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Dr. Ranum Receives Emerging Rural Leader Award

Posted 4/02/18 (Mon)

Joshua C. Ranum, MD, a physician with West River Health Services in Hettinger, ND is the recipient of a prestigious award recognizing emerging rural leaders.
 
The 2018 Emerging Rural Health Leader Award will be presented to Dr. Ranum at the Dakota Conference on Rural and Public Health on June 14 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. The award recognizes a new professional who has demonstrated tremendous promise for and commitment to improving the health of rural North Dakota residents.
 
NDMA congratulates Dr. Ranum for a job well done! Dr. Ranum is an active NDMA member and presently serves on the NDMA Council as Secretary/Treasurer.
 
Submitted by West River Health Services - Doctor Joshua Ranum has been making an impact as an internal medicine specialist at West River Health Services in Hettinger since 2012. Dr. Ranum grew up in Scranton, North Dakota in the southwestern part of the state. He attended the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Grand Forks, and did residencies in various hospitals around the country, before coming back home to southwest North Dakota. In addition to being board certified in internal medicine, Dr. Ranum has special interests in critical care, nutrition, medical education, and medical economics. Having grown up in a rural area, he understands the challenges that face rural medicine and actively promotes, educates and mentors young medical students who come to Hettinger for internal medicine clerkships. Dr. Ranum is also involved in a life of service outside of his medical practice. He serves on a number of boards, plays in the local community band, and is a football referee. He leads by example, dedicates himself to his patients, students and community and he still finds the time for his family.

 

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