Fairmont Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, P.A. was founded on July 1, 1990 by Corey T. Welchlin, D.O., the first Orthopedic Surgeon to live and practice in the Fairmont region.  Fairmont Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, P.A. is the parent corporation for the South Central Surgical Center – Same Day Surgery and provides services to many southern Minnesota communities.
            The organization is comprised of physicians, mid-level providers, nurses, therapists, clinical assistants, reception, scheduling, and administration staff all focused on providing accessible and specialized health care services including: South Central Surgical Center – same Day Surgery, Bone Density, Digital Radiography, General Surgery, Open-Sided MRI, Orthopedic Surgery, Podiatry, Rheumatology, Spine Care, Sports Medicine, Chiropractic Care, and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation.  Center for Specialty Care is committed to high quality of care, friendly service, and cost effective approaches for all patients.
           
            Dulcimer Medical Center is new. This family practice clinic offers a team of experienced professionals offering high quality care. At Dulcimer Medical Center patients experience a genuine commitment to their well-being. The staff takes time to really listen and provides care that is competent, compassionate, respectful, truthful and thorough.
            The Dulcimer team believes that health is not just the absence of disease.  Providing harmony in health care means to bring into balance the whole self - mind, body, emotions and spirit. As an independent clinic, they have the freedom to do what is in the patient's best interest, offering wider options in referral and allows the use of complementary and alternative therapy when that would best serve the patient.

            Fairmont Medical Center – Mayo Health System, the health care leader of the region, has been serving the medical needs of residents in south central Minnesota and north central Iowa since 1928.
            Today the FMC medical campus includes a clinic, hospital, nursing home, and eye clinic in Fairmont, regional clinics in Sherburn and Truman, Minnesota and Armstrong, Iowa and psychology services in Fairmont and Blue Earth, Minnesota.  Fairmont Medical Center – Mayo Health System also offers a variety of outpatient services including rehabilitation, home care/hospice, and Lifeline.
            Fairmont Medical Center has over 40 health care providers on staff, including specialists in anesthesiology, audiology, ear, nose, and throat, family medicine, general surgery, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, ophthalmology, optometry, orthopedics, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, podiatry, psychiatry and psychology, radiology, sleep medicine, and urology.  FMC has a modern birthing area known as The BirthPlace, state of the art operating suites, patient care unit (PCU), critical care unit (CCU), a sleep lab, and an emergency department staffed with a provider and skilled nursing 24 hours daily, 7 days a week.  FMC also offers the 40-bed Lutz Wing Nursing Home, a variety of imaging services including, short bore open MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), and the only health care provider in the region to offer services to improve balance, reduce dizziness, restore equilibrium with the FMC Balance Clinic, and more.  When needed, Fairmont Medical Center – Mayo Health System offers seamless referral to Mayo Clinic in Rochester.  Should you need medical care while in Fairmont, please call 507-238-8500 weekdays or 507-238-8100 evenings and weekends or toll free 800-234-6141.

            The Smart Clinic is a patient-friendly clinic. Seeing you at your convenience is important to us. That is why the Smart Clinic is open 7 days a week.
            The Smart Clinic is a good choice for any health care concern you would take to a family practice physician or nurse practitioner. We can be your primary care provider or you can schedule appointments or drop in on those occasions when convenience is important to you.