When Steven Alexander, M.D., was looking for a place to practice medicine, he looked toward North Carolina and the influence of family.
“My parents and sister live in Holly Springs,” he says. “That’s what brought me here. My parents were looking for a place to retire. They loved North Carolina, the climate and the people here, and decided to settle here.”
Born in New York, raised in New Jersey and educated in New York, India, Texas and Arkansas, Dr. Alexander followed his family’s example and also settled in North Carolina. In September, he joined the family medical practice at FirstHealth Family Care-Richmond Family Medicine, where he has been impressed by the area’s strong sense of community.
“You find a good community to be in and are happy where you are,” he says. “The people have been so friendly here.”
Dr. Alexander began his undergraduate career with a year of study at New York University before following the example of family friends and enrolling in medical school in India. After a required year of pre-medical study at the International Center for Health Sciences in Manipal, Karnataka, he entered India’s Kasturba Medical College at Manipal University.
While working toward his medical degree, he provided health care services in Manipal Hospital and affiliated hospitals, Rural Maternal and Child Welfare Homes and Peripheral Outreach Centers.
Upon returning to the United States, he entered the Family Medicine Residency Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. He also did an externship at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in El Dorado, Ark. He is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and the American Medical Association and speaks Spanish. He and his wife met through family friends in India and have been married just over a year.
Dr. Alexander grew up around the medical field – his father is a radiologic technologist – and had been interested in becoming a doctor since childhood. “As I got older, I felt like that was my calling,” he says.
Encouraged by a neighbor who was a family physician, he developed an interest in family medicine while he was a student. “I came to understand how fulfilling the field was and how I could interact with patients of different ages and become part of their family,” he says. “It sounded along the lines of what I wanted to do.”
He now feels like he is achieving his professional goals at Richmond Family Medicine.
“It’s fulfilling when you see the entire family,” he says. “One day you see the mom and then another you see one of the kids or a grandparent. I’m seeing the whole spectrum.”
Steven Alexander, M.D., is now accepting patients at FirstHealth Family Care-Richmond Family Medicine. To make an appointment, call (910) 417-3850.
FirstHealth Richmond Memorial Hospital is a division of FirstHealth Moore Regional Hospital.
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