Scott grew up in Huntington Beach, California and studied physiology for his undergraduate education at UCLA. He later attended graduate school at Colorado State University to study exercise physiology and pursue an interest in endurance performance. After racing bicycles for a bit, he moved to the Northeast for medical school at the University of Vermont. It was here that he began a life with another UVM medical student who became his future wife. Scott completed his residency in anesthesiology at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine, and then he and his family packed up and headed to the mountains, settling in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. After about ten years in practice as an anesthesiologist, he took a position as an associate professor and medical director of the Human Performance Clinical Research Lab at CSU in the Department of Health and Exercise Science. Grateful for this experience but missing clinical medicine, he transitioned to work as an anesthesiologist at a ketamine infusion clinic where he treated patients with severe and often debilitating depression or suicidality. The enormous gratification of connecting with patients and helping alleviate intense suffering sparked his desire to practice hospice and palliative medicine. He has greatly appreciated every chapter of his career and is thankful for the opportunity to pursue this next path. He looks forward to the immense amount of learning he will do this year.
Scott is supported by an all-star family with his wife and two daughters and two dogs. He enjoys being outside and cycling, playing tennis and soccer, and Nordic skiing. He wishes that as adults we could still have recess every day.