You might have to listen closely to catch any remaining hint of a southern drawl, but I did spend the first 22 years of my life in South Carolina. Prior career trajectories include being a chemical engineering undergrad major, outdoors guide, and teaching middle school math. When I moved west to teach in Denver after undergrad, I knew I'd be staying in the West. At some point in there I decided to go back to medical school but not before (unsuccessfully) trying to rid myself of a bit of wanderlust with extended backpacking trips in Latin America and a Jackson, Wyoming based ski season. I attended medical school at the University of California San Francisco & completed a global health master's along the way at UC-Berkeley through the Joint Medical Program. I completed residency at Kaiser Permanente's San Diego EM program where after 3 years, I might have finally turned myself into a halfway decent surfer. I'm stoked to join the University of Utah and return to the mountains for an EMS fellowship. At this time my specific EMS interests include paramedic education, flight-based EMS operations, and the interface of the EMS system with SAR/wilderness medicine.
I was born in Brooklyn, NYC but moved to London with my parents and identical twin brother when I was four. After 15 amazing years in the UK, I moved to rural Vermont to go to college where I studied biology and played rugby. After graduating, I worked as research tech at Dana-Farber studying radiation biology and transplant immunology in Boston. Now after 4 years in New York for medical school, I can’t wait to see what the west has to offer!
My dad was in the Army and after spending my early years bouncing around the world we settled down in Kansas City where we became devout Chiefs fans. I pretty much knew since I was little that I wanted to be a doctor (I actually bet my older brother $20 when I was like 10 that I would become one), and yet I still pursued a degree in Economics. I guess I wanted to be different. Anyways, during medical school I fell in love with EM because of the incredible teamwork and patient/disease variety I saw each time I stepped into an ED. And now with the love and support of my mom, dad, friends and family I am beyond excited to join this incredible specialty while training at the University of Utah!
I grew up in the foothills of California and with two avid skier parents, it wound up that I could probably ski before I could walk. Always wanted to do something nuclear as a teenager which led me to join the US Navy as a Nuclear Propulsion Plant Operator. While seeing the world, enduring crushing pressures and barely seeing the sun during my time on submarines, I started to gain exposure to medicine and found it to be extremely fulfilling. Decided to switch gears and in the past 8 years have met so many amazing people and great mentors that I know this is my labor of love.
