First to have the courage to join the military and serve your country, I thank you for your service.
Her husband is also a pilot, and together they have a 14-year-old girl and an 8-year-old boy.Īlexis, you are one amazing lady. McCabe currently serves in the Individual Ready Reserves (IRR) and is in her second year of residency.
As the pilot, I’m only a very small piece of the puzzle.” The ultimate goal is to get the aircraft airborne, complete the mission successfully and return safely. Everything in an airplane is team-based, and I know the importance of collaboration and bringing out the best in others. “My previous career gave me experience in dealing with lots of different personalities, a skill I use in the Emergency Department every day,” she added. You’re constantly reassessing as things can change in the blink of an eye. You have to assimilate large amounts of information, picking out the most pertinent things and make a decision about what to do next almost simultaneously. When asked about the similarities between emergency medicine and flying a fighter jet, McCabe said: “Things move quickly, and you always have to be on your toes. We are so proud of her service to our community and our nation.” After interviewing, I knew immediately this was my first choice.”Īdded Eric Goralnick, MD, medical director of Emergency Preparedness: “Alexis is a dedicated compassionate physician who leads by example. “A good friend from medical school was training at BWH in Emergency Medicine, and I knew that if she liked the program, then so would I. McCabe was thrilled to come to BWH for her training. “Nobody was surprised that I chose emergency medicine,” she said. When she graduated in 2014, she knew that emergency medicine was the right specialty for her. In 2010, McCabe started medical school at Tulane and served in the reserves. During that time, she decided that she wanted to pursue a second career in medicine, but with a limited science background (high school chemistry and geology 101), she needed the necessary prerequisites to apply to medical school and began taking night and weekend classes. “It was essentially residency for pilots,” she said.Īfter returning from her second deployment, McCabe did a tour in Pensacola, Fla., as a flight instructor. She received her wings in January 2001 and then underwent specialty training. Joining the military in 1997, she was commissioned as an officer and then began flight school. That initial interest eventually led her to become the first female Marine pilot to fly a F/A-18 Hornet combat jet off an aircraft carrier. I wanted to serve, and I thought I would like to be a pilot.” “When I was graduating college, the law had just changed, and women were permitted to fly in combat. “All the men in my family served in the military,” McCabe said. She served 14 years on active duty, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan in 20. McCabe joined the Marine Corps in 1997 after graduating from college. As one of the first female fighter jet pilots in the Marine Corps, BWH resident Alexis McCabe, MD, is used to thinking on her feet, a skill she says she’s grateful for as she trains to become an Emergency Medicine physician.
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