Our Providers

Dr. Thomas Hoskins
Doctor
(307) 334-4000

Dr. Hoskins is Board Certified in Family Medicine and has been exclusively practicing family and emergency medicine in Wyoming, Colorado, California, and Illinois over the past 30 years. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, College of Medicine, a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians and a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

Dr. Hoskins has cared for many of the residents of Niobrara County in his previous role as Medical Director of Emergency Services at MHCC in Douglas as well as working at NHLC since February of 2008.

 
Cathy Fliris, DNP, FNP
Family Nurse Practitioner
(307) 334-4000

Cathy Fliris, DNP, Family Nurse Practitioner, provides medical care to the citizens of Niobrara County and those passing through Lusk in the Rawhide Rural Health Clinic.

Originally from Seattle, Washington, she headed to Alaska to work for the National Health Service Corps in Tanana on the Yukon River.  Cathy worked as a Registered Nurse for 24 years in a small hospital and an assisted living home. She also operated a business making custom arctic clothing, fished for salmon in the summer, helped her husband of 30 years, Bill, operate a dog mushing tour business and raised two sons, Brendan and Jesse.

After graduating with her Nurse Practitioner License from the Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, based in Hyden, Kentucky, she moved to Lusk with another National Health Service Corps scholarship.  Cathy obtained her Doctorate of Nursing Practice through the Rocky Mountain University of Health Sciences in Provo, Utah in 2010.

Both she and her husband love Wyoming, particularly the people, roads, running water, and gas heat!

A. Joseph Farrell
PA-C (CAQ) EM		 Physician Assistant Joe Farrell is Board Certified in Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine. He attended the University of Wyoming majoring in Molecular Biology and the Albany Medical College Physician Assistant Program. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants and has associations with the Wyoming Association of Physician Assistants and the Wyoming Medical Society. He has worked in the emergency departments of Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Wyoming Medical Center in Casper and Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County in Rock Springs.

PA Farrell has been with Niobrara Health and Life Center full time since March of 2008. He was the Director of Emergency Medicine from September 2008 until September 2012. He is originally from upstate New York where he was an avid camper and outdoors person. He came to Wyoming in 1970 to attend the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS) in Lander to climb mountains and ended up working and teaching for that organization for many years making Wyoming his home.

He lives in Cheyenne with his wife Denise and two granddaughters Kylie five years old and Kelsie two and a half years old. They are still active in the outdoors and spend much of their off time hiking, backpacking, snowshoeing, fishing and camping.
J. Pull, M.D

Joel Pull, M.D., started working at NHLC as a part-time emergency department provider in December of 2011. He is practicing in the ER 10 days a month.  He is also the Extended Care Facility Medical Director.

Dr. Pull received his Doctor of Medicine from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine in 1993.  He completed his residency in anesthesiology at Illinois Mason Medical Center and in Family Medicine at the Minot Center for Family Medicine.

Dr. Pull is Board Certified in Family Medicine as well as being a National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomat, and a Federal Aviation Administration Certified Examiner.  He is licensed to practice medicine in Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota, and has practiced in Greybull, Douglas, and Lovell as well as Minot, ND.

In addition to his medical career, Dr. Pull served as a Colonel in the Medical Corp for 31 years and the Wyoming Army National Guard for 13 years.  He served in the North Dakota Army National Guard and Illinois Army National Guard as well.  His military experience includes active duty Army, in the infantry from 1981-1985.  Dr. Pull is an avid outdoorsman and runner. He also enjoys cooking and woodworking.
E. Metz, DO

Dr. Edward Metz is Board Certified in Family Medicine and has been practicing medicine for over 35 years.  He is a graduate of the Community General Osteopathic program in Harrisburg, PA.  Dr. Metz Served in the Army National Guard from 1958 to 1964 and has continued to remain active in the National Guard Medical Corps with the current rank of Colonel. He has also been a guest speaker around the country and served as a consulting physician for various companies in the mining and oil industries.  He currently works in the Rawhide Rural Health Clinic as a primary care provider.