Sean Stout, MD
Let me be honest. I didn't want to be a doctor when I started college. I didn't tolerate the sight of blood well, and just wasn't interested the field. Instead, I studied physics, since that was a challenging, exciting, growing field.
Two years in Japan as a missionary led to a change of heart. I discovered that I enjoyed working with people, getting to know them and helping them. I knew I wouldn't get much of an opportunity to develop these kinds of personal interactions as a physicist, so I looked into medicine as a challenging, exciting, growing field where I could also serve others. I have never regretted that decision.
I was raised here in the Northwest, but after graduating from Kentridge High School (class of 85), I spent 14 years away from home. During that time, I attended Brigham Young University, traveled on missions, attended medical school at the University of Utah, and completed my residency at Memorial Hospital in South Bend, Indiana. The Air Force brought me back to the Northwest with an assignment to practice family medicine for four years at McChord Air Force Base. I left the unique challenges of military medicine to try my hand in the civilian world, joining Sound Family Medicine in 2003. Once again, it’s a decision I haven't regretted.
My wife and five kids are also happy with our decision to stay in the area and enter civilian life. My wife stays busy with our kids, in addition to all of her PTA work and volunteering at the schools, while in my free time I work as a scoutmaster in the Boy Scouts.
Medicine is changing, and both patients and providers need to be involved in these changes to be sure we can continue to provide the best possible care. I look forward to many years working with you and am committed to your health.