Linsey Haden, DO FAAFP

Dr. Haden is a family physician, certified by the American Board of Family Medicine. She grew up in Chappell, Nebraska. She earned her BS in Nutritional Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine at Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. She completed her residency at Lincoln Medical Education Partnership and joined the group in August 2012. Dr. Haden is accepting new patients for most insurance types. In March 2019, Dr. Haden earned her Degree of Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians title from the AAFP. She regularly provides osteopathic manipulative therapy. Dr. Haden is married, has three daughters and a son, and enjoys the outdoors, cooking, baking, traveling, and attending her kids’ activities.

Dr. Haden is also an FAA Aviation Medical Examiner and performs FAA flight physicals for pilots requiring medical certification. Patients needing a flight physical may call Lincoln Family Medical Group to schedule an appointment.

Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine

According to the American Osteopathic Association, Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine regard the body as an integrated whole, rather than treating for specific symptoms only. Allopathic medicine, also referred to as “Western medicine,” treats disease symptoms using remedies such as drugs or surgery. Physicians with a D.O. are licensed in all 50 states to practice medicine and surgery, as well as to prescribe medications. The education for both D.O. and M.D. degrees is similar, and both are required to complete accredited medical residencies. The difference between an M.D. and D.O.

AAFP's Degree of Fellow

"The Degree of Fellow recognizes AAFP members who have distinguished themselves among their colleagues, as well as in their communities, by their service to family medicine, by their advancement of health care to the American people, and by their professional development through medical education and research. Fellows of the AAFP are recognized as champions of family medicine. They are the physicians who make family medicine the premier specialty in service to their community and profession. From a personal perspective, being a Fellow signifies not only 'tenure' but additional work in your community, within organized medicine, within teaching, and a greater commitment to continuing professional development and/or research." Degree of Fellow (FAAFP)