About Cristina Pacheco

Job title: Assistant Teaching Professor, Director of Clinical Education
Degrees: BS ’04, DPT ’11, ABPTS Board-certified Cardiopulmonary Clinical Specialist
Career stage: Mid-career
State of practice: Seattle, Washington
Current practice settings: Academic medicine / teaching hospital
Lived career experiences/transitions:
- Changing specialty
- Retiring from practice
- Non-clinical careers
- Burnout & Recovery
- Trauma in the workplace
Graduation year from the UW School of Medicine: BS ’04, DPT ’11
Specialty/subspecialty: Cardiopulmonary specialist as noted above in Education
Teaching roles: Primary Instructor, Acute Care DPT content
Research or other professional interests: Former research experience in fisheries with state and federal agencies

