RAPID CITY, S.D. (Sept. 16, 2025) – Monument Health continues its aggressive expansion to meet growing regional health care demands, adding 31 new physicians between July 1 and October 1, 2025. This surge brings the total physician recruitment to 107 new providers over the past 27 months.
The latest additions include three groundbreaking subspecialty services previously unavailable in the Black Hills region, eliminating the need for patients to travel outside the community for complex care.
New Subspecialty Care Includes:
- Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery – Expanding Monument Health’s nationally recognized Heart and Vascular Institute with complex aortic surgery and minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures
- Fellowship-trained Colorectal Surgery – The first and only practice of its kind in Rapid City, offering specialized treatment for complex colorectal conditions
- Gynecologic Oncology – Completing Monument Health’s comprehensive Cancer Care Institute with specialized treatment for reproductive organ cancers
The recruitment drive significantly strengthens primary care access with 11 new family medicine and internal medicine physicians, while expanding critical specialties including Gastroenterology, Neurology, Orthopedic Surgery and Pulmonary/Critical Care medicine.
The recruitment surge addresses critical access gaps, with Monument Health’s new Urgent Care clinics in Box Elder and Rapid Valley already treating nearly 700 patients since opening in August.
“These additions represent our commitment to bringing world-class specialty care to western South Dakota,” said Brad Archer, M.D., Chief Medical Officer. “Our patients can now access complex procedures and subspecialty treatments that previously required travel to major metropolitan areas.”
The expanded physician network also supports Monument Health’s Endocrinology practice, which treated nearly 10,000 patients last year, underscoring the critical need for continued growth in specialty care across the region.
New physicians represent 15 specialties: Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery | Colon & Rectal Surgery | Endocrinology | Family Medicine | Gastroenterology | Gynecologic Oncology | Hospital Medicine | Internal Medicine | Neurology | Obstetrics & Gynecology | Orthopedic Surgery | Otolaryngology | Psychiatry | Pulmonary/Critical Care | Sleep Medicine
About Monument Health
Headquartered in Rapid City, S.D., Monument Health is a community-based health care system with a mission to make a difference, every day. The system offers care in 31 medical specialties and serves 14 communities across western South Dakota and in eastern Wyoming. With over 5,000 physicians and caregivers, Monument Health is composed of 5 hospitals and 40 medical clinics and specialty centers. Monument Health is a member of the Mayo Clinic Care Network.