October 31, 2017

To say that medicine is in physician assistant (PA) student Hope Johnston Cline’s genes is a gross understatement. Her grandparents are doctors. Her mom is a physician assistant from Drexel’s class of 1983. Her dad, two brothers and most of her aunts, uncles and cousins are doctors. Wouldn’t it be fascinating to study their deoxyribonucleic acid!

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Starting her undergraduate career with a pre-vet stint as she called it, Cline ended up choosing nutrition as a major. She became familiar with gastroenterology while a medical assistant and found that she really like learning about the GI system. Despite the fact that she continued debating between medical and PA school, nutrition would give her a different perspective on health while providing a solid base no matter which she picked. Once she chose to become a physician assistant, she immediately started looking for programs in Philadelphia and quickly zeroed in on Drexel. “I thought that it would be so cool to go to the same school my mom went to,” Cline admitted. She recognized, too, that CNHP had one of the oldest and most well-established programs in the country. “I knew they had great curriculum and really knew what they were doing.” Drexel was her first choice.

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It's hard to believe, but Cline has a life outside of school. She and her husband Stephen Cline, an engineer, will be moving to Oregon in January where she hopes to find a job working with underserved populations. If she can find five minutes when she’s not studying, working or on rotation, you will find her somewhere enjoying the great outdoors—probably running on at trail with her husband. She finds great enjoyment riding horses though she hasn’t had much time to do that recently. Maybe once she’s finished her last rotation finds a job and gets settled in Oregon, she’ll find a little more time for some of the other thing she loves alongside developing her niche in primary care.

Things I like or would recommend:

Book: State of Wonder by Ann Patchett  The author is flipping my mind, but it’s incredible.

TV Show or Movie: Oh, man! This is hard. I think everyone should be watching Downton Abbey.

Podcast: I’m not interested in any currently, but I am listening to Harry Potter. I’m a little embarrassed because I’ve never used this media type.

Written by Roberta S. Perry