Psychiatrist

Dr. Kendi joined PrairieCare in 2011. Dr. Kendi is originally from Turkey. He graduated from Hacettepe University in 1997 and completed his psychiatry residency at Ankara University in 2001 where he subsequently practiced as a psychiatrist. Dr. Kendi came to United States to continue his studies in brain imaging such as functional brain imaging and diffusion tensor imaging (advanced brain imaging techniques) at the University of Minnesota, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research followed by an additional residency in general psychiatry and thirteen months of child and adolescent fellowship. His experience at the University of Minnesota strengthened his belief that a functional approach to mental health treatment should be multidimensional including psychosocial approaches besides biological approaches and also enabled him to gain a deeper understanding of development and its effects on the presentation of psychopathology.

CEO and Chief Medical Officer

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr. Joel Oberstar is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and serves as PrairieCare’s CEO and Chief Medical Officer, seeing patients in Maple Grove. He is Associate Director of Resident Training and Education in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry for the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is therefore a key liaison in the formal collaboration between PrairieCare and the University of Minnesota. Originally, from Chisholm, Minnesota, he attended college at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he graduated summa cum laude in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and biology with distinction. Dr. Oberstar attended the first two years of medical school at the University of Minnesota-Duluth prior to completing his clinical training at the University of Minnesota Medical School, graduating with his Doctorate in Medicine in 2001.

President

Dr. Setterberg is a founder of PrairieCare and a trained Child, Adolescent, Adult, and Research Psychiatrist. His ability and compassion have been invaluable to the development and application of systems and standards of care in use at PrairieCare. Dr. Setterberg’s clinical practice includes both psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, and he continues to direct innovation and improvement in treatments and programs that benefit those with psychiatric disorders.

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Dr. Williams is a board certified Psychiatrist who joined PrairieCare in 2009. His interests in Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Mental Retardation stem from his work in behavioral analysis at a developmental center prior to entering medical school. Working at PrairieCare has allowed Dr. Williams to continue to work with patients with these conditions as well as provide him the opportunity to treat the full spectrum of mental health issues. The treatment team approach provided at PrairieCare is consistent with his beliefs in the necessity of considering the biological, psychological and social aspects of the child/adolescent and the family in treatment.