Holli Kautzman PharmD, BCPS

Provider and Co-owner 2005-2018

Holli Kautzman, PharmD, BCPS received her B.S. and Doctorate in Pharmacy from North Dakota State University in Fargo, ND. She completed her residency training at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Kautzman held board certification as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist and was credentialed at Mercy Medical Center. Prior to joining Family Physicians of Cedar Rapids, Dr. Kautzman served as Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and as adjunct Clinical Faculty at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. She also served as the Director of Pharmacology for the Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation. Dr. Kautzman enjoyed traveling especially to Catholic pilgrimage sites, gardening, cooking and was a devoted swimmer. Dr. Kautzman joined Family Physicians of Cedar Rapids in 2005 as a co-owner until her death on February 1, 2018 after an 8 year courageous battle with breast cancer. She was well respected by her colleagues and patients and will be forever missed. Her legacy of demanding that patients receive quality and compassionate care will be continued by our practice in her honor.

A perpetual memorial scholarship fund has been established to assist financially disadvantaged pharmacy students at North Dakota State University through the North Dakota Community Foundation.

The Holli Kautzman Memorial Scholarship was established by Holli’s family, friends and patients. Holli Kautzman, PharmD, BCPS was a provider and co-owner of Family Physicians of Cedar Rapids, PC where she managed patients with chronic disease from 2005 until her death from breast cancer in 2018. She managed all the patients in the practice with diabetes up to the time of her death. Dr Kautzman was born in 1968 in Seattle, Washington living there until the death of her biological parents in a 1970 aviation accident. She was raised by relatives with her older sisters on a farm near Center, North Dakota and graduated from Center High School in 1986.

She attended North Dakota State University where she received her Bachelors and Doctorate degrees in Pharmacology while working nights and weekends to help pay her college expenses without taking student loans. She completed her pharmacology residency training at the University of Iowa. Dr. Kautzman served as Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Iowa College of Pharmacy and as adjunct clinical faculty at the University of Iowa College of Medicine prior to joining Family Physicians of Cedar Rapids. She also served as the director of pharmacology for the Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation’s family medicine residency program. Holli had a great love of life with a strong belief in the importance of education and a deep devotion to her faith and belief in God.