Cassie Lowry Edmark
D.O.
Hometown: Seattle, Wash.
College: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.
Medical School: Pacific Northwest University, Yakima, Wash.
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Medical Interests: Austere, expedition, rescue, altitude, sports, and emergency medicine; critical care, trauma care, point-of-care ultrasound
Outside Interests: Skiing, rock climbing, mountaineering, most often on a mixed sport adventure with my husband. At home, I spend my time DJing, sewing, and on electronics projects.
Life before Medicine: I spent my whole life traveling with a large part of my childhood in Europe, eventually landing back in Washington State to pursue graduate education and wilderness medicine. Professionally, I worked in mental health after undergrad and later EMS in rescue and ski patrol with focuses on education, research, and protocol development.
Favorite Music: Trip hop, downtempo, drum ’n’ bass, techno, electronica, house, blues, soul, funk; indie, classic, and progressive rock, 90’s alternative
Favorite Movies: Psychological thrillers, sci-fi.
Why you chose MFMR: Hands-on broad spectrum medicine in one of my favorite regions in the world was hard to beat, but the quality of the people was by far the clincher.