Melissa Deer, M.D., R-1

Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin, Madison

Medical School : University of Minnesota

Melissa graduated from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and is originally from Madison , WI . Her pre-medicine life included teaching at an urban American Indian K-8 school in Milwaukee , playing piano, and studying sociology at UW-Madison. Her focus in medical school included assisting underrepresented minority students in matriculation to medical school and fostering the development of a relationship between the University of Minnesota and the large urban American Indian community in Minneapolis . Life has changed significantly since finishing medical school!

She's adjusted like a native Californian to the lovely weather and enjoys spending time with her new addition, a puppy named Diego.