Arthur W. Morrow, DO
Associate Director
"Relish the moment, seize the day,
and be thankful."
11/06/06 Update: Welcome back Dr. Morrow!
I have returned! Thank you all at AFP and
WFP for graciously welcoming me back into the AFP family. I am truly honored
and pleased to be back living in central PA and working with all of you. My
brief hiatus west, while a valuable clinical and life
experience, only served to reinforce to my wife Jennie and I what a truly
beautiful and friendly place Pennsylvania is. As I probably already knew but
had to leave briefly to ultimately discover, the grass is not always greener on
the other side and we realized we had happiness and everything we needed and
wanted, right here in our own backyard.
Biography
I was born in 1955 in Chicago, Illinois, the
first son of my chemical engineer father and registered nurse mother. My parents
and I (along with 4 other siblings), moved to the great suburban small town of
Thornton, IL in 1957, where we grew up and prospered in seeming bliss until
1969. It was then, at the tender age of 14, that my father was called to go west
(go west - young man!?) for a new job and career in the paradise (or so we
thought) known as Southern California. Being uprooted and transplanted was not
easy but, obviously, I survived. I lived out my high school, college and early
work years there and one day was struck with the fact that there had to be more
to life than sunshine and warmth and sand and waves.
So I took my own new family of four, abandoned
my career as a respiratory therapist, and headed back east to the mecca of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, MO. My four-year "Kirksville experience" went quickly by
and my life was then thrust into a new direction -- family medicine. Moving
again, I started my family practice residency in Pennsylvania only to discover
during those years that I had finally found a "true" paradise that I could never
leave, the glorious metropolis of Altoona/Blair County, PA! And here, then, I
remain (again) - teaching family medicine, raising my family with my beautiful
wife Jennie and kids, hunting, and just generally living life and loving it here
in Altoona, PA.
Facts
Undergraduate University
of Redlands, Redlands, CA
Medical School Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency Allegheny Family Physicians
Board Certification 1995, recertified 2001
Years at AFP
Since 1995
Previous experience
Private practice 2005-2006
ER Physician 1995-1196
Respiratory Therapist 1982-1988
Areas of responsibility
Surgery/anesthesia
Home Visits
Ophthalmology/ENT
Urology
Laboratory medicine
OB Faculty - ALSO Instructor
Osteopathic education
CPI
Williamsburg Family Practice Faculty
Areas of interest
Colposcopy / Flex. sig.
OB
Minor surgery
After hours interests
Hunting
Outdoor sports
Travel/Family Activities
U.S. Army Reservist
Quebec, Canada
Fall 2001
Dr. Morrow serves our country in Germany
