Dr. Brandyn Tarap, MD

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Get to know Family Physician Dr. Brandyn Tarap, who serves patients in Custer, South Dakota.

Recognized as a caring and compassionate family physician, Dr. Tarap works with patients at her private practice – Southern Hills Family Medicine – in Custer, South Dakota.

After graduating with her Bachelor of Science degree from Saint Mary’s College in 2008, she married her husband, Paul, in 2009, and immediately began medical school. She attended the Ross University School of Medicine where she spent a year and a half in Dominica, followed by two and a half years in Michigan, before graduating with her medical degree in 2013.

After an extensive interview process for residency, Dr. Tarap ranked the Rapid City Hospital Residency Clinic as her number one choice after rotating there as a medical student. She then spent the next three years in Rapid City finishing her residency training and was Chief Resident her final year.

Passionate about her profession, the doctor is board-certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM). The ABFM is a non-profit, independent medical association of American physicians who practice family medicine and its sub-specialties.

Loving the Black Hills small towns, Dr. Tarap decided to stay in Custer, where she has worked for over five years. This includes work as both the community’s trauma and ambulance director.

Family medicine is a medical specialty devoted to comprehensive health care for people of all ages. The specialist is called a family physician or family doctor. A family physician is often the first person a patient sees when seeking healthcare services. They examine and treat patients with a wide range of conditions and refer those with serious ailments to a specialist or appropriate facility.

On a more personal note, she and her husband have two daughters, Paisley and Emmy, who consume so much of their love and time. They both grew up raising cattle, so to carry on this tradition of instilling farm life responsibility,  they have begun raising cattle with their daughters. The current family farm has goats and ponies running around for some extra family fun. An avid softball player, she enjoys staying active and loves hiking the beautiful Black Hills with her family. She can often be found hunting or shooting her bow or fishing with her daughters. She has also developed a love for gardening, and has a large, beautiful flower garden and delicious veggie garden.

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