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Kristy Asbell joined the College of Medical Science as an assistant professor in 2023. She arrived with 22 years of clinical experience, working most recently as a physician assistant at the Silverdale Primary Care family medicine practice in Silverdale, Washington. Previously, she worked in the urgent care clinic (2006-09) and in internal medicine and the pediatrics primary care clinic (2009-17) at Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, Washington.

Asbell began her professional career in family medicine practice at Silverdale Primary Care (2000-06) and returned there in 2016. She has also been active in her community, serving as a PTA president for two years and board member for five, as a math tutor to junior highers, and as a Sunday school teacher for 20-plus years.

She earned a master’s degree in physician assistant practice from Rosalind Franklin University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School in 2000 and previously earned a bachelor’s degree in biopsychology and physiology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1996.

She is married to Corey, a fellow PA and also an assistant professor at Â鶹´«Ã½ Fox, and they have two daughters. Kristy enjoys spending time with family, being outdoors in the sun, most things to do with the water, crafts, and reading.