About Us
Five Valleys Urology had yet to be formed when Dr. David Guth, one of our founding partners, struck out on his own in 1977 to form a solo practice in the newly constructed Garden City Medical Arts Building. Today, Five Valleys Urology provides patient-driven care from two offices in Missoula. Our 4 board-certified urologists see patients of all ages in a comfortable and friendly setting and have surgical privileges at 5 area hospitals. With excellent training, state of the art equipment, and additional certifications, our physicians and staff are here to care for you, personally.
Our mission is to provide high quality, comprehensive, and advanced urologic care with expertise and compassion to patients across the region. We accomplish this by providing effective clinical services, expert surgical care, and cutting edge clinical research. Our plan of care is coordinated with your referring physician, and we work hard to make sure you have all the information you and your family need to make informed decisions.
Click on any link below to learn more about our physicians, all of whom were recently recertified as Diplomate’s of the American Board of Urology, a member board of the American Board of Medical Specialists.
Our Physicians
Kevin M. Kronner, MD »
Garrick R. Simmons, MD »
Karl R. Westenfelder, MD »
Our Staff
Five Valleys Urology employs experienced and licensed registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and clinical research coordinators. In addition, our business office manager is a certified professional coder and our practice administrator is a certified medical practice executive.
Melanie Scott, CPC, PCS Business Office Manager
Melanie has over 10 years experience in medical billing and coding. She is a certified professional coder with American Academy of Professional Coders and a physician coding specialist (PCS) with the American College of Medical Coding Specialists. She is the past president of the Missoula AAPC chapter. Melanie is also an instructor in medical coding, medical insurance billing, and medical terminology at the Lifelong Learning Center in Missoula.
John O’Connor, CMPE Practice Administrator
John has been with Five Valleys Urology since May of 2002 and is a certified medical practice executive. He is the past president of the Montana Medical Group Management Association, and serves on the Government Affairs Committee of the national Medical Group Management Association. In addition, John is a Core Group member of Monida Healthcare and has a special interest in the use of technology in healthcare, quality reporting measures, and financial management. Mr. O’Connor is a board member for RATPOD, a benefit for Camp Mak-A-Dream, former board vice president of the Missoula International School, and board president of the Missoula Ultimate Frisbee Federation.
We are all here to provide patients excellent care and genuine customer service.
- Staff undertake annual OSHA training
- We observe all federal privacy rules
- Our front office staff have extra training in patient identity theft protection
- We have staff trained in specific programs for overactive bladder, and uro-dynamics
