Services

Dr. Damme partners with Auburn Family Health Center (AFHC) to provide integrated pediatric behavioral health services at AFHC on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. She earned her doctorate in school psychology from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln and completed her internship at Munroe-Meyer Institute, UNMC and fellowship at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center where she worked for three years as a staff psychologist. In the summer of 2022, Dr. Damme and her husband moved their family to southeast NE to re-establish their roots and provides services near their hometowns.

Hometown Behavioral Health, LLC

Diabetes is the body’s inability to make insulin or use it properly. It is a controllable disease but requires lifelong management by healthcare professionals and yourself.

AFHC providers are dedicated to helping you manage your diabetes. We will ensure your lab results are up to date, schedule yearly screenings such as eye and foot exams, and verify that you are on the right medications.

Dr. Michael Zaruba and Dr. Jeffrey Meade are registered medical examiners on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s  (FMCSA) National Registry for Certified Medical Examiners. They are able to perform DOT/CDL Physicals in accordance with the new FMCSA guidelines.

For more information, click here to see the DOT physical requirements.

AFHC is committed to the highest quality laboratory services. Our CLIA certified, moderately complex lab brings together state-of-the-art technologies and highly trained lab personnel to provide specimen collection, transport and testing in a timely and accurate manner.

Our lab offers:

• Chemistries
• Hematology
• Cholesterol Screening
• Immunology Testing
• Urinalysis
• Strep/COVID/Influenza/Strep/RSV swabs

….and more! Call us for more information or for any questions you may have.

Nuclear MRO and SAE services

More information coming soon!

AFHC offers the following services:

• Audiogram
• Pulmonary Function Test
• Ear Irrigation
• EKG
• Holter Monitor (24 hour)
• Pulse Oximetry
• Allergy Injections
• Blood Pressure Checks
• Drug Screen Collection
• Laceration Repair
• Excision of Ingrown Nail
• Point of Care Ultrasound
• Other minor surgeries

State of Nebraska licensed technologists offer a wide variety of diagnostic exams taken with recently updated digital equipment with low radiation doses to provide you and your provider with exceptional quality imaging to aid in your diagnosis. Most exams are done during your appointment with no need to schedule a separate visit!

Exams include:

• Skull
• Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spines
• Thorax/Abdomen/Pelvis
• Upper and lower extremities

This includes annual health care maintenance, employment physicals, DOT physicals, Medicare and insurance physicals, athletic physicals, and school physicals.

AFHC offers Women’s Health every day with any of our six providers.  If you prefer to see a female provider, please request to schedule with Dr. Amanda or Lindsey Howell, PA-C!

AFHC now offers free consultations with our registered clinical pharmacist, Stacy Zaruba.

Stacy will work with you and your provider to:

• Reconcile medications prescribed by multiple providers
• Ensure methods for accurate/effective dosage
• Discuss medication safety
• Identify and address possible side effects
• Assist in managing chronic health conditions

Care coordination involves organizing patient care tasks and sharing information among involved parties to deliver safe and efficient care by communicating patient needs and preferences effectively.