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.