Kaitlyn Thomason knew from an early age that she wanted to go into medicine.

“I remember when I was a little kid I would tell people I wanted to be in the medical field. But I would tell people that I wanted to ride on my horse going door to door doing house calls,” Thomason said.

Thomason, 26, is the newest member of the team at DeKalb Physicians Clinic. While she had to put away the childhood dream of seeing her patients on horseback, she says that she is happy to treat those who visit her a...