Karen Sue Ritchie

Background

Ritchie, Karen Sue was born on September 12, 1949 in Louisville. Daughter of Malcolm Luther and Roberta Ann (Gossadge) Ritchie.

Education

Bachelor, Graceland College, 1970; Doctor of Medicine, Ohio State University, 1973; Master of Arts, Georgetown University, 1989.

Career

Intern, Mount Carmel Hospital, Columbus, Ohio., 1973-1974; resident in family practice, U. Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, 1974-1975; resident in psychiatry, U. Kansas Medical Center, 1977-1981; emergency room physician, Kansas City area hospitals, 1975-1977; practice medicine specializing in psychiatry, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 1981-1985; president, Midwest Bioethics Center, Kansas City, Missoury, 1985-1987; founder, Midwest Bioethics Center, Overland Park, Kansas, 1985; chief psychiatry section, University Texas Doctor of Medicine Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, since 1989. Consultant in medical ethics, 1987-1989.

Membership

Member American Psychiatric Association.

Connections

Children: Matthew William Murphy, Megan Elizabeth Murphy.

Father:

Malcolm Luther Ritchie

Mother:

Roberta Ann (Gossadge) Ritchie

child:

Megan Elizabeth Murphy Ritchie

child:

Matthew William Murphy Ritchie