
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adult 21-65
- Older Adult >65
Languages
- English
Gender
FemaleAbout
Care Philosophy
My goal as a medical provider is for you to leave our visits feeling listened to and respected while addressing healthcare needs that help you live your life to the fullest. That looks a little different for everyone, so I aim to be flexible in my approach to your care.
Personal Statement
I love to garden, and it takes up a lot of my time in the summers; when I am not at work, I’m covered in dirt. I also enjoy taking an extra minute to look at pictures of your dog if you choose to share.
Clinical Interests
- Fatty liver disease
- Mental health
- Mole removals/biopsies
- Obesity medicine
- Substance use disorders
- Women’s health
Locations
- Emplify Health Onalaska Internal Medicine
- 3111 Gundersen Drive, Onalaska, WI 54650
- Get Directions
- Phone: 608-775-8620
Expertise
Education
- Certification: National Comm On Certif Of Physician Assistants, 2021
- Graduate School: University Of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2021
Insurance
- Aetna Health Management
- Amerigroup Iowa Inc
- Anthem BCBS WI
- Arise Health Plan/ WPS
- BCBS MN
- Benefit Plan Administrators
- Care Wisconsin
- CIGNA
- Community Link
- Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire
- HealthEOS by Multiplan
- Healthpartners, Inc
- Independent Care Health Plan Medicaid
- Medica IFB
- Meritain Health
- MHS Health
- Midlands Choice
- Quartz
- The Alliance
- Tricare West
- Ucare Minnesota
- United Healthcare Inc.
- WCA Group Health Trust
- Wellmark BCBS IA
- Wisconsin Physician Services
Reviews
4.9 of 5 stars
68 Ratings, 27 ReviewsThe Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/4/2026
Always a pleasure
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/23/2026
love my new doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/19/2026
Carissa is fantastic! She has helped me thru some tough medical situations over the past 5 years. A tremendous person to start with, but an even better doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/18/2026
I am comfortable and pleased with my provider and with the Gundersen experience in general.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/18/2026
I felt seen and heard and valued
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/2/2026
Carissa Verkuilen is excellent!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/13/2026
Enjoyed my first visit to your clinic! Everyone was helpful and friendly and I look forward to my scheduled visits in the future! Thank you for making my first visit feel so comfortable!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/11/2026
VERY SATISFIED
- 3 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/6/2026
It was fine. Carissa is a very nice person
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/3/2026
Carissa is a phenomenal provider. Both my wife and I see her as our primary doctor. We truly appreciate her expertise, her caring, and her follow-through. You have an excellent doctor there.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2026
I wish i would have switched to Emplify long ago A+
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/6/2026
I am blessed to have Carissa as my Primary Care Physician.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/29/2026
She was the best that I've ever gone to. She explained everything very clearly and that's all I can say. I really liked her. I'm glad I got her to come to use as a provider. Very thorough and very, very, very nice person.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/28/2026
1. I love that we can do video visits. Thank you. 2. My care provider, Carissa Verkuilen, is very knowledgeable, patient, kind, and empathetic. I feel I have a very good relationship with her and she never makes me feel rushed or unheard, and any stupid little health question I have, she answers with respect and compassion. I cannot say enough positive things about her. 3. This video visit in particular started out poorly (my fault) because I was logged in and waiting but had to quickly use the restroom and missed the call to connect. Thankfully the visit rescheduled right away to 15 minutes later without my even asking. I was SO THANKFUL for that. 4. I'm on Medicare, and my care overall has been outstanding. I'm very appreciative of the excellent care I receive.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/25/2026
Carissa was exceptionally receptive and listened carefully to my symptoms. Plus, it was obvious that she had studied my past history going back many years. I was very impressed with her and her assistant!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/6/2026
The only thing I would like more is if the PT program hooked into MyChart. And MyChart should allow more flexibility in running reports of the data. Example. I was asked to furnish a report of all of my providers for the last 3 years. With contact info and first and last seen dates. That should be a simple query
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2026
Carissa is a true asset and an amazing PA who really listens.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/10/2026
It was very good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/7/2026
Carissa is an amazing Dr. she is certainly a caring Dr that puts your health first and listening is 100%.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/31/2026
this provider was exceptional. She was very complete. I was very happy with the info she gave me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/18/2026
Carissa V. was a great listener- compassionate and covered everything I needed.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/15/2026
Great
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/25/2025
Carissa is the Best! You would be lucky to have more like her!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/23/2025
All was good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/23/2025
Everything was good. I got everything and more taken care of and explained to me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/16/2025
My appointment with Cariissa Verkuilan was very complete. She listened and suggested an abdominal x-ray which was very much appreciated. She also assured me that she would follow up on the results. Also gave suggestions to address the pain that I was experiencing. She also looked at a past concern, a tick bite, and assured me it was not a Lyme bite. Thank you for the great appointment.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/26/2025
Everything went smoothly. I genuinely like my provider and staff is welcoming and helpful.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/4/2026
Always a pleasure
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/23/2026
love my new doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/19/2026
Carissa is fantastic! She has helped me thru some tough medical situations over the past 5 years. A tremendous person to start with, but an even better doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/18/2026
I am comfortable and pleased with my provider and with the Gundersen experience in general.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/18/2026
I felt seen and heard and valued
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/2/2026
Carissa Verkuilen is excellent!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/13/2026
Enjoyed my first visit to your clinic! Everyone was helpful and friendly and I look forward to my scheduled visits in the future! Thank you for making my first visit feel so comfortable!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/11/2026
VERY SATISFIED
- 3 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/6/2026
It was fine. Carissa is a very nice person
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/3/2026
Carissa is a phenomenal provider. Both my wife and I see her as our primary doctor. We truly appreciate her expertise, her caring, and her follow-through. You have an excellent doctor there.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/16/2026
I wish i would have switched to Emplify long ago A+
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/6/2026
I am blessed to have Carissa as my Primary Care Physician.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/29/2026
She was the best that I've ever gone to. She explained everything very clearly and that's all I can say. I really liked her. I'm glad I got her to come to use as a provider. Very thorough and very, very, very nice person.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/28/2026
1. I love that we can do video visits. Thank you. 2. My care provider, Carissa Verkuilen, is very knowledgeable, patient, kind, and empathetic. I feel I have a very good relationship with her and she never makes me feel rushed or unheard, and any stupid little health question I have, she answers with respect and compassion. I cannot say enough positive things about her. 3. This video visit in particular started out poorly (my fault) because I was logged in and waiting but had to quickly use the restroom and missed the call to connect. Thankfully the visit rescheduled right away to 15 minutes later without my even asking. I was SO THANKFUL for that. 4. I'm on Medicare, and my care overall has been outstanding. I'm very appreciative of the excellent care I receive.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/25/2026
Carissa was exceptionally receptive and listened carefully to my symptoms. Plus, it was obvious that she had studied my past history going back many years. I was very impressed with her and her assistant!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/6/2026
The only thing I would like more is if the PT program hooked into MyChart. And MyChart should allow more flexibility in running reports of the data. Example. I was asked to furnish a report of all of my providers for the last 3 years. With contact info and first and last seen dates. That should be a simple query
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/5/2026
Carissa is a true asset and an amazing PA who really listens.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/10/2026
It was very good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/7/2026
Carissa is an amazing Dr. she is certainly a caring Dr that puts your health first and listening is 100%.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/31/2026
this provider was exceptional. She was very complete. I was very happy with the info she gave me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/18/2026
Carissa V. was a great listener- compassionate and covered everything I needed.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/15/2026
Great
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/25/2025
Carissa is the Best! You would be lucky to have more like her!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/23/2025
All was good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/23/2025
Everything was good. I got everything and more taken care of and explained to me.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/16/2025
My appointment with Cariissa Verkuilan was very complete. She listened and suggested an abdominal x-ray which was very much appreciated. She also assured me that she would follow up on the results. Also gave suggestions to address the pain that I was experiencing. She also looked at a past concern, a tick bite, and assured me it was not a Lyme bite. Thank you for the great appointment.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/26/2025
Everything went smoothly. I genuinely like my provider and staff is welcoming and helpful.
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