Bates County Memorial Hospital Welcomes Alex Wilson, D.O., to Medical Staff
Bates County Memorial Hospital (BCMH) is pleased to announce
the addition of Alex Wilson, D.O., to its medical staff. As a trained
Hospitalist and Family Practice physician, Dr. Wilson will see patients
admitted to the hospital, as well as patients at Nursery Street Family Care
Clinic on a limited clinic schedule in August.
Wilson said the beginning of his interest in a healthcare
career started in sixth grade, when his mother was diagnosed and treated for
breast cancer, and he saw how the nurses and doctors worked as they took care
of her. After graduating from Adrian High School in 2012, he initially wanted
to pursue a nursing major. He started as a CNA working for the nursing home in
Adrian (previously, Adrian Manor).
“I took some chemistry classes and really enjoyed that side
of it, so that kind of pushed me into the pre-medicine route. And then when I
did some rotations and volunteer work with Dr. Miller here, that’s what sealed
the deal and made me pursue a career in medicine,” Wilson said.
BCMH played an integral role in Wilson’s path to becoming a
doctor. He explains, “I did a rotation during my fourth year of medical school
where I worked with both Dr. Miller and Dr. Crary – Dr. Crary in the hospital
and Dr. Miller in the outpatient setting. I did that during COVID when our
medical was shut down, so I did that as an opportunity to get back home and
help where it was needed, but also to get my feet wet in medicine here and see
if this was a good route for me to take. It definitely
was and I ended up taking a preceptorship rotation which is a month
rotation at the end of my residency, and I worked primarily with Dr. Crary
during that time, which worked well with the hospitalist perspective.”
During his residency program, his choice of specializing as
a Hospitalist was solidified. Wilson said, “I just liked the acuteness of being
able to treat patients right then and there, get studies done, and see people
improve in a short amount of time.”
Alex Wilson attended Kansas City University of Medicine and
Biosciences, completing his Doctorate of Osteopathy (DO) in 2021. He finished
his residency program with Genesis Family Medicine – University of Iowa in
Davenport, Iowa this year in 2024. Wilson is board certified with the American
Board of Family Medicine.
He and his wife, Savannah, have established their home in
Butler, and they are expecting their first child in October.