“It’s a sense of connection to my family and my family roots. Growing up in the Upper Peninsula and coming from a family of physicians, “made me realize how much a family doctor can do in a small community,” he said. His grandfather, John LeMire, died in 2016, and his great-uncle, William LeMire III, in 2017. as his family has done for over 100 years. Plans can change, but after completing his residency, Nick LeMire would love to carry on the tradition of serving the U.P. He sees similar underserved pockets in the Upper Peninsula. Once as an undergraduate and again last August, he volunteered treating underserved patients in Belize. “It is one that allows me to experience the intricacies of both urban and rural medicine." “This was the one I fell in love with,” said LeMire, who was accepted in the program in March. He will spend the first year in Seattle and the last two at a rural clinic in Chelan providing care for underserved communities in northern Washington state. In mid-June, Nick LeMire will begin a three-year residency through the University of Washington Chelan RTT, a rural family medicine training program. William LeMire III, helped establish in 1974. He spent his first two years in Grand Rapids and the last two at the college’s Upper Peninsula Campus in Marquette, a program his great-uncle, Dr. Nick LeMire grew up in Escanaba and earned a bachelor’s degree in biology with an emphasis in physiology from Northern Michigan University before enrolling in the College of Human Medicine.
“I think about all those who came before me and get a sense of them living through me.” “It doesn’t feel real yet,” the fourth Dr. John LeMire – is graduating from the College of Human Medicine and beginning a residency in family medicine with an eye toward practicing in Upper Peninsula.
LeMire III, who began practicing obstetrics and gynecology in Escanaba.Īfter skipping his father's generation, Nick LeMire, great-great-grandson of the first Dr. LeMire opened his general surgery practice in Escanaba in 1967 and was joined a year later by his brother, Dr. Donald LeMire followed their father into medicine and began practice in Escanaba in 19, respectively.
LeMire graduated from medical school in 1899, opened a practice in Garden, and later moved to Escanaba in 1903. LeMire was a month old when his family moved from Canada to the Upper Peninsula in 1877. Nick LeMire: Continuing the Family Tradition
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