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Dr. Karen Johal PEDIATRICIAN
The roots of Dr. Karen Johal’s career can be traced back to her growing up in Manitoba
amid her close-knit extended family. “I grew up in a home where both of my grandparents were living in my parent’s
house,” she said. “They had a lot of medical conditions; my grandma had Alzheimer’s for 10 or 15 years, and it was debilitating. My grandpa also got sick often. As the oldest, I was in the hospital a lot relaying information and all that. I think that’s where my love of medicine really started.” Being the eldest of her siblings and cousins also pointed Johal toward a career working
with children. While studying at the University of Manitoba, she finally discovered how to knit these various passions together. “I always wanted to do something related to kids,” she said. “While I was attending the university, I also volunteered at the hospital there, and that opened my eyes to the health- care side of things. I fell in love with it and decided to become a pediatrician.” After completing medical school in the Cayman Islands, Johal completed specialized medical training in Chicago and Shreveport. She and her family arrive in West Plains in September.
Dr. David Lish PODIATRIST
It’s a long way from eastern Idaho to West Plains, Missouri. When asked what got him
here, Dr. David Lish offers one word: family. “My mother was a stay-at-home mom until I was about 12, and then she decided to become a medical assistant,” he said. “Helping her study for her classes kind of steered me toward medicine. “Then, my brother-in-law is Dr. Tyler Rex Goodman, the other podiatrist at Ozarks.
We’ve spent a lot of time visiting him there. I love the area. It’s beautiful.” Lish is finishing up residency in Flint, Michigan. He completed his undergraduate
studies at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho, and podiatry school training at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California. He’ll arrive in Missouri this summer with his wife Sadie, an aesthetician, and the couple’s three children. “My whole life, I’ve always aspired to live somewhere I can get out and have my space
and not have my neighbors peeking in my window full time. The Ozarks can definitely give you that,” he said. “I’m excited to get my practice started and provide patients with the latest in minimally invasive foot and ankle surgery, plus limb salvage, and treating foot and ankle trauma.”
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