By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Memorial Health System (MHS) in Abilene has announced that Allison Thompson, M.D. has joined the medical staff of Heartland Health Care Clinic at Memorial Hospital and she started seeing patients on October 9.
Dr. Thompson is a graduate of the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Salina. In 2016, she was named Family Medicine Interest Group President. In 2017, she received Exemplary Physician Attributes. In 2018, she was recognized for both Outstanding Leadership in Student Teaching and Overcoming Adversity and, in 2019, she was again recognized for Overcoming Adversity along with the Rural Medicine Award.
Dr. Thompson completed her residency program at McLennan County Family Medicine Residency in Waco, Texas.
Women’s health is a special interest for her, but she is still very much a full-scope family medicine physician; seeing patients of all ages.
When asked what inspires her professionally, Dr. Thompson said, “While this is something that continues to evolve with time, the one thing that stays constant is that I am happiest when talking face-to-face with patients. My biggest goal is to take the knowledge I have obtained so far (and will continue to keep growing) and make it available to each patient I encounter. More importantly, I want to use this information uniquely for patients, in the best way that will help them be where they want to be. While there can be "specific goals" for each thing in health care, my biggest drive is to figure out what each patient's personal goals are within their unique health/life circumstance and work with them to reach those goals, as these can be drastically different between individuals.”