Sarah Hopfer
- Year in ProgramFEL1
- HometownBorn in Allentown, PA, grew up in Sanford, NC, lived in Tucson, AZ x7 years, Indiana x14 years
- UndergraduateUniversity of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- Medical SchoolIndiana University School of Medicine
- Interest/HobbiesHanging out with Cat and Dog, hiking, tidepool exploring, philosophy, gymnastics, big water, weather, sea creatures, land creatures, road trips
- Favorite restaurant in PortlandCan't wait to find out
- Personal quote“But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.” --Raymond Chandler, The Simple Art of Murder
- Favorite place in MaineAnywhere on the coast!
- Medical interests: medicine in nonhospital places, austere medicine, psychological safety in clinical education, social justice in medicine, teamwork in high pressure situations, cold-weather injuries, EKGs, airways…
- Favorite weekend destinationsomewhere by big water
- Favorite Maine activityLooking forward to finding out!!
- What did you do before medical schoolWorked as an EMT in Tucson, MA in English and several years towards a PhD, taught analytical writing at University level, tended a bar in a high-volume craft cocktail bar.
- Best / Worst Job: Best jobWhy Maine Medical Center
- Good people! The opportunity to explore EMS in all its manifestations—urban, rural, air, marine, tactical, search and rescue, wilderness—and to contribute, though that, to building community in Portland and Maine.Celebrity I most resemble:
- If I wasn’t a doctor, I would be aa brewer.