Valerie Stephens, MD

Dr. Stephens is a South Dakota native and at an early age, her family moved to southwest Minnesota where she completed primary education. She received her undergraduate degree in Geography at Mankato State University, where she graduated summa cum laude.

After eight years as a cartographer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she returned to school and completed most of her premedical coursework at the University of Minnesota. Then she returned to South Dakota for medical school at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Dr. Stephens completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Gunderson Lutheran Medical Center in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, followed by a fellowship in gastroenterology at the University of Minnesota. Her main area of interest is GI oncology.

Outside of medicine, her interests include spending time with her pets, hiking, biking, art, and music.