Meet the Doctors
Dr. Ashley Allred
Born Ashley Wright, she married Andy Allred in 2006. Dr. Allred is originally from Livingston and graduated from Livingston Academy. She then graduated from Tennessee Tech University magna cum laude with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry in 2005 and recently graduated from Southern College of Optometry with a Doctorate of Optometry (May 2009). Her practice, InFocus EyeCare, will be designed to treat the entire family. This includes children from the age of 6 mos. She will be prescribing glasses and contact lenses as well as checking for, monitoring, and treating eye diseases such as cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and macular degeneration.
Dr. Samantha McLerran
Dr. McLerran, a Board Certified Family Practioner, was born and raised in Overton County. Born Samantha Easterly, she married Brian McLerran in 1997 and is a mother of 3. Dr. McLerran, a farmer's wife, and her husband, Brian, run Diamond M Farms, a registered Angus Beef Farm that won Brian the TSU Small Farmer of the year award for 2009. Dr. McLerran finished medical school in 2001 and became Board Certified as a specialist in Family Medicine in 2004. She has been named to the Global Who's Who in 2009, named Top Health professional by Who's Who for 2009, named 2009 Top Family Physician by the National Consumer Counsel, and recieved her Fellowship for the American Acadamy of Family Physicians in the summer of 2009. She is also pleased to serve the Academy as a Key Contact to the US Congressman Bart Gordon for the last three years. Dr. McLerran's practice is designed to care for your family from birth to death.
Dr. Mark Langenberg
Dr. Langenberg recieved his bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee in Biomedical Engineering. He completed both medical school and residency at the University of Tennessee in Memphis. He graduated from medical school with highest honors and was selected to the Alpha Omega medical honor society. After residency he was selected to serve as Internal Medicine chief resident. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Dr. Mark is a member of the First Baptist Church in Livingston, where he serves as a deacon and Sunday school teacher. His greatest honor is being married to his wife Katherine, and has been blessed with four beautiful daughters.
Dr. Vincent Fromke
Dr. Fromke is a graduate of Greenville College, Greenville, Illinois (1950-1954). Was granted with a Bachelor of Science and Natural Science and ranked #1 in the class. From 1954-1958 he attended St Louis University Medical School and graduated with a M.D. degree. Had a rotating internship in Ancker Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota from 1958-1959. Served in the U.S. Army as a Captain in the Armed Forces 7th Division in Korea from 1959-1960. Served in the Medical Aid Station assigned to the 43rd MASH in Korea. From 1961-1963 he had a residency of Internal Medicine at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis. Became an affiliate of the University of Minnesota until July 1966 where he had a Hematology/Oncology fellowship working toward a PhD in Medicine. Was chief resident of Internal Medicine at Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis 1966-1967. Instructor of Internal Medicine 1967-1970. Assistant Professor 1970-1972 affiliated with the University of Minnesota. Clinical Assistant Professor from 1972 to present.
Dr. Fromke practiced at the Minneapolis Internists Medical Arts Building from 1972-1994 then resigned his position and moved to Livingston, TN, where he joined The Livingston Clinic. He is currently practicing Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in hematology. Was director of the Upper Cumberland Cancer Center till 2008 and has organized a non-profit hospice named Redeemer House.
In the past he has served as Medical Director of Education at the Livingston Regional Hospital, been a staff coalition diabetes counselor member and served as Chief of Staff in 1999.
Dr. Michael Cox
Dr. Cox was born in 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was raised in Somerset, Kentucky from the age of 12. He graduated the University of Kentucky with a degree in microbiology in 1977, then attended medical residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fl. It was in Tampa that he met and married his wife, Beth, in 1982. He began practice in Livingston, Tn in July ,1984 and has remained there since that date. He and Beth have been blessed with two boys, David and Daniel.