Garrett Comfort
PA-C ’17

About Garrett Comfort

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Job title: Physician Assistant

Degrees: PA-C ’17

Career stage: Early-career

State of practice: Salt Lake City, Utah

Current practice settings: Academic medicine / teaching hospital

Lived career experiences/transitions:

  • Work/life balance

Graduation year from the UW School of Medicine: 2017

Specialty/subspecialty: Trauma surgery, critical care

Teaching roles: Teaching PA students, medical Students, residents on service. Outreach education to rural hospitals. Education to nurses. ATLS instructor.

Research or other professional interests: Education

Garrett’s Bio:

My name is Garrett Comfort, I graduated from MEDEX Spokane in 2017. Since graduation I have practiced in trauma surgery and critical care at a level 1 trauma center, initially in Oregon, and now Utah. While working in Oregon I took on administrative roles including leadership for our PA group, and trauma outreach education for critical access hospitals. Outside of work I enjoy many outdoor activities.

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