Katina Rue, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP is the first Latina and first Osteopathic president of the Washington State Medical Association. She leads the family medicine residency program as Program Director at Trios Health in Kennewick, WA, in addition to serving on many state and regional boards and foundations. She is passionate about leadership, mentorship, community, and patient care. And even though occasionally plagued by “imposter syndrome,” she strives to inspire future leaders to step into healthcare leadership, to let their voices be heard, and to confidently take a seat at the table.

In her spare time, she is a farm wrangler along with her husband, Aureliano, at their farm in Yakima and dance mom to their 10-year-old daughter, Valeria.

Dr. Rue discloses that she has no relevant relationship with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.