Cassandra Sappington is a certified Physician Assistant on the Trauma Team and PeaceHealth Southwest. She has been at Southwest since 1991 working in various capacities. She was an Emergency Department RN for 12 years prior to return to school to obtain her Bachelor’s in Physician Assistant studies in 2008. She has since obtained her Master’s degree in Physician Assistant studies. She enjoys working with trauma patients, especially with the aspect of seeing patients get better allowing them to return to their prior activities. She enjoys working with such a great team who are all supportive and focused on creating an environment to enhance outcomes. In her spare time, she enjoys her animals which include dogs, ducks, goats, emus and llamas. She also enjoys camping, hiking, scrapbooking as well as time with her family and friends.