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Cassie Ferguson, MD, is a pediatric emergency physician, professor, medical educator, and nationally recognized advocate for physician and trainee well-being. She serves on the faculty of the Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Wisconsin, where she has spent nearly two decades caring for patients, mentoring students, and leading educational innovation.

Throughout her career, she has developed pioneering programs in medical student well-being, professional identity formation, quality improvement, health systems science, and health equity, including the REACH curriculum and the MKE Health Scholars Program. Her work has been recognized with numerous awards for teaching, humanism, leadership, and educational excellence, including the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award and designation as a Master Teacher.

A sought-after speaker and scholar, Dr. Ferguson has presented nationally on physician well-being, burnout, self compassion, professional identity formation, and the culture of medicine. Her scholarship has appeared in leading journals including Academic Medicine, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Academic Psychiatry, and BMJ Open Quality.

Drawing on thousands of conversations with students, trainees, colleagues, and patients, Dr. Ferguson explores the intersection of medicine, psychology, storytelling, and contemplative traditions. Her debut book, "The Only Life You Could Save," reflects a career devoted to helping future physicians navigate the emotional complexity of medicine without losing their humanity in the process.

She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and three sons.