Dr Kaoswi Karina Shih is double board certified in Family Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in 2007 at Rice University in ecology and evolutionary biology. She went on to complete her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio in 2011 and completed her Family Medicine residency through the Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program in 2014. She then completed her fellowship in Hospice and Palliative Medicine at the University of Texas MD Anderson Center in 2015. Dr Shih's care philosophy centers on providing patient-centered, multidisciplinary care aimed to relieve suffering during life-limiting or terminal illness. She joined Kelsey-Seybold in 2023.