Professional History

Board Certification

• Hospice and Palliative Medicine - American Board of Pediatrics
  
• Pediatrics - American Board of Pediatrics
  

Medical Education

• MD - University of Minnesota Medical School
  Minneapolis, MN
  2004
  

Residency/Fellowship

• Residency - Medical College of Wisconsin
  Milwaukee, WI
  
• Fellowship - University of Wisconsin Health Graduate Medical Education
  Madison, WI
  

Contact Information

Primary Location:

Childrens Minnesota Pain and Palliative Care
2525 Chicago AVE S STE 32-T5
Minneapolis, MN 55404
(612)813-7888

Personal Biography

Kris is the Associate Medical Director of Palliative Care in the department of Pain, Palliative Care and Integrative Medicine at Children's Minnesota. She is also the hospice and palliative medicine pediatric site director and co-chair of the Hospital Ethics Committee. Kris attended medical school at the University of Minnesota before entering a pediatric residency at the Medical College in Milwaukee. She then completed two years of pediatric hematology-oncology at the University of Wisconsin prior to leaving to pursue the development of a palliative care program through the hospitalist program at the same institution. She has worked at Children's Minnesota since 2012.