Matt Kresl, PharmD
My specialties:
- Pharmacy
Professional interests:
- Geriatrics
- Pain management
- Psychiatry
Hometown: Minneapolis
I am passionate about: learning, laughing, spending time with family, eating good food and interesting people who tell good stories.
I became a pharmacist because: I like the scientific process of problem solving. I knew medicines could dramatically change peoples lives by relieving pain, improving diabetes and curing a disease. I wanted to be a part of something meaningful.
If I wasn't a pharmacist, I would be a: writer or a teacher. I'd also coach sports more. I enjoy helping someone through the process of improving a skill.
One of the challenges of this career that I enjoy is: figuring out how medication use is going to fit in people's lives. This means optimizing medication use for the patients reasons, not necessarily mine. Caregivers have goals for managing diabetes, blood pressure, asthma and many other ailments. The challenge is to make these goals real and meaningful for the patient.
The best health advice I have received is: to look at the five people who you are closest to and look at their health habits. If their habits are poor then it will be harder for you to achieve wellness. Good health is more than just you and your will power.
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Credentials
- PharmD
Board-certified specialties
- Pharmacy
Educational institutions
- University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy
Years of experience
- 21
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Major health plans we participate in
- Allina Health | Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
- HealthPartners
- Medica
- PreferredOne
- SelectCare/LaborCare
- UCare
- UnitedHealthcare
Other health plans we participate in
- Medicaid/Medicare
- Aetna
- America's PPO
- First Health/Coventry
- CIGNA
- Humana
- Hennepin Health (formerly Metropolitan Health Plan)
- PrimeWest
- South Country Health Alliance
- United Behavioral Health
- Wisconsin Physician Services (WPS)