Dr. Varga is board certified in internal medicine. He earned a B.A. in Biology from the University of Kentucky Honors Program, where he attended on a four year tennis scholarship. He was elected into Phi Beta Kappa and awarded an academic All-American post-graduate scholarship in 1983. He received his M.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1987. Dr. Varga completed his internship in General Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville, where he became the Chief Medical Resident and Acting Director of Undergraduate Education.
Certified through the American Board of Medical Examiners, Dr. Varga is one of the original founders, partner and member of the executive committee in Community Medical Associates, which specializes in Internal Medicine. He continues to be an Associate Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville.
His appointments have included being elected as the two-term President of the Louisville Society of Internists and serving as Medical Director at Doctors Rehab & Physical Therapy, Hillcreek Subacute Care Unit, and Hurstbourne Care Center.
A member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians and the American Society of Internal Medicine, Dr. Varga has authored and published several research articles, as well as written for local fitness magazines, such as Kentuckiana Health & Fitness.
Dr. Varga continues a family commitment to internal medicine, as both his father and older brother are also internal medicine physicians. Dr. Varga continues to maintain an active lifestyle and has competed in several mini-marathons, marathons, duoatholons, and triathalons. Dr. Varga and his wife Tracy have one son, Jack.
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Dr. Wheeler began his medical career with a B.S. in Chemistry from Centre College of Kentucky. He earned his M.D. from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1987. His internship and residency were completed in Internal Medicine at the University of Louisville, where he became the Chief Medical Resident and Acting Director of Undergraduate Education in 1990.
Board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Wheeler has been in private practice since 1991 and was a founding member and partner in Community Medical Associates, which specializes in Internal Medicine. He remains active in teaching as an Associate Professor of Medicine with the University of Louisville School of Medicine and he continues to be Medical Director for Hurstbourne Care & Rehabilitation Center, among others. He is a member of the American Medical Association and American College of Physicians.
Dr. Wheeler has always enjoyed sports medicine and has maintained this interest through appointments as Chief Physician for the Kentucky Athletic Commission, team physician for World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly the WWF) and is active with the local Jockey’s Association. He has also been team physician for the Louisville Icehawks, Louisville Riverfrogs, Louisville Shooters, and the Louisville Redbirds professional sports teams, as well as for the U.S.A. Amateur Boxing Association.
With numerous honors and awards, Dr. Wheeler was most recently named one of America’s Top Physicians by Consumer Research Council of America. Dr. Wheeler has a keen interest in lipid disorders, hypertension, and preventative medicine and is a frequent lecturer for Merck Pharmaceuticals, Miles/Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Glaxo Pharmaceuticals and Roche Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Wheeler volunteers his time to Touched Twice medical ministry, which is made up of healthcare professionals that reach out to local underserved areas. Dr. Wheeler grew up in Ashland, Kentucky, where his father was a physician for over forty years. He and his wife Lee have three children, Kacey, Kaylee and Krista.
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Dr. Loheide graduated Magna Cum Laude with a B.A. in Biology and the Biology Award from the University of Louisville. He then earned his M.D. from the University of Louisville in 1998, where he was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and graduated Cum Laude. His residency in Internal Medicine was completed at the University of Louisville in 2001, where he earned numerous awards including “Most Outstanding Senior Resident.”
Dr. Loheide is board certified in Internal Medicine with the American Board of Internal Medicine and has been in private practice with Norton Community Medical Associates since 2001 where he practiced with Dr. Varga and Dr. Wheeler thru 2003. There he sharpened his expertise in preventative medicine, fitness, diabetes, hypertension, and lipid disorders. He also remained active in an education role by hosting medical students and residents in his office to help nurture an interest in private practice Internal Medicine.
In addition to a busy private practice, Dr. Loheide serves as Chairman of the Medical Review Committee for Norton Suburban Hospital. He also works as Medical Director for Hurstbourne
Care and Rehabilitation Center and serves as Regional Medical Director for Amedisys Home Care Company. He remains a member of the Kentucky Medical Association, American Medical Association and Jefferson County Medical Society. His peers have voted him one of Louisville’s Top Internal Medicine Docs. He is a frequent lecturer on lipids, hypertension, and diabetes for Pfizer Pharmaceuticals.
Besides his interest in Internal Medicine, Dr. Loheide believes in practicing what he preaches with a keen interest in preventative medicine and running for fitness. He regularly competes in marathons, half-marathons, and 10-kilometer road races collecting several awards along the way. His wife Ashli Collins, M.D., is a practicing pediatrician in Eastern Jefferson and Oldham County and also an avid runner. They are both Fellows of the University of Kentucky and also volunteer time with Greenways for Oldham County, a nonprofit organization for the formation of trails and preserving green spaces in Oldham County. Together they have twins, PJ and Sarah, age 8. Other interests include playing basketball, waterskiing, and traveling with his family.
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