Katherine Ku, DO, MPH

I was born and raised in Northern California and consider the Bay Area and Sacramento home. I went to Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington for a bachelor’s in neuroscience with a minor in French. I then spent two years with Peace Corps in Togo, West Africa. When I returned, I worked at the UC Davis MIND Institute as well as UCSF’s IND. I then completed a combined DO/MPH degree at Touro University. In my final year of medical school, I was awarded a Fulbright Fogarty Fellowship to develop community-based strategies for managing PSBI in rural settings in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. Unfortunately, this was indefinitely postponed. I completed my Emergency Medicine residency training at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton, CA. I am so grateful and inspired to learn from the amazing physicians that make up UCSF’s critical care team as an EM/CC Fellow! Outside of work, I enjoy live music, motorcycle road trips, hiking, jumping into cold alpine lakes and rivers, being outside with my pup, and good food and drinks with friends and family.