Drue Orwig is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She attended undergrad at the University of Arkansas where she was on the swim and dive team and received a BS in biology/premed. She then went to Michigan State University – College of Osteopathic Medicine for medical school. She did an internship at the University of Connecticut in internal medicine before completing an emergency medicine residency at Michigan State University-Spectrum Health campus in Grand Rapids MI. She has been an emergency medicine attending since 2012 with Emergency Care Specialist and has been on faculty with Michigan State University during this time. She will be finishing her fellowship in hyperbaric medicine and will be returning to Spectrum Health Hospital system in the wound and hyperbaric program after graduation. Her hobbies include being a professional triathlete, spending time with family and friends, gardening, and cooking.