"I am so excited to be a part of Atlas MD’s expansion to west Wichita! I was born in California, but I call the Wichita area home as I have lived here since I was about 4 months old. I graduated from Rose Hill High School in 1998. I went to college at Oklahoma Christian University where I graduated summa cum laude in 2003 as a university fellow with majors in biology and vocational ministry. In 2007, I received my medical degree from the University of Oklahoma. I returned to Wichita to complete my family medicine training at Wesley Medical Center. I am board certified in family medicine and a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, and the Medical Society of Sedgwick County. I am married and have three children. After completing my training in 2010, I practiced family medicine in west Wichita in a large multispecialty group practice. Over the next 5 years, I grew increasingly frustrated with the status quo. I became a family physician so I could be there for my patients, listen, be thorough, protect my patients from harm, and generally help however I could. Instead, I felt that those goals were becoming lost among the interference from third party government agencies and private insurers. That is why I am thrilled to be joining Atlas MD, where I feel I can invest time in pure patient-physician relationships without that interference. If you have ever felt rushed through a doctor’s office, or experienced these third parties come between you and your personal physician, then I invite you to contact us for more information about what we offer: a medical home that really is centered on you."