BVAAC Clinicians

    
 
         
    John Jeppson, M.D.    
   
Dr. Jeppson was born and raised in Southern Idaho. After graduation from Brigham Young University, he attended the University of Utah Medical School, where he received his MD in 1989. He completed a three year pediatric residency at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Medical Center. Dr. Jeppson then completed a three year fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, at National Jewish Medical and Research Center, in Denver, CO. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics and in Allergy & Clinical Immunology. Dr. Jeppson joined BVAAC in 1995. He is a member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, as well as the AMA, Idaho Medical Association, and Ada County Medical Association. He is on staff at St. Luke's RMC and St. Alphonsus RMC. He enjoys spending time with his family (Starla, John Jr., Jacob and Elizabeth), camping, biking, and gardening.
   
         
    Michael Keiley, M.D    
   
  Dr. Keiley was born and raised in Helena, Montana. He received his undergraduate degree in biology from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and his MD from the University of Washington in 1987. After completing a three-year residency in pediatrics at Rainbow Babies Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Keiley completed a two-year fellowship in adult and pediatric Allergy and Clinical Immunology at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado. He joined BVAAC in 2000, after working as an allergist in Great Falls, Montana for nine years. Dr. Keiley is a member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; the AMA; the Idaho Medical Association and the Ada County Medical Association. He is on staff at St. Luke’s RMC and St. Alphonsus RMC. Dr. Keiley is an avid runner and mountain bike cyclist. He and his wife Jackie live in north Boise with their son Sean and many pets. He has an older son, Ben, who graduated from Bishop Kelly High School (2004) and is in college at the University of Montana.
   
         
    G. William Palmer, M.D.    
   
  Dr. Palmer is a native of Utah. He graduated from Harvard College with honors in biology. He attended medical school at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, receiving honors in internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, and inpatient pediatrics. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, where he served as acting chief resident and received the award for resident teacher of the year. Dr. Palmer then did fellowship training in allergy, asthma, and immunology at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, an international referral center for allergic and respiratory problems. While there, he spent a year in the lab researching peanut allergy. He has published multiple articles in medical journals on topics ranging from autoimmune diseases, anaphylaxis (whole body allergic reaction), peanut allergy, and pregnancy related allergy issues. He has also given presentations at national meetings and is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. He has a special interest in asthma, food allergies, and hives. Dr. Palmer is married to Donna Cousins Palmer and has five children.
   
         
    Heidi Peters, FNP    
   
  Heidi Peters is a Family Nurse Practitioner who has been with Boise Valley Asthma and Allergy since spring of 1999. She was trained and a nurse practitioner at Clemson university in South Carolina where she received her Masters of Science. Family nurse practitioners are trained to see and treat both children and adults much like a family physician. In the last seven years she has become especially accustomed to treating the variety of asthma, allergies and various skin conditions frequently seen in the office. She feels especially blessed to work with three talented physicians whom she consults with often.

Heidi is from Missoula Montana originally. She also has undergraduate degrees in political science from the University of Washington and Nursing from Creighton University. She is married with two small daughters.