About Dr. Valerie Stephens:
A native of South Dakota, Dr Stephens worked as a gastroenterologist (the study of the alimentary tract, liver and pancreas) at Rapid City Medical Center in Rapid City, SD from January 2006 to July 2022. Prior to that she worked in the same capacity in Everett, Washington at Western Washington Medical Group.
She earned her MD at the USD Sanford School of Medicine in Vermillion, SD and subsequently completed her Fellowship in GI at the University of Minnesota.
Prior to entering medicine she was a cartographer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after graduating summa cum laude from University of Minnesota, Mankato in Geography.
Disillusioned with the current state of medicine, Dr. Stephens completed a Fellowship in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Andrew Weil School of Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Arizona. She is now Board Certified in Integrative Medicine as of 2023.
Dr. Stephens is an advocate for patients. She sees patients as unique individuals that require personalized care, not as a statistical algorithm endorsed by insurance companies. She enjoys learning new things and collaborating with other practitioners in the community.