Prairie Doc Assistantship

This group of pre-professional students volunteer their time each week to answer the viewers’ calls during On Call with the Prairie Doc. Additionally, some of the students help research show topics. Before each show, the students  meet with the guest physicians and have a chance to ask questions about the various medical sub-specialties. Every year, we take these students on a medical mission trip to a foreign country. We also try to arrange other events throughout the year to expand their knowledge of the medical field and help them grow in professionalism as they prepare for whatever their career may be.

Meet the Prairie Doc Assistants

Shivon Barwari
Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
Major: Nutrition Food Science & Chemistry

Tori Bishop
Hometown: Sioux City, IA
Major: Biology

Jack DeMoss
Hometown: Sergeant Bluff, IA
Major: Biology

Allie Fink
Hometown: Fargo, ND
Major: Biology & Global Studies

Alex Fonder
Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
Major: Biology & Microbiology

Sammie Gervais
Hometown: Currie, MN
Major: Biology

​Busha Hika
Hometown: Brookings, SD
Major: Biology

Melissa Kerr
Hometown: Granville, OH
Major: Biology

Caleb McKinley
Hometown: Pierre, SD
Major: Speech Communication & Biology

Halie Mechels
Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
Major: Biochemistry

Brittney Moeller
Hometown: Iroquois, SD
Major: Biology

Jaelin Otta
Hometown: Sioux Falls, SD
Major: Biology

​Meghan Schenk
Hometown: Mission Hill, SD
Major: Biology & Political Science