Julia G. Weeks, MD

Dr. Weeks was born in Birmingham, AL, but spent much of her early years in the Congo where her parents were missionaries.  After her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt, and medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine at Birmingham, she completed one year of residency in Family Medicine in Tuscaloosa.

Feeling called to the mission field, she prepared by getting certified in tropical medicine through the Institut Prince Leopold de Medecine Tropicale in Antwerp, Belgium, and gaining further intensive training in general and OB/GYN surgery in Karawa, Zaire.  Then followed a remarkable 10 years serving as a missionary physician and medical director in the Congo, primarily in Bolenge and Kinshasa.

For her efforts during the Kikwit Ebola epidemic, she was awarded the Knight of the National Order of Zaire in 1995 by President Mobutu.

In 1998, she and her family relocated to Tallahassee where she completed the final 2 years of her residency training at the Tallahassee Memorial Family Medicine Residency in 2000.

For the past 14 years she has been employed full time at the Archbold Urgent Care Clinic in Thomasville.  Since 2002, she has served as the medical director of that clinic.  In addition, she has been a leader in the medical staff of Archbold Hospital, serving as a member of the Medical Executive Committee, Chair of the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, and assisting in many quality and performance improvement initiatives.

Since 1998, she and her husband Stephen have lived continuously in Tallahassee.  Stephen has continued to support mission efforts in Africa.   They have three children, Stephen, Jr., Samuel, and Jessica, all of whom are/will be graduates of Chiles High School where each has been captain of the Timberwolves soccer team.