Dr. Kristen “Alora” Ricker

Alora, daughter of Chris and Beth Ricker, graduated as valedictorian with honors and distinction from South Greene High School, in Greeneville, Tennessee.  While at SGHS, she was active in Executive Student Council, National Honor Society, School of Promise, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, SADD 12, and Letterman Club.  She earned all-state honors in volleyball and all-district honors in basketball and tennis.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Milligan College with a degree in biology.  At Milligan, she was inducted into Alpha Chi National Honor Society for academic achievement, received the Dick Lura Honorary Pre-Med Award, and served as captain of the volleyball team during her senior year.  She also spent her senior spring semester studying abroad in Florence, Italy.

Dr. Ricker earned her Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree from East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, where she received the Internal Medicine Award at graduation.  She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, Virginia.  She now practices outpatient Internal Medicine at East Tennessee State University, in Johnson City, Tennessee.