Meet Our Staff
The exceptional physicians and screening conduct specialists who make up the participant screening team at MDS Pharma Services all share the same vision: a commitment to providing the highest quality care and the best quality of stay for participants.
As a participant, you are our partner in the clinical trial process and that relationship is at the core of our approach to research and health care.
Dr. Scott Rasmussen, MD
Dr. Rasmussen earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Rasmussen worked as an Internal Medicine physician at Lincoln Internal Medicine prior to Joining the MDS team.
Dr. Karl Roth, MD
Dr. Roth earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He completed his Pediatrics residency at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Roth also received a Master of Arts in Physiology from New York University, in New York City, New York. Prior to joining MDS, Dr. Roth was the Chief of Pediatric Services at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska.
Dr. Stephen Youngberg
Dr. Youngberg received his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. He completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota. Thereafter, he completed a fellowship in the subspecialty of Nephrology and was a Research Fellow in renal physiology at the Mayo division of Physiology and Biophysics. Dr. Youngberg was in the private practice of Nephrology in Texas, Louisiana, and Nebraska before joining the MDS team.