D.O.
Hospitalist
2019, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences. Pomona, CA
2013, Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
2022, Internal Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Hospitalist Kristen Shields, DO, was motivated to pursue medicine after caring for a close family member with advanced lymphoma during her teenage years. Having previously served as a volunteer, research assistant and medical student within the organization, she was proud to return to City of Hope® Cancer Center Duarte to help patients in her community.
Dr. Shields earned her osteopathic medicine degree from Western University of Health Sciences in Pomona, followed by an internal medicine residency at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Throughout her education and training, she remained actively involved in research, co-authoring a peer-reviewed paper in Laboratory Investigations that introduced a new method for identifying lymphoma in tissue samples. She also presented findings on fainting in patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue at an American College of Physicians regional conference.
Committed to community service, Dr. Shields has volunteered extensively with underserved populations. She has provided free medical care to unhoused individuals in Santa Barbara through Doctors Without Walls and has supported health initiatives for Indigenous and Asian Pacific Islander communities across the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire.