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r. Devin Carey graduated from The
Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education in 2018 and will practice
with InterMountain Medical Group as a
third-generation physician. Below, she
shares her unexpected journey into medicine and how her passion for patients
inspires her work.
WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO STUDY MEDICINE?
My grandfather practiced medicine in
his house in Kingston in the 1930s. He and
my nonie, a schoolteacher from humble
beginnings, had three children who went
on to be doctors, including my father, Dr.
John L. Carey, my uncle, Dr. Edward Carey
and my aunt, Dr. Jonelle Rowe. Everyone
assumed that one of the grandchildren
would go into the medical field, but no
one did for a long time. I'm the youngest
of all the grandchildren and the last option,
but felt zero pressure. I went to college
and studied engineering, but when I did a
project working with prosthetics, I realized I liked working with patients more
than figuring out the loading pressures
of joints. After talking with my parents, I
felt like I wanted to go into medicine for
the right reasons.

WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO STAY IN
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA?
I wanted to practice family medicine in a
small town, so I decided, "Why not do it in
the town where I grew up, where my dad's
still practicing and I have support?"

area needs younger physicians in general,
as well as female physicians in primary care.
I know a lot of primary care doctors also
don't do OB/GYN care, but I believe it's a
much needed resource.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE PREVALENT
HEALTHCARE NEEDS IN THE AREA?
I grew up in the Back Mountain where
TALK ABOUT YOUR EDUCATION.
it's
very affluent, but I think it's a different
I went to St. George's Medical School for
population
than where I did my training in
four years, then came back to New York and
Wilkes-Barre.
I hope to continue volunteerdid my clinical years in the Bronx.
ing when I begin practice. I also think this

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU LEARNED
ABOUT YOURSELF DURING YOUR RESIDENCY AT THE WRIGHT CENTER?
I tend to take on people's stress, even
when I leave work. I think I've done a lot
better in recognizing I can't fix everything.
I'm also more like my dad than I thought;
when talking with patients, I joke and laugh
around like him. At first it scared me, but
now I realize it's probably a good thing.

I have patients who have been exclusively seeing me for three years
and I've helped them through various health challenges. They ask
me questions and congratulated me on passing my board exams.
It's really nice and I'm genuinely going to miss a lot of them now.

TALK ABOUT YOUR CONNECTION WITH
THE PATIENTS.
I have patients who have been exclusively
seeing me for three years and I've helped
them through various health challenges.
They ask me questions and congratulated

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