Third generation 'Dr. Aldis' graduates medical school

Submitted photo Dr. John Aldis, left, stands proudly next to his nephew, Dr. Rajendra Aldis, who recently graduated from Darmouth Medical School. "Rajen" is the son of Dr. William Aldis, right. Dr. William Aldis and Dr. John Aldis, practiced medicine in Fort Scott for many years.

Dr. Rajendra Aldis graduated from Dartmouth Medical School on June 12.

The son of Dr. William Aldis and the nephew of Dr. John Aldis, who both grew up in Fort Scott, and the grandson of Dr. Henry Aldis and grand-nephew of Dr. William Aldis and Dr. John Aldis, who all practiced medicine in Fort Scott for many years, "Rajen" is a third-generation "Dr. Aldis."

He has already started his residency psychiatry training at Harvard's psychiatry program at Cambridge Hospital in Boston, where his wife, Tasmin Din, practices law.

Rajen's father and his uncle are both semi-retired but both are remaining very active in several aspects of medicine.