CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2013 OSU-CHS RURAL HEALTH OPTION GRADUATES
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Congratulations to the 2013 OSU-CHS Rural Health Option graduates who are excited about becoming physicians and serving rural Oklahomans. A special “thank you” to all those who provided support, encouragement, inspiration, and training to keep their dreams alive and produce, not only needed rural physicians, but rural community leaders as well. Thank you for your dedication to making a difference.
KERRI ELLIOT SMITH, DO
CHRISTY BULLARD, DO
D’LYNN ARMSTRONG, DO
RENAH GIBSON, DO
“Working with Jamie Gore, DO, helped me gain valuable knowledge of the challenges facing rural doctors.” Dr. Smith is a PMTC recipient and plans to return to western Oklahoma to practice close to her hometown of Elk City. In 20102011, she served as the StORM Secretary. Dr. Smith will complete her residency at the Texas A&M – Scott & White Internal Medicine Residency Program in Temple, Texas, before returning to western Oklahoma.
“I very much enjoyed the patient contact-it was much more personal than what we see in an urban clinic. Monty J. Grugan, DO’s clinic in Broken Bow was a very busy practice and the patient-base offered a great deal of variety.” Dr. Bullard is from Clayton, Oklahoma, and plans to practice in rural Oklahoma. She is currently in the Tahlequah City Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program.
“I am committed to returning to rural Oklahoma.” Dr. Armstrong lives in Vian, Oklahoma, with her husband and their 3 children. Dr. Armstrong is a PMTC recipient and completed many of her rotations in the Tahlequah, Oklahoma, area. She is currently in the Tahlequah City Hospital Internal Medicine Residency Program.
Born and raised in Enid, Oklahoma, Dr. Gibson spent much of her 3rd and 4th year rotations in northwest Oklahoma. “One experience allowed me to work at a community clinic that provided free healthcare and free medications. I found it extremely rewarding to help out those who did not have insurance and did not have any access to health care.” Dr. Gibson is in the family medicine residency program at the INTEGRIS Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid.
Oklahoma D.O. | July/August 2013