Kimberly Queen, BS,DC Chiropractic physician
Dr. Kimberly Queen is the founder and co-owner of Aspen Chiropractic Clinic. She pioneered complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in the city of Portland when she established Aspen as the first health care facility dedicated entirely to CAM practices. Kimberly Queen created Aspen as a healing environment that offers sanctuary to the body, mind and spirit. In recognition of her contribution to the community, Kimberly Queen received the nomination in 2003 for The Business Journal's Women in Business Award: Woman Entrepreneur of the Year.
Kimberly Queen earned her Doctor of Chiropractic (1997) and Bachelor of Science in Human Biology (1998) from Western States Chiropractic College (OR). She completed her undergraduate curriculum at San Francisco City College (CA) and California State University-Hayward. Kimberly Queen transitioned from a business career to medicine when she left Chevron Corporation in the mid-1980's to study massage therapy at the McKinnon Institute (CA). For 6 years, she managed a successful massage therapy practice in San Francisco and her greatest fulfillment came through her work with HIV/AIDS clients. This experience inspired her undergraduate dissertation, "A guideline for the assessment and management of HIV/AIDS patients." In 2006, Kimberly Queen participated on the Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners Delphi Panel; she developed practice recommendations for evidence-based chiropractic. She is recognized nationally as a Certified Medical Examiner (2006) and she is certified as an Independent Medical Examiner for the Oregon Workers Compensation Division (2007). Kimberly Queen is currently enrolled in the post-graduate Diplomate Program in Chiropractic Forensic Science through the University of Bridgeport (CT).
Kimberly Queen is an accomplished athlete and coach. She competed in basketball and softball in high school and college. She received numerous honors for her athletic achievements including the prestigious Coca Cola® Award for Best High School Athlete (1981). Kimberly Queen is a Brown Belt in Kenpo Karate and rigorously studied the Kajukembo mixed martial art. She was appointed Coach, Women's Junior Varsity Basketball at Castro Valley High School (CA) and Instructor, Kenpo Karate at Women's Kenpo Karate School in San Francisco (CA). She was honored in 1992 for her athletic accomplishments as Sports Woman of the Year at the San Francisco Cable Car Awards.
Kimberly Queen's personal motto is "docere, sanare". The Latin translation is "to teach, to heal." This personal maxim informs her practice on a daily basis. She strives to help each patient understand their health issues and take an active role in the healing process. Kimberly Queen also extends her compassion and expertise to the Portland community as an educator to organizations and public and private schools: Columbia River Sew'ers Association, Everest Institute-Tigard, Jackson Middle School Basketball, Nursing Mother's Council, Parkinson's Support Group. In 2002, Kimberly Queen was appointed Adjunct Faculty, Department of Clinics at Western States Chiropractic College (OR).
Kimberly Queen maintains a popular and highly respected family and sports medicine practice. She treats patients of all ages who suffer from acute and chronic illness and she works with Olympic athletes and other athletes involved in a range of professional and recreational sports: basketball, cycling, distance running, rock climbing, softball, waterskiing. For more than a decade Kimberly Queen has volunteered her professional services to AA Sports Limited events in Oregon and in 2004, she served as Medical Staff for the Bridge to Bridge Run, Hood to Coast Relay, Race for the Roses, ADA Summit to Surf and TYR Women's Triathlon.
Kimberly Queen is a member of the American Chiropractic Association and the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs.
Articles by this Author
Good choices equal good health
- By Dr. Kimberly Queen
- Archived 03/10/2007
- Diet & Exercise
There is no magic bullet for weight loss or a quick fix for staying healthy. Optimal health comes through a combination of balanced diet, moderate exercise and positive change in the emotional patterns that affect the way you think and feel about yourself. This is especially important for patients challenged by weight control issues and chronic health concerns.
Did you know? One child in five is overweight.
- By Dr. Kimberly Queen
- Archived 03/15/2007
- Diet & Exercise
Did you know?
- One child in five is overweight.
- Obesity in children and adolescents is epidemic in U.S., and it affects all ages, races and gender groups.
- Obese children have high cholesterol and high blood pressure-risk factors for heart disease.
- Obese children have a high incidence of orthopedic problems, liver disease and asthma.
- Obese children have type 2 diabetes-a disease that used to occur only in adults.
Whiplash and trauma resulting from motor vehicle collisions
- By Dr. Kimberly Queen
- Archived 05/24/2007
- Chiropractic medicine
In June of 2006, I attended the International Whiplash Trauma Congress presented by the Spinal Injury Foundation, and co-sponsored by Oregon Health Sciences University School of Medicine’s Center for Health Communities and, my alma mater, Western States Chiropractic College. The speakers were a prestigious multidisciplinary faculty from biomechanics, chiropractic, engineering, epidemiology, medicine and neurophysiology. I am very impressed by the commitment of the international community to study whiplash and other motor vehicle crash- related injuries, and to share the trauma research and the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment.
