Dr. Alecia Gende: Variety is the Key to Thriving
In this episode, Dr. Austin interviews Dr. Gende, a former nurse, now a physician with a varied career in both emergency medicine and sports medicine. We discuss her path from nursing to medicine, and insights on interactions between nurses and doctors. We discuss her strategies for staying fulfilled in medicine and being healthy.
Alecia Gende, DO, CAQSM is currently working at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse, WI. She is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics, and splits her time evenly between Emergency Medicine and Sports Medicine. She is the head team physician for Saint Mary’s University in Winona, MN, Team physician for US Ski and Snowboard.
She completed medical school at Midwestern University/Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine. She then went on to Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and was Chief Resident. She completed a fellowship in Primary Care Sports Medicine at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
She is professionally interested in US guided procedures, specifically MSK procedures, sideline medicine, education and culture change and leadership (AAWEP involvement)
She served in the US Navy Nurse Corps officer from 2004-2008. She deployed to Camp Lemonier, Djibouti, Africa, and Al Asad, Iraq in support of OIF/OEF, and served in Al Asad as the lead flight nurse.
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