Dr. Lydia Villafuerte received her medical degree from Far Eastern University's Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in Manila, Philippines. She completed a three-year family medicine residency at Southern Illinois University's Department of Family Medicine in Springfield, Ill. Prior to joining Memorial Physician Services - South Sixth, Dr. Villafuerte worked as a family medicine physician in Carlinville, Wyo. and Tuscola, Ill. She is board certified in family medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.