North Country native joins surgical team at LCHS

LOWVILLE- A native to Lewis County is returning to practice with the surgical team at Lewis County Health System.

Officials from the health system office are pleased to welcome General Surgeon Rachel B. Zehr. She will begin practicing this September and will be joining General Surgeons Jon Baker, M.D., Steve Kwon, M.D., and David Vivas, M.D.

"We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Zehr back home to Lewis County," said Gerald R. Cayer, LCHS Chief Executive Officer. "Patients have enjoyed the personalized, quality care they receive at Lewis County Surgical Associates, and Dr. Zehr will further enhance local access to surgical services for the communities we serve."

Dr. Zehr graduated in 2002 from Lowville Academy Central School and completed her undergraduate degree in Biology at Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA.

She then completed a Mennonite Voluntary Service assignment in San Antonio, TX, before beginning medical school at SUNY Upstate Medical University, where she earned her M.D. degree in May of 2012 and then her General Surgery Residency at Bassett Medical Center, Cooperstown, NY.

She is Board Certified by the American Board of Surgery and an Associate Fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Prior to her arrival at LCHS, Zehr has been practicing in Oneonta and Cooperstown, NY.

Image via Lewis County Health System.