About <strong><em>BPA</em></strong>
James Gallant, MD
Director of Medical Services
Over the past 25 years, Jim has worked in a multispecialty clinic caring for indigent patients, an emergency department, urgent care clinics and family medicine clinics, always with an emphasis on preventive medicine. He joined the Integrated Health Advocacy Program® (IHAP®) in 2004 and has worked as the Medical Director for 3 different teams in northern and central Illinois over the past 8 years. He is currently working in an urgent care/family medicine clinic and continues to serve as Medical Director, advisor, and instructor for IHAP.
Dr. Gallant holds a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Southern Illinois at Springfield.
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