WEBSTER FAMILY PHYSICIANS - Key Persons

Barbie Schnarr has been with Webster Family Physicians since 2011 as I.V. nurse, nursing supervisor and patient care coordinator. Born and raised in Mexico, Missouri, she brings to our practice a rich and varied background. Barbie was a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines from 1989 to 2002. Traveling the world awakened in her the desire to become a nurse. In 2002, she earned an Associate of Arts degree from St. Louis Community College, and in 2004 an Associate of Science in Nursing - RN from Jewish Hospital College of Nursing. She began working at St. Luke's Hospital in Chesterfield, Missouri in 2001, first as a patient care technician, then as a critical care nurse and most recently as a postoperative care nurse. Married with two young daughters, Barbie enjoys outdoors, reading, yoga, gardening, as well as volunteer coaching and girl scout activities with her daughters. Barbie is currently certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. She is trained in Chelation Therapy through the American College for Advancement in Medicine. She has a special interest in intravenous therapies and will do her best to make your treatment at Webster Family Physicians a pleasant one and get all your questions answered.

A native of Germany, Dr. Wessling graduated from the United World College of the Atlantic in Glamorgan, South Wales in 1974 and the University of Düsseldorf Medical School in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1981. He completed a three-year residency in family medicine at Lutheran Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri and a one-year fellowship in holistic medicine at the Ita-Wegman Klinik at Arlesheim, Switzerland. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Institute of Homeopathy, the American College for the Advancement of Medicine, the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, the St. Louis Institute of Integrative Medicine, and the Physicians' Association of Anthroposophical Medicine, having served as its Secretary and President. He is board-certified in Family Medicine, Homeotherapeutics and Anthroposophical Medicine, and is a past chairman of the Department of Family Practice at St. Joseph Hospital in Kirkwood, Missouri. He recently renewed his board certification in Family Medicine for another 7 year period by passing the recertification examination. He has lectured locally and nationally on a variety of health-related topics. He is also the Medical Director of Oakwood Lifesharing Services, Inc., a community serving the needs of handicapped youth and adults. He has three young adult children and has lived in Webster Groves since 1983. His hobbies include piano performance, travel and organic beekeeping.