Dr. Prevost attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and military medical school at the Uniformed Services University, the report said. She did a surgery internship and flight medicine before her orthopedic residency. A high school ski racer, she was also an orthopedic patient.
“A friend of the family who took care of me and became a mentor — he loved doing orthopedics and encouraged me that I could do it,” she told Summit Daily. “Only about 1 percent of orthopedic surgeons were women at that time.”
She will practice part-time to help with the busy winter season, the report said. While she doesn’t yet know what injuries are most common in Summit County, Dr. Prevost told Summit Daily that many hand injuries require urgent or immediate care.
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