Robert L. Allison, M.D., FACP

Board Certified Internal Medicine

Primary Health Care Interests

• Chronic Adult Diseases (i.e. Diabetes, Hypertension, Emphysema)

• Health Care Maintenance and Annual Exams (Prostate exams, Pap smears, flexible sigmoidoscopy)

• Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract (Provide upper and lower endoscopy services)

• Cardiovascular Disease (Provide echocardiography interpretation, treadmill stress tests, cardiac monitor reading)

• Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (Pulmonary function test interpretation)

• Certified DEXA scan interpreter

• Minor Surgery

Education:

• High School - Norfolk Senior High, Norfolk, NE (1983-1986)

• Undergraduate - Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE (1986-1990)

• Medical school - University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (1990-1994)

• Residency - Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE (1994-1997)

Professional Career:

• Board Certified The American Board of Internal Medicine (1997, Recertified 2007)

• Member of South Dakota State Medical Association

• Member of the American Medical Association

• Member of the American College of Physicians and American Society of Internal Medicine

• Staff Physician UMA Bellevue and Turner Park Clinics, Omaha, NE (1997-1998)

• Staff Physician Medical Associates Clinic, Pierre S.D. (1998-Present)

• Secretary of the Medical Staff at St. Mary's Hospital (Jan 1, 2001 - Jan 1, 2002)

• President of the Medical Staff at St. Mary's Hospital (Jan 1, 2002 - Jan 1, 2003)

• Elected Fellow in the American College of Physicians (2002)

• Chair of the South Dakota Chapter of the American College of Physicians Health and Public Policy (2003)