Ariana DeMers, DO, received her medical degree from Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed her residency in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine at Ingham Regional Medical Center in Lansing, Michigan. Dr. DeMers came to Sonora in 2009, following a sports medicine fellowship in Taos, New Mexico, and founded Sierra Orthopedic Institute in 2010. At the age of nine, DeMers broke her arm and became fascinated by everything she learned during her care and recovery. She decided at a young age to pursue medicine for her career.