Doctors: Dan and Leslie Algert

Specialty: Both Family Medicine

College: Dan - Virginia Tech Leslie - Georgia State University

Residency: Naval Hospital Pensacola

Med School: We both became commissioned officers in the U.S. Navy and attended the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland

Professional Place of Practice : Dan does telemedicine from home, and Leslie work at the NGPG Urgent Care in Braselton.

Family: Dan, Leslie, two daughters, Rowan and Sydney, and our two miniature schnauzers, Bear and Eddie.

Years in Chateau: 3.5 years

What influenced you to choose to be a doctor? Always wanted to help others get better and medicine and health always appealed to me. I was always impressed with the doctors I saw when I was younger and I wanted to be like them.

What made you choose your specialty? Selected orthopedic surgery because it really aligned with my personal outlook.  I want to help people get better by doing something about it. 

Advice for aspiring doctors: Make sure this is what you want to do for yourself! Don't feel the pressure of family expectations because it won't be worth the sacrifices you have to make for many years. Also, don't go into lifelong debt to pay for medical school! The military has great programs to pay for your school while paying you and training you, and the commitment afterward is worth the financial freedom!

Fun fact: Dan played soccer most of his life, and I played tennis in high school.