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MORGANTOWN -- Dr. Alyson Leo graduated May 12 from the West Virginia University School of Medicine.
Leo is a 2009 graduate of Elkins High School.
In May of 2013, Leo graduated summa cum laude from the West Virginia University School of Exercise Physiology and the West Virginia Honors College.
She was awarded the Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar for graduating at the top of her class.
In August 2013, she entered the WVU School of Medicine Doctor of Medicine Program.
During her years in medical school, she was inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society.
She was a four-year recipient of the West Virginia Institute for Community and Rural Health Scholarship and the West Virginia Medical Student Loan.
She was a member of the Rural Track Program where she rotated with local physicians in the fields of family medicine, pediatrics, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology in Randolph, Upshur, Barbour and Lewis counties.
She served on the Admissions Committee for the WVU School of Medicine for the class of 2017-2018.
In July of 2017, she began her residency in family medicine at Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown.
She is a Rural Scholar, which will allow her to continue her training in rural settings.
She also currently serves as a board member for the West Virginia Rural Health Association.
In the future, Leo wishes to pursue a career in rural outpatient family medicine near her hometown of Elkins.
Leo is the daughter of Marshall and Kathleen Leo, the sister of Christopher Leo and the granddaughter of the late Ralph and Susan Leo and Bert and Doris Carothers.
She would like to thank all of the local physicians who contributed to her medical education, with special thanks to Dr. David Currence, Dr. Amanda Pennington, Dr. Ariel Valentine, Dr. Bret Rosenblum, Dr. Antoine Naim and Dr. Bartley Brown.