Kristin I Thom D.O.

About Kristin I Thom D.O.

Dr. Thom has a private Osteopathic Manual Medicine specialty practice in Santa Cruz, California.  She is also a preceptor at the Morehouse School of Medicine Dominican Family Medicine Residency Program, supervising both family medicine and osteopathic manual medicine.

She was an Associate Professor in the OMM department at Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine until 2026, and continues as an Adjunct Professor.

She has a varied and rewarding background, which continues to inform her current OMM practice. Following graduation from family medicine residency in 2002, she practiced full-scope family medicine in the rural towns of Blue Hill and Bucksport, Maine. She practiced in the outpatient, inpatient, obstetrics, emergency department, nursing home, and home settings. In 2011, she turned her attention to academics, taking a faculty position at Eastern Maine Medical Center’s Family Medicine and OMM Plus One Residency Programs in Bangor, Maine. From 2017 to 2020, she practiced in and served as Chief Medical Officer at Hunter Health, an FQHC and IHS clinic in Wichita, KS.  She transitioned to a 100% OMM practice in 2020.

Special interests: pregnancy, postpartum, pelvic floor, newborns, end-of-life, trauma, mood and sleep.  Dr. Thom has extensive experience with acute and chronic pain, musculoskeletal conditions, headaches, sciatica, carpal tunnel, visceral and immune conditions, and more.  In addition to the use of many OMT modalities, patient education is a cornerstone of her work.

Specialties / Certifications

American Osteopathic Board of Family Practice
American Osteopathic Board of Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine
American Osteopathic Association
American Academy of Osteopathy
Osteopathic Cranial Academy
Certified Pfilates (pelvic floor pilates) Instructor
Dr. Thom trained under Dr. James Jealous for over 10 years. She has also trained under Dr. Donald Hankinson, Dr. Steve Kisiel, Dr. Greg Yesensky, and other biodynamics faculty. She has completed all Biodynamics Phases and Pediatrics courses, as well as numerous other biodynamic courses. She continues with other osteopathic coursework as well.