include:

  • Bone/Joint Disease
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Children's Health
  • Gastrointestinal Disease
  • Infectious Disease
  • Metabolic Disease/Diabetes
  • Skin Disease
  • Urological Disease
  • Women's Health

Sponsors/CROs:

  • AGI Therapeutics
  • Alcon
  • Alquest
  • Antares
  • Adolor
  • Barr
  • Bayer
  • Boehringer Ingelheim
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Cobalis Corp
  • Covance
  • Daiichi-Sankyo
  • Depomed
  • Eisai
  • Forest
  • Glenmark Generics Ltd
  • Icon
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Lilly
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • Kendle
  • LBR
  • Luitpold
  • Merck
  • Novartis
  • Novum
  • Paraxel
  • Pozen
  • PPD
  • Pfizer
  • PRA International
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Quintiles
  • Roche
  • RPS
  • Siemens Healthcare
  • Solvay
  • Takeda
  • Warner Chilcott

Nancy Cooley, M.D.
Dr. Cooley is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Cooley has been practicing since 1993 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 1997.

Cheryl Hansen, M.S., M.D.
Dr. Hansen is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Hansen has been practicing since 1988 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2001.

Michael Hopfenspirger, M.D.
Dr. Hopfenspirger is Board Certified in Otolaryngology. Dr. Hopfenspirger has been practicing since 2008 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2009.

Karen Karn, M.D., CPI
Dr. Karn is a Certified Physician Investigator. Dr. Karn has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2006.

Michael Lano, M.D.
Dr. Lano is Board Certified in Family Medicine. Dr. Lano has been practicing since 1981 and has been an investigator with Ridgeview Research since 1995.

David Larson, M.D.
Dr. Larson is Board Certified in Family Medicine. Dr. Larson has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2009.

Dennis Mohling, M.D.
Dr. Mohling is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Mohling has been practicing since 2000 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2000.

Robert Nordland, M.D.
Dr. Nordland is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Nordland has been practicing since 1975 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 1994.

Thomas Stocks, M.D.
Dr. Stocks is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Stocks has been practicing since 1987 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2007.

Jan Tanghe, M.D.
Dr. Tanghe is Board in Geriatrics and Internal Medicine. Dr. Tanghe has been practicing since 1973 and has been an investigator with Ridgeview Research since 1997.

Jeffry Twidwell, M.D.
Dr. Twidwell is Board Certified in Urology. Dr. Twidwell has been practicing since 1991 and has been an investigator with Ridgeview Research since 2000.

Ravi Vaela, M.D.
Dr. Vaela is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Medicine and Critical Care. Dr. Vaela has been practicing since 1999 and has been an investigator with Ridgeview Research since 2007.

Matthew Weinrich, M.D.
Matthew Weinrich is Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Weinrich has been practicing since 2002 and has been an investigator for Ridgeview Research since 2002.

All staff has completed the Human Subject Protection training.

Name and Title

Research Experience-Year Started

Stephanie Svoboda Pharm D., Director of Research

since 2010

Brenda Anderson R.N., CCRC

since 1990

Cheryl Blaser Data Coordinator, CCRC, CMA

since 1993

Judy Hipwell, R.N., CCRC

since 2001

Andrea Horseman, R.N., CCRC

since 2004

Wendy Magee, Data Coordinator, MLT

since 2007

Kristy Ebert, Recruiter

since 2006

Julie Thompson, R.D.

since 2008

Ridgeview Research advertises in the metro area and surrounding communities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Segmented mailings from Ridgeview Medical Center, Ridgeview Research and associated clinics to an existing database of 7,371 prospective study participants and access to more than 100,000 patients through Ridgeview clinics.


Cardiology/Vascular Diseases
Dermatology/Plastic Surgery
Endocrinology
Gastroenterology
Musculoskeletal
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Ophthalmology
Otolaryngology
Pediatrics/Neonatology

The majority of our trials are outpatient. Most outpatient procedures can be completed at our facility or completed at Ridgeview Medical Center, an independent hospital.

We are located in Chaska, MN, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. Ridgeview Research is easy to find, located 40 minutes from the international airport. Our service area covers 5 counties. Ridgeview Research uses “central” IRBs and enjoys the variety and challenge of medical research trends.

Our facility includes:

  • Four patient examination rooms
  • CLIA approved on-site laboratory
  • Refrigerated and ambient centrifuges
  • -20 and -70 lab freezers
  • Two locked medication refrigerators
  • Suitable ice machine
  • ECG
  • Locked and temperature-controlled drug storage area
  • State-of-the-art computerized clinical trial management system
  • Coordinator workspaces with DSL/broadband internet
  • Two private monitor rooms with phone and internet access
  • Located within multi-specialty offering convenient access to and collaboration with a variety of health care providers

Stephanie Svoboda
Director
Ridgeview Research
3000 Hundertmark Road
Chaska, MN 55318
USA
952-556-2686
952-556-2688 (fax)
Stephanie.svoboda@ridgeviewmedical.org
www.ridgeviewmedical.org/research


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