Olga Hardy, MD
My specialties:
- Internal medicine
Professional interests:
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Coronary artery disease
I am a board-certified internal medicine physician with professional interests in high blood pressure, diabetes and coronary artery disease.
I became a doctor because: I have always been interested in science and enjoy helping people.
I am passionate about: nature and wildlife. It amazes me to see creatures in their natural settings.
If I wasn't a doctor, I would be a: geneticist, because the secrets hidden in the human genome fascinate me!
One of the challenges of this career that I enjoy is: the fact that the medical field is always expanding and evolving, which provides me with lifetime learning.
My personal health goal is: to increase my physical activity and maintain my weight and muscle tone as I age.
The best health advice I've received is: "Bad habits are like cobwebs that later become chains."
One of my proudest personal achievements was: representing my school in a regional mathematics olympics.
My favorite memory is: delivering my sister's first baby.
Credentials
- MD
Board-certified specialties
- Internal medicine
Personal interests
- Outdoors
- Reading
Educational institutions
- Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Residencies
- University of North Dakota
Years of experience
- 11
Additional languages spoken
- Russian
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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)