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RITZVILLE – Dr. Nelson McKay (30) joined East Adams Rural Health Care in October 2021. An Iowa native, McKay attended Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa. Not knowing exactly what he wanted to do, he studied business and biology. Following Ashford, McKay enrolled in Ross University School of Medicine in the Commonwealth of Dominica, an island country in the Caribbean. After completing the 2 year medical sciences curriculum, McKay did 2 years of clinical rotations at various teaching hospitals in the United States and United Kingdom. McKay did his medical residency in the Shenandoah Valley...