Kenzie Sicke

Kenzie Sicke, MD (She/Her)

  • About Me

    I grew up in Upstate NY playing soccer, ski racing, and spending vacations adventuring in the Adirondacks and Catskills. I moved to Pittsburgh for college and after 9 years and fully embracing the term “slippy,” I’ve stopped correcting the assumptions I’m a lifer. My career as a bioengineer was brief, but I put my degree to work as a clinical LVAD engineer during my gap year and med school. Coming from a family of ski-patrollers, I had a feeling I’d find my home in EM. Plus, it was the closest thing to my ice cream scooper side hustle that medicine had to offer. The variety, pace, and teamwork in the ED had me hooked and I couldn’t be more excited to join this awesome field.

    Medical Areas of Interest

    Ultrasound, rural medicine, wilderness medicine, LVADs. 

    Interests & Hobbies

    Current ins: crocheting, romantasy books, audiobooks at 1.25x while walking the dog, The Pitt, hitting all my Pittsburgh bucket list food and fun spots. Stoked to bring skiing, camping, and hiking back into my life in Utah while learning to mountain bike with my fiancé. We also love a furniture refurbish, game of cribbage, or bad reality TV show.

    Our dog Po
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    Our cats Curtis and August

    Why Utah?

    I applied as a bit of a wild card because a mentor who trained IM here raved about the training and quality of life. At interview day I felt like the most authentic version of myself and couldn’t shake that gut feeling. The diversity of training sites and breadth of expertise at the U were icing on the cake. My fiancé and I visited SLC and experiencing the mountains and Red Iguana’s Mexican food ourselves sealed the deal!

    Hometown

    Webster, New York

  • Education history

    Undergraduate University of Pittsburgh B.S.
    Doctoral Training University of Pittsburgh M.D.