Dr. Kathryn Born, MD

Dr Kathryn Born was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She enjoyed her Midwestern/Southwestern upbringing, and therefore chose to attend Kenyon college (Gambier, Ohio), where she also received a full scholarship. Though it was known for its English department, it was there that she developed an interest in science and research. She graduated summa cum laude and with high honors in both mathematics and molecular biology. She initially chose to pursue a combined MD-PhD at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, NY. She toiled in the lab for three years before deciding that her heart was truly on the clinical side of medicine. Despite achieving highest honors on her Masters degree, she ultimately chose to interrupt her PhD training and complete only the MD, after which she joined her husband Timothy in Washington, DC.