John R. Alley, MD

Dr. Alley is a native Kansan.  After high school and his first couple of years in college, Dr. Alley joined the US Army in 1991.  After serving his first 4 year tour (he served a total of 10 years) he returned to college in 1995 at Pittsburg State University and completed his Bachelor’s of Science in Biology with minors in Chemistry and Physics.  He attended medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine and graduated with the class of 2002.  After medical school, he completed his General Surgery training at KUMC as well.

On July 1, 2007, Dr. Alley joined the faculty at KUMC as a teaching surgeon and will be spearheading a new Emergency General Surgery service at the medical center.  His main interests include emergency, laparoscopic and hernia surgery.