Dr. Megan King was born and raised in Corvallis, Oregon, surrounded by the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. She left rainy Oregon for colder weather when she attended Carleton College in Minnesota and earned an undergraduate degree in biology. After graduation, Megan moved further east to Boston and completed a service year as an AmeriCorps teacher in an elementary school. During this time, Megan loved working with students and their families in the community, but felt her work there was incomplete and discovered a desire to serve these communities not through teaching but through medicine.

Megan was inspired by her own family doctor and the opportunity to build long-term relationships with her patients and their families. She was thrilled to return to Oregon to pursue her medical school education at OHSU, where she observed the unique role of the family physician not only for individual patients, but for communities as a whole. Megan chose family medicine because the specialty allows her to create long-lasting relationships with patients from all walks of life, engage in community needs and help advocate for her patients on a daily basis. Megan’s interests in family medicine are wide ranging, including preventive medicine, reproductive health and obstetrics, addiction medicine, gender-affirming care and geriatrics.

In her free time, Megan enjoys exploring the great outdoors with her husband John and exuberant dog Huckleberry, as well as cooking delicious food from her garden, trail running and exploring Portland’s wonderful food scene.

Clinical interests: Preventative medicine, reproductive health and obstetrics, breast feeding, addiction medicine, gender-affirming care, and geriatrics.