Dr. Heinrich was born and raised in Butte, Montana. She attended college at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA and then married a Minnesota native. Prior to medical school, Dr. Heinrich and her husband worked for a non-profit orphanage in Kenya for a year. She then attended medical school at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She completed her four year OBGYN residency training at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. She is a board eligible OBGYN and active American College of Obstetrician and Gynecologists fellow.
Dr. Heinrich and her husband have two small children and are looking forward to being back in a rural area of Alexandria. She enjoys reading for fun and hiking outdoors when time allows. Dr. Heinrich is grateful and eager to provide quality healthcare for women in a rural community.
Erika L. Johnson, M.D.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Erika Johnson joined the Alexandria Clinic in July 2003. She was born in Iowa but finished high school, college, and medical school in Minnesota. She completed her residency training in OB/GYN at Ramsey (now Regions) Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota. After residency, she taught residents and medical students at Regions Hospital where she was a staff physician for almost 20 years. Her special interests include vulvar disease, infertility, high risk pregnancies, and gynecologic surgery.
Her sister and brother-in-law, Dr. Sandra Johnson and Dr. Steven Longbotham, have lived in Alexandria and practiced Family Medicine here since 1986. In her spare time, Dr. Johnson loves to cook, garden, bicycle, and is busy with her teenage son, Spencer.
Sarah Sprengeler, M.D.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Dr. Sarah Spengeler was raised in St. Cloud, MN. She graduated from Concordia University in St. Paul with a degree in biochemistry. She went on to medical school at the University of Minnesota - Duluth where she received her M.D. Degree. She stayed over in Duluth for two years for a family medicine residency and then made a switch into Obstetrics and Gynecology. Between residency programs, Dr. Sprengeler worked as an Emergency Medicine physician in Little Falls. In spring 2010, her family moved out to Ann Arbor, Michigan, for residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
When she’s not at the clinic, Dr. Sprengeler plans on enjoying Alexandria’s outdoors with her husband and four children. The family also enjoys gardening, making music, and spending time at the lake.
