Schrier, Kim, 1968-

<p>Congresswoman Kim Schrier represents Washington’s 8th Congressional District, which includes much of King, Pierce, Kittitas, and Chelan Counties, and portions of Douglas County.</p>

<p>Prior to being elected to Congress on November 6, 2018, Kim spent her career as a pediatrician in Issaquah, working with children across the Puget Sound region and helping families navigate the health care system. In Congress, Kim uses this expertise to inform her work on issues that improve the lives, health, and wellbeing of children.</p>

<p>As the first pediatrician in Congress, Kim brings a critical voice to issues related to health care. Through her own experience as a patient living with Type 1 diabetes, Kim understands the very real fear of health care costs and access for people living with pre-existing conditions. And as a physician who has worked in a broken health care system, Kim understands what changes need to be made to make it work better for both patients and providers.</p>

SCHRIER, Kim, a Representative from Washington; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., August 23, 1968; graduated from Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, Calif.; B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif., 1991; M.D., University of California, Davis, Calif., 1997; pediatric residency, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif., 2000; pediatrician; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2019-present).

<p>Kimberly Merle Schrier (born August 23, 1968) is an American politician and former physician who has been the U.S. Representative from Washington's 8th congressional district since 2019. She is a member of the Democratic Party.</p>

<p>Schrier was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in astrophysics. She attended the University of California Davis School of Medicine, where she earned her Doctor of Medicine degree. She continued on to a residency at the Stanford University School of Medicine.</p>

<p>Schrier's professional career as a pediatrician began in Ashland, Oregon, where she worked for one year before joining Virginia Mason Medical Center in Issaquah, Washington in 2001. While working at Virginia Mason, she became politically active, particularly on healthcare issues. In 2017, Schrier was dissatisfied with Congressman Dave Reichert's handling of the efforts to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and this, coupled with her frustration with the results of the 2016 elections, led to her decision to enter politics.</p>