Clarke, Angela Gioia-Acres, Lisa

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Part of an interview with Dr. Angela Clark by Lisa Gioia-Acres on October 3, 2008. Clarke describes how she came to practice medicine in Las Vegas.So why did you come to Las Vegas? Because I had a man who was a good friend of mine — he still is. He was a master masseuse. He had a lot of clients who were in show business. So he got here often. And he was talking to me one day and he said, you know, Dr. Clarke, they need you in Las Vegas. They don't have any board-certified — at that time I was finally board-certified in family practice. They don't have any black board-certified family practitioners in the state of Nevada. Turned out they didn't have any at all. So when I moved to Nevada in '76 — '76? Yeah. That's when I got here, December 23rd or something like that. But anyhow, I was the first board-certified family practitioner in the state of Nevada. They rushed to get somebody else in, but he unfortunately didn't make it until January. And we became good friends, Richard — I forget his last name now. He's dead. But anyway, he tried. They were determined. So I had the story from the horse's mouth that they were deter

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