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Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D. |
Renowned American Indian doctor, Lori Arviso Alvord, M.D., will present “The Scalpel and the Silver Bear: Combining Western Medicine and Traditional Navajo Ceremonies to Create Healing Environments” today at 7 p.m. in the Durham Research Center Auditorium
Dr. Alvord was the first Navajo woman to be board certified in surgery.
A graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine, she serves as the associate dean of student and multicultural affairs at Dartmouth Medical School and as a general surgeon at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and the Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in White River Junction, Vt.