Episode 17: John Thurman, Jr., D.O. Family Medicine Physician

Send us Fan MailIn today’s episode, we will be speaking with Dr. John Thurman. Dr. Thurman is a family medicine physician who attended medical school at A.T. Still University Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency training at MacNeal Memorial Hospital in 2015.Dr. Thurman’s history of leadership, however,  predates his career in medicine. Before medical school, Dr. Thurman attended West Point, the United States elite military academy. While at West Point, he commanded a company at Camp Buckner and was on battalion staff during the academic year. Dr. Thurman played football in college where he led the scout team.In 2003, Dr. Thurman was deployed to Kuwait and later Iraq. When Dr. Thurman returned to the US, he took a position in admissions at West Point, where an unfortunate accident, although leading to hardship, put him on the path to becoming a community leader as a family practitioner in Iowa. Dr. Thurman speaks on his views of minority physicians, specifically African Americans in medicine, and provides insight to help others on their own personal journeys.