Kim Downey

Community Ambassador Medicine Forward

Kim Downey is the Community Ambassador for Medicine Forward. A physical therapist by training, her extensive work experience spans hospitals, sub-acute rehab facilities, outpatient settings, schools, and homes. As a seasoned healthcare professional and recent three-time cancer survivor, Downey has a unique perspective, having experienced firsthand the challenges facing clinicians, including loss of autonomy, frustrations with the EMR, burnout, and moral injury. Her YouTube channel, “Stand Up (for) Doctors!,” features weekly interviews with doctors, patients, and others who intersect with healthcare, amplifying their voices, and speaking to what is on the hearts and minds of clinicians and others today. Downey’s goal is to raise community awareness and mobilize support to promote physician wellness and positive ripples of change in healthcare, for doctors and patients.