Katherine O'Brien, MD

Katherine O'Brien, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Palliative Medicine

Dr. O’Brien completed her undergraduate training at Indiana University and received her M.D from Georgetown University. She then completed Internal Medicine internship and residency at Georgetown University Hospital. She completed Geriatric Medicine and Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowships at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University. She was previously faculty at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine from 2018-2023, in the divisions of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine. Her clinical interests include frailty, palliative medicine for older adults, polypharmacy and deprescribing. Outside of the clinic, she enjoys cooking, traveling, reading, and spending time with her family and friends.