Welcome to Towne Centre Medical

Barbara A. Horner-Ibler, M.D., M.Div, M.A.

Welcome to Towne Centre Medical. This is a small, private internal medicine practice, providing adult medical care with compassion and patience in an intimate setting. Oliver Sachs observed: “In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology.  In examining the person with the disease, we gain wisdom about life.”  With gratitude to patients, who have taught me much about life, I welcome the opportunity to learn from you.  Please send me an email or leave a voicemail, and we will find an appoint time that works.  

In addition to the practice at Towne Centre Medical, I am the medical director at the Bread of Healing Clinic.  This is a clinic located in 3 churches on the north side of Milwaukee.  The clinic serves uninsured patients with chronic illness, who cannot access care anywhere else.  If you are uninsured, please contact the Bread of Healing Clinic below for an appointment.  

 

10721 W. Capitol Drive, #205

Milwaukee, WI 53222
bahorner@townecentremedical.com
Telephone: (414) 313-9430  |  Fax: (888) 980-5968
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Medicine, M.D., 1994-1998, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Social Work, M.A.S.S.A, 1983-1985, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Ministry, M.Div., 1980-1983, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
Religion/German, B.A., 1977-1980, Carroll College, Waukesha, WI

Board Certified, Internal Medicine, 2002,  American College of Physicians
Internal Medicine, 1999-2002, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Aurora-Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee WI
2000 – Present:  Licensed Physician in the State of Wisconsin
1997 – Present:  Licensed Advanced Practice Social Worker in State of Wisconsin
1982 – Present:  Licensed Presbyterian Minister in the State of Wisconsin, Member of the Milwaukee Presbytery
2006 – Present:  Physician, Private Practice, Towne Centre Medical, Brookfield, WI
2000 – Present:  Medical Director, Bread of Healing Clinic, Cross Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, WI
2002 – 2006:  Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, WI
1999 – 2002:  Resident Physician, Aurora-Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI
1987 – 1994:  Minister, Trinity Presbyterian Church, Chilton, WI
1985 – 1987:  Associate Minister, First Presbyterian Church, Mount Vernon, NY
1983 – 1985:  Social Work Intern, Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
                         Teen Parent Center and Family Life Educator, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, IL
1983 – 1985:  Ministry Intern, Grace Lutheran Church, Trenton, NJ
 
  • “Separate but Unequal: Where Minority and Nonminority Patients Receive Primary Care,” Annals of Internal Medicine, May, 2010.
  • “Conditions in Primary Care: Physician Reactions and Care Quality,”  Annals of Internal Medicine, July 2009.
  • Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting, May, 2005. Poster Presentation. “5 Years Later, No Change in the Weather: Organizational Climate and Physician Worklife.”
  • AAMC Workforce Planning Meeting, May, 2005. Seminary Presentation. “5 Years Later, No Change in the Weather: Organizational Climate and Physician Worklife.”
  • Grand Rounds, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “Casting Bread Upon the Waters: the Experience of One Free Clinic on Milwaukee’s North Side.” January, 2005.
  • Ours the Journey: A Study Guide for Churches in Solidarity with Women, Barbara A. Horner-Ibler. Friendship Press, 1992.
  • Pornography: Far From the Song of Songs, A Policy Statement adopted by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) with a study guide written by Barbara A. Horner-Ibler. The Office of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), 1988.
2020  Honorary Doctorate, Carroll University, Waukesha, WI
2019  Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott Distinguished Service Award, Milwaukee County Medical Society
2018  Sigurd Sivertson Medical Education Award, Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association
2010  Social Worker of the Year Award, Southeastern Wisconsin Chapter, Wisconsin Association of Social Workers
2009  Outstanding Alumnae Award for Community Service, Carroll College
2008 – 2009  UW-Madison Medical School Teaching Award for medical student education.
2005 – 2006  Harkness-Schilling Teaching Award for Medical Student Education, UW-Madison.
2005 – 2006  Full time faculty teaching award for resident education.
2002 – 2003  UW_Madison Medical School Teaching Award for medical student education.
2005  Milwaukee Medical Society Community Service Award for the establishment of a free clinic for working patients.
 

 

  • American Board of Internal Medicine  (ABIM), Fellow
  • American College of Physicians  (ACP)
  • Association of Clinicians for the Uninsured (ACU)
  • National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
  • Milwaukee Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
  • Wisconsin Association of Social Workers (WASW)
Convener, Organizer, 2004 – Present:

Free and Community Clinic Collaborative.  This is a collaborative organization of 25 active free and community clinics in southeastern Wisconsin, stretching from Milwaukee to Racine to Oconomowoc.  We gather to share information and concerns, advocate for uninsured patients, and strategize and problem solve issues we all encounter.  We have also established a mechanism to share medications across the clinics in an entity we call “Community MedShare.”

Developer, Organizer 1999 – Present:
Bread of Healing Clinic at Cross Lutheran Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Began in 2000. This is a free clinic that began as an outreach of Cross Lutheran Church and the internal medicine residency program from Aurora-Sinai Medical Center.  The clinic serves the working poor, all with chronic medical conditions but without any health insurance.  In the past 3 years we have expanded to two more sites; one at the Eastbrook Church and a second at the Florist Avenue Lutheran Church.
 
Leader, 1997 – 2010:

Medical Small Group at Cross of Life Lutheran Church, Brookfield, where I participate actively. Our group has planned and led adult forums on a variety of medical issues (advanced directives, end-of-life questions, ethics, nutrition, overuse of antibiotics, diabetes, adolescent health and sexuality, etc.). We also coordinate quarterly blood drives at Cross of Life Lutheran Church.

Teacher, 1977 – Present:

Confirmation and adult classes at churches. Medical ethics, care for the uninsured with medical students and residents.

Worship Leader, 1977 – Present:

Occasional preaching and worship leadership in a variety of congregations.

Member, Secretary, 1977 – 1986:

Program Agency of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), a national governing board of the denomination, responsible for all the program of the denomination.

Member, Chairperson 1984 – 1986:

Women’s Ministry Unit, a national governing board of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), responsible for all the ministries of, to, and with women in the denomination.

Director, 1981 – 1983:

Nationwide Mission Conference for the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. for three years. Responsibilities included developing the overall theme and program, arranging for guest lecturers, planning for accommodations for 600+ participants, and hosting the event.

Foster Parent, 1989 – 1991:

Manitowoc County foster parent with my husband for five children, ages 7 months old to 15 years old.

Rape Victim Advocate, 1983 – 1985:

Chicago Osteopathic Hospital, Chicago, IL

 

 

Bread of Healing Clinic

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Cross Lutheran Church          Traveler’s Rest Ministry              Eastbrook Church
                                        1821 N 16th Street                                          5975 N. 40th Street                                    5353 N. Green Bay Road                             
                                                   Milwaukee WI 53205                                       Milwaukee, WI  53209                                  Milwaukee, WI  53209                                           
(414) 977-0001
Ecclesiastes 11:1. Cast your bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days.
Maya Angelou writes further: When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream, whose face we may never see, will benefit from our actions, even as we enjoy the fruits sent to us from a donor upstream, whose face we have never seen.
The Bread of Healing Clinic began as a ministry of Cross Lutheran Church, established with the support of community partners (UW-Madison Medical School, Aurora Health Care, other local churches). It continues now as a separately incorporated organization, holding clinics at three sites–Cross Lutheran Church (6 half days/week), the Traveler’s Rest Ministries (Wednesday afternoons and evenings) and Eastbrook Church (Monday mornings and afternoons, and the third Saturday each month).
Our Purpose is to...
  • Provide high quality medical care for people with chronic illnesses, who are working but are without access to health insurance.
  • Provide an environment of education for patients and for volunteers to learn more about the treatment of chronic illnesses in patients who most often experience disparities in care.
  • Provide opportunities to experience, request, and offer healing for all of us (patient, provider, volunteer).
  • Provide health care for patients inbetween health insurance coverages.
We believe that health is...
  • An issue of faith, for Jesus was continuously engaged in the work of healing.
  • An issue of social justice, a right that belongs to all people, regardless of ability to pay.
  • An issue of wholeness in the physical, spiritual, emotional and social wellbeing of individuals.
God calls us to healing in every arena of human life, and we seek to respond to that call in this ministry. 
Volunteers
Physicians, Nurses, Pharmacists, Diabetic Educators, Resident Physicians, Medical Students, Medical Assistants, Medication Sorters, Construction Crews, Board of Directors, Pharmacists,  Data Entry Technicians, Dentists, Dental Assistants, Dental Hygienists, Social Workers, Psychlogists, Counselors. 
Demographics
  • Opened in 2000, we have seen thousands of different patients.  1200-1500 active at any moment in time.
  • Currently open to see patients 6 half days each week at the Cross Lutheran site, 2 half days each week at the Florist Traveler’s Rest Ministries, and 2 half days each week and 1 Saturday each month at Eastbrook.
  • > 500 patient visits each month.
  • 1500-2000 patients are active with the clinic at any given time.
  • 55% have hypertension.
  • 30% have diabetes.
  • All medications, supplies, labs, visits with a medical professionals are free.
  • Patients are referred through the Aurora’s Sinai and St. Luke’s residency programs, the Parish Nurse network, the local churches, Aurora clinics, Lindsay Heights agencies, and city emergency rooms.
  • 70% of our patients are African American.
  • 84% of our patients are working.
  • 52% of our patients are men; 48% women.
  • Average household income, 100-180% of the Federal Poverty Level ($12,000-$18,000 per year per individual).
  • If you would like to volunteer, please email Dr. Horner-Ibler, or call the clinic:  (414) 977-0001.