COM Outlook Summer/Fall 2019

32 | DR. KIRAN C. PATEL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE ALUMNI Spotlight BY SCOTT COLTON, B.A., APR “You will never be taken seriously in medicine because you are blonde, petite, attractive, and too nice.” These were the soul-crushing words a female residency administrator uttered to K Kay Moody, D.O., M.P.H., FACEP, while she was in the midst of completing her postgraduate emergency medicine training. Sadly, it wasn’t the first time Moody, a 2009 alumna, endured similar words of derision as she worked to realize her dream of becoming a physician. “I am glad I didn’t listen to the naysayers,” said Moody, who triumphed over adversity to become a respected emergency medicine physician at Capital Medical Center in Olympia, Washington, and the founder and CEO of the innovative Glacier Rock Wellness Ranch. “I am a woman who grew up in a small town without college role models, who was told my place was in the kitchen.” PORTRAIT IN PERSEVERANCE