ATSU alumna joins medical staff at Kirksville Family Medicine
Kirksville Daily Express
An A.T. Still University alumna has returned to her alma mater as a physician and faculty member.
Dr. Valena Fiscus, a 2013 graduate, is now taking patients at ATSU’s Kirksville Family Medicine, located in the Gutensohn Clinic. Patients can schedule appointments with her by calling 660-626-2223.
“Kirksville has always felt like home from the day I came to town as a medical student. I have always felt a pull back to this community and hoped that one day I would come home,” said Fiscus in a news release. “After working in underserved medicine throughout the U.S., I’m excited to have the opportunity to return and join ATSU’s Kirksville Family Medicine, providing preventative care and specialized services in internal medicine to the community that supported me in the past.”
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