Kimberly S. Crihfield, MD

Dr. Kimberly Crihfield grew up in the Cleveland area. She attended The Ohio State University and received her undergraduate degree in Biology. She received her medical degree at Ohio State as well and completed her residency in Internal Medicine with a subspecialty in Women’s Health at The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

After residency, she worked for a medical temp agency for several years and was able to gain experience in several different areas of the county and different types of practices. She worked in Occupational Medicine, Urgent Care, inpatient Internal Medicine, outpatient Internal Medicine, and the Indian Health Service. This allowed her to travel and work in Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oregon and Washington. After moving to Portland permanently in 2000, she began working for Providence Medical Group in outpatient Internal Medicine and later worked as a hospitalist at St. Vincent Hospital. She moved to the Urgent Care department in 2002 and practiced there for 17 years. She joined the Occupational Medicine department in October 2019.

She has a strong interest in orthopedics and likes to collaborate with her patients so that they can participate in their medical decision making.

Her personal interests include rock climbing, backpacking, yoga, cycling, skiing, and reading. She lives with her partner and his sons, and their cat Pandora.