Abby McGuire serves as course coordinator for History and Physical Examination and Advanced Patient Evaluation classes. She also teaches in clinical medicine and diagnostic methods and contributes to other courses and activities.
She has worked clinically in family medicine for six years and sees patients at the UW Health Odana Road Family Medicine Clinic. As part of her clinical practice, she has served as a preceptor to many UW PA students during their family medicine rotations. She joined the PA program faculty in 2022.
McGuire has served on the UW Health Wellbeing Committee and is passionate about efforts to increase clinician wellbeing and reduce burnout in primary care.
She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Physician Assistant program in 2016 as part of the first cohort at the UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus and completed a teaching fellowship upon graduation. Prior to her PA education, she earned undergraduate degrees in nutritional sciences (dietetics) and human development and family studies from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.