Dr. Katie Irby is originally from Nebraska, where she completed most of her education and her family still resides. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, where she cultivated her interest and skills in caring for patients with chronic conditions of childhood transitioning into adult care. She then spent a year in Houston at the Baylor College of Medicine - Transition Medicine clinic as the first fellow in the Developmental Medicine fellowship program, aimed to educate and equip providers with the knowledge and experience to be leaders in this growing field and care for patients with intellectual disability and medical complexity as adults. She is currently back in SLC, UT completing a fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine with the goal of providing comprehensive pain and symptom management as well as care consistent with goals of care through the lifespan. She plans to work primarily with patients and families affected by chronic conditions of childhood as both children and adults.