Alumni Spotlight
From the Very First Day
Kindra Freedom, PA-C (Seattle Class 43) and Brad Newhart, PA-C (Anchorage Class 1)
From the Very First Day: Kindra Freedom, PA-C (Seattle Class 43) and Brad Newhart, PA-C (Anchorage Class 1) Kindra and Brad noticed each other on their first day of school at MEDEX Northwest, and it only took a few days for them to build up the courage to meet. MEDEX convenes in Seattle for the first quarter of training, and they started going on study dates. Then Brad went to Alaska for didactics and clinicals. After two years of long-distance phone calls and intermittent vacations, they decided to tie the knot. The best thing about being married to a fellow PA-C, say Kindra and Brad, is that they understand work stressors and serve as each other’s sounding board. They also know when it’s time to leave work at work.
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Physician, Novelist, Curator, Activist and TED Fellow
Nassim Assefi, M.D. ’97
As a child of Iranian immigrants, I only had three career choices: doctor, engineer or failure (haha). So I was pre-med as of age eight and I’m lucky that it turned out to be an excellent match with my personality and skills. When I was 19, I found myself doing public health research in Iranian villages, and there was no going back.
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Bringing Rehabilitation Medicine to Moldova
Cyndi Robinson, Ph.D. ’10 (Rehabilitation Science)
In 2003, when the opportunity arose to travel to Moldova with Medical Teams International, the World Bank ranked Moldova as the poorest country in the developing world. I knew nothing about the country before arriving. We provided direct patient care while sharing a space with local healthcare providers, but, unfortunately, there was no planned interaction.
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