Ken Olson
Medical Doctor
Kenneth P. Olson, MD graduated from Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD, received his MD at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and completed his UMN Family Medicine residency at North Memorial Medical Center in Minneapolis. Dr. Olson is a family physician and has been practicing Family Medicine nearly 35 years. The first 5 years in rural Minnesota and 30 years in the Twin Cities area.
In his spare time, Dr. Olson enjoys teaching at the University of MN Department of Family Medicine, Family Medicine Clerkship, and he has been lead physician facilitator for the Significant Event Reflection session for third and fourth year students. In 2007, he received the Minnesota Medical Foundation’s Exceptional Community Faculty Teaching Award for his teaching at the U of M
Dr. Olson and his wife Birdie also share a passion for Tanzania. He also enjoys working “Shoulder to Shoulder” with the Tanzanian clinicians and students at the Ilula District Hospital near Iringa, continuing his teachings of US medicine and pharmacy.