Stephen T. Hobson, MD, MS, FAWM

Stephen grew up in Michigan and attended Hope College, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Communications with minors in History and Philosophy. Following graduation, Stephen served five years on active duty in the United States Army. He completed Infantry training as the platoon honor graduate, Airborne School, and the Special Operations Combat Medic course before becoming a Green Beret. He deployed as a Special Forces Medical Sergeant to Afghanistan and Yemen and was awarded the Bronze Star. He treated hundreds of local Afghans in their remote aid station with everything from pediatric burns to surgical debridement of gunshot wounds. This is what inspired him to become a doctor.

 

After leaving active duty, Stephen continued his path into medicine by completing the post-bacc program and medical school at University of Michigan. He was a member of the medical student council and leadership team of both the Emergency and Wilderness Medicine Interest Groups. Stephen was selected for AOA, obtained the Fellowship of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, the Diploma in Mountain Medicine, and completed a Master of Science degree with honors from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University during his fourth year of medical school.

 

Stephen is now a second-year resident in Emergency Medicine at University of Vermont. He is currently teaching point-of-care ultrasound to doctors in St. Lucia, will be taking elective rotations to remote northwest Alaska and to Cape Town, South Africa with a focus on trauma resuscitation. He is passionate about emergency care in remote and low-resource settings, and hopes to work together with providers in these settings to improve their mutual knowledge and skills when caring for patients.