Kimberly Krohn, MD, MPH, Named Wesley Family Medicine Residency Program Director

KU School of Medicine-Wichita

Kimberly Krohn, MD, MPH, has been named the program director of the KUSM-Wichita Family Medicine Residency Program at Wesley Medical Center.  Dr. Krohn joins the department from North Dakota where she has served as the Program Director of the University of North Dakota School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program in Minot. She has held a number of leadership positions including president of the North Dakota Medical Association, president of the North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians Foundation, and president of the North Dakota Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Krohn has spoken nationally and internationally on topics such as ADHD in females and diabetes in pregnancy. She has served on the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Health Care Services.

Dr. Krohn received her bachelor of science degree in dietetics from Michigan State University’s Honors College and her Master of Public Health/Health Services Administration degree from the University of Minnesota. She earned her Doctorate of Medicine in 1996 at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and completed her residency at the Minot Center for Family Medicine where she was chief resident. As a resident, Dr. Krohn received a national Glaxo Wellcome Award, presented to 20 outstanding family medicine residents each year.

Dr. Krohn is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. She was chosen as the North Dakota Academy of Family Physicians Family Physician of the Year in 2014. In 2017, she was selected for the North Dakota Medical Association Physician Community and Professional Services Award which recognizes physicians for outstanding leadership and service to the people of North Dakota and to the profession of medicine.