Molly R. Kirkconnell, MD

University of California, Davis; Molly grew up in Arkansas and studied biology and Spanish at the University of Missouri. She coordinated literacy programs as an Americorps VISTA in San Diego, worked in a homeless employment program in Oakland, and supported a free classical music concert series in San Francisco before beginning medical school. Along the road, she also studied in Mexico, taught English in Chile and Ecuador, did botany research in Brazil, learned about healthcare in Nicaragua, and hitch-hiked in Alaska. She is interested in health policy and advocacy, practicing integrative medicine, and the doctor-patient relationship. Outside the clinic, she enjoys walking, running, biking, swimming, yoga, food (sometimes cooking it), reading, and playing with her husband and daughter.