Kristina Eir Catrine, MD

Kris is the Medical Director for the Department of Pain, Palliative Care & Integrative Medicine at Children's Minnesota. Kris attended medical school at the University of Minnesota before entering a pediatric residency at the Medical College of Wisconsin. She then completed two years of pediatric hematology-oncology at the University of Wisconsin prior to leaving to pursue the development of a palliative care program through the hospitalist program at the same institution. She has worked in Palliative Care at Children's Minnesota since 2012, starting as an inpatient consultant, then as the Program Director for Palliative Medicine, then moving into her current role in March of 2020. She has particular interests in home hospice, medical decision making, ethics and creating a healthy work culture through teamwork.