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Web extra:
Jack of all trades
George Ceremuga, D.O. (’93)
By Colleen Kiphart
Photo by John Sattler
Cdr.
George Ceremuga, D.O. (’93), FAAFP, has more than a
home on the range. He has a family practice.
For the
past nine years, Ceremuga has served as a family physician
in the Indian Health Service, currently with the Cheyenne
people outside of Rapid City, South Dakota.
In his
neck of the Great Plains, the census estimates a population
of fewer than
ten people per square mile. The relative isolation
requires Ceremuga to expand his practice into emergency
medicine and other specialty fields.
“I’m the
jack of all trades. I would get bored just doing one thing,”
Ceremuga says. “I love the variety of family care, the
challenges of the ER and outpatient clinic. I set bones so
often; they sometimes think I’m an orthopedic doctor. No two
days are the same, and as a result, I get to use all my
primary care training.”
Working
with a small rural community has many rewards, Ceremuga
says. “People think of you as family. A man comes in with
headaches, and in talking you find out he’s having marriage
trouble. That stress could be contributing to the headaches.
Everything is connected, and people are willing to talk if
they feel comfortable.”
Ceremuga
graduated from West Point in 1980. After serving nine
years in the Army, he enrolled at OU-COM. There he found a
social awareness that coincided with his own philosophy of
medicine.
“I’ve
always been service-oriented in the military,” he says.
“OU-COM’s mission to serve underserved areas reinforced the
calling I felt.”
Carlos
Solorzano, D.O. (’02)
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