News Release: St. Luke’s Wood River welcomes Pediatrician to Family Medicine Clinic
Dr. Cait Hopeman grew up in Seattle. She felt fortunate to visit the Wood River Valley a handful of times during childhood with her family, enjoying skiing, ice skating, swimming, and hiking. After completing her Bachelor of Arts in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry with a minor in Spanish at Middlebury College, she worked for four years as an outdoor educator and guide for the National Outdoor Leadership School, leading 3 week to 3 month long trips throughout the western United States, Alaska, and Patagonia, Chile. Hopeman commented, “It was an incredible experience to teach and to develop leadership skills during those post-college years. During that same time, I also taught remote medicine courses for a Seattle based company, Remote Medical International. The experiences complemented each other well, especially when medical emergencies came up in the backcountry.” She then returned to school, completing her medical degree, and obtaining a Master’s in Business Administration, at Dartmouth College through a combined program with the Geisel School of Medicine and the Tuck School of Business. Hopeman then went onto Seattle Children’s Hospital for her pediatric residency, completing the rural Alaska Track Program, travelling between Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Seattle over the 3 years to expand her training and gain more experience in primary care and rural medicine.
