Last Modified: September 26, 2024

Dr. Kathryn Horton is board-certified in Internal Medicine with a particular focus in Hospital Medicine. She has provided inpatient care for acutely-ill hospitalized patients for the past decade, most recently at an underserved urban community hospital in the greater Seattle area. She is an active member of the Society of Hospital Medicine, and her current clinical interests include critical care medicine, obesity medicine and expanding patients’ access to providers via telemedicine.

Originally from Washington State, relocated to the East Coast to attend Boston College where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She worked in oncologic clinical research at Massachusetts General Hospital before earning her medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine.

She completed her residency training at the University of Washington Medical Center, which is affiliated with Harborview Medical Center and the Puget Sound VA Hospital. During her residency training, she spent a month in Manhattan working for the ABC News Medical Unit to research and deliver medical reports for multiple ABC media platforms, including Good Morning America and World News Tonight.

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