Don graduated from the MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Program at the

University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, Washington. He began his

medical career serving as a medic in the U.S. Army, where he also earned the Expert

Field Medical Badge. After the military, Don became a respiratory therapist, and worked in

trauma and critical care in Chicago and Portland. Prior to joining the practice, he gained

18 years of experience as a PA in neurosurgery. Don has lived in the Pacific Northwest

since 2000. He is a husband and father of three, and is an avid surfer and chess player.