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Jared's Testimonial - San Juan Regional Medical Center
Jared Stock testimonial for San Juan Regional Medical Center

San Juan Regional Medical Center proudly provides the most advanced life-saving emergency and comprehensive health care services in the Four Corners.

I was reading to my kids when it hit - the worst pain of my life. I thought I was having a heart attack. I dropped to the floor and told my children I loved them because I wasn't sure I'd survive the night.

I coded. I went septic. I lost my leg. But I didn't lose my life - because of the people at San Juan Regional. They brought me back - twice. They didn't just save my life. They gave it back to me.

I've traveled the world as a soldier and a cop and I came back to Farmington - because life is better here. San Juan Regional Medical Center is part of the reason why.

— Jared Stock

About Dr. Philip Ernest

Dr. Ernest was raised in Baltimore, Maryland and joined the Navy after graduating from high school. He served as a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer and travelled around the world deploying with the Seventh Fleet. After serving in the military, Dr. Ernest attended Prescott College in Prescott, Arizona and attained a B.A. with a double major in Political and National Security Studies and Outdoor Education. He worked in the outdoor field assisting those struggling with substance abuse through wilderness therapy programs. Dr. Ernest developed an interest in medicine through these years and pursued a medical degree, graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University. He then completed a General Surgery residency at Saint Joseph’s hospital in Denver in 2013. There he focused on advanced minimally invasive surgery and weight loss surgery. 

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