Dr. Ronald M. Bishop, DO, FACOEP

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Get to know Emergency Medicine Physician, Dr. Ronald M. Bishop, who serves patients in Michigan

An extensively experienced emergency medicine physician, Dr. Bishop specializes in urgent care and can be found practicing at two Memorial Healthcare locations, i.eMemorial Healthcare Urgent Care (Durand) and Memorial Healthcare Urgent Care (Owosso) in Durand, respectively Owosso, Michigan. 

“Memorial Healthcare is a 161-bed facility with a medical staff of over 200, and over 1,400 employees. We are a not-for-profit hospital governed by an independent Board of Trustees. With 26 satellite offices located throughout Shiawassee County, Memorial Healthcare continues to reach out to our patients in order to provide the very best in health care services. Memorial Healthcare is the sole hospital in Shiawassee County, serving a population of approximately 68,000 with an expanded footprint in seven counties: Genesee, Saginaw, Bay, Ingham, Clinton and Wayne”, states the official website of Memorial Healthcare.

He sits on the Board of Trustees for Memorial Healthcare and has been appointed to the Michigan Board of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons by the Governor Gretchen Whitmer. He also teaches at the MSUCOM since 2000. He is involved in community service at the Rescue mission feeding the homeless the first Wednesday of the month through Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.

Dr. Bishop graduated with a Doctor of Osteopathy degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1983. He maintains a membership of the American Osteopathic Association and is licensed to practice in the state of Michigan. Dr. Bishop is also a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians. 

Emergency medicine is the medical speciality concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. Emergency physicians continuously learn to care for unscheduled and undifferentiated patients of all ages.

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