Caitlin Downing

Caitlin M. Downing, MD Family medicine has always been my path. As the daughter of a family physician in a small Connecticut town, family medicine shaped my perception of what it means to be a doctor. In Southbury, everyone knows one other, and a trip to the grocery store easily becomes a social occasion. Therefore, I grew up with a sense of my Mom as the "town doc." As a kid, I spent the afternoons and summers at her practice and saw how impactful a community physician's deep and lasting patient relationships can be. I knew I was destined for family medicine.I attended an all-girls high school where I became passionate about music and the outdoors. Afterwards, I took a year off to spend 3 months living in the backcountry of the Rocky Mountains with the National Outdoor Leadership School (NOLS), and traveled to east Africa where I climbed Mt. Kenya and Mt. Kilimanjaro.College brought me back to the Rocky Mountains, where I attended Colorado College and obtained my bachelor's degree in music. I went home to CT for medical school at the University of Connecticut, where I cultivated a deep commitment to primary care. At UConn, I was a student of the Urban Service Track.