Dr. Cary Ward grew up in Dallas–Fort Worth and attended medical school at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University/Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, where he met the love of his life, Jolene, on a blind date.

Jolene was from Lincoln, Nebraska, and in 1991 they moved  to Nebraska, where he began practicing Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine. Over the next several decades, he served as Chief Medical Officer and later as President of CHI Health’s Nebraska and Iowa region.

After a career in medicine and health care leadership, Dr. Ward is grateful to return to what he has always loved most—caring for patients and practicing medicine.

Cary and Jolene have three adult children. Outside of medicine, Cary enjoys playing piano in a band and serving as a part-time musician at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. He also has a lifelong passion for aviation. He recently recertified as an FAA Aviation Medical Examiner (AME) and provides FAA Class II and Class III Aviation Medical Examinations.