Christy Weiland-Hamilton graduated from the UW School of Pharmacy with a PharmD in 2007. After graduation, she completed a pharmacy practice residency at St. Louis College of Pharmacy/Mercy Family Medicine in St. Louis. After residency, she joined the faculty at the University of Wyoming and Fort Collins Family Medicine Residency where she balanced teaching, inpatient practice, and research. In 2012, she headed back to Seattle to take a position at UW Medical Center where she practices with the General Surgery and Surgical ICU team.