From Business: I grew up in a small town and could see where the health care deficits were. That was where I wanted to be. I love small town America and there's no better place.

From Business: I love educating patients - from teenager to someone going through menopause. There's so much that people don't really realize about how things work and how to treat them. So I…

From Business: Rural healthcare is important because you can deliver care to the people in the closely, and on more of a personal level because most of the people you see from day to day you…

From Business: I knew there was a big need here in Perryville. It was my hometown and I still had family here. My goal when I came back was to establish a stable primary care group that we…

From Business: I think having an orthopedic surgeon here does benefit the community. Sometimes it's hard for patients (elderly population or young patients as well) to travel to St. Louis or…