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Graduate Medical Education at USD Sanford School of Medicine
Health Science Center 1400 W. 22nd St.
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
General Surgery
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Alexis Volkert, MD

  • Class of 2031

  • Medical School

    University of Minnesota Medical School Minneapolis, MN

  • What are your interests or hobbies?

    Pickleball, cooking, fishing, spending time with my loved ones

  • What did you do before medical school?

    Waitress, CNA, clinical reasearch coordinator.

  • If I wasn’t a doctor, I would be a…

    Teacher or cheese shop owner.

  • What advice would you give to your teenage self?

    Keep challenging yourself to improve in places you don’t think you should be.

  • Why University of South Dakota?

    Loved their mission to produce compassionate caregivers and excellent surgeons. Appreciated their rural emphasis too.