Kristyna Tan, LMSW, LSCSW

Professional Background

Kristyna is a clinical social worker with over seventeen years of experience at the University of Kansas Health Systems. Her focus is improving the standards in patient care, safety, and bioethics combined with a team-oriented approach to increase patient knowledge and improve long-term outcomes. Kristyna is focused on improving personal development and creating a collaborative work environment by providing support to peers. She has a strong belief in the importance of community involvement, social justice, and supporting others to improve our community and society as a whole.

Kristyna serves as the President of the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care (SSLWHC). She has been serving on the board since 2018.

• University of Missouri-Kansas City, MSW Kansas City University, Certificate in Bioethics

• Tan, Kristyna, Tarris Rosell, and Carla Keirns. "Durable Power of Attorney and Guardianship for a Disputed PEG Placement." Clinical Connections, a nursing newsletter of The University of Kansas Hospital, Vol 17 (Feb 2018). Hospital intranet access only: http://intranet.kumed.com/newsletter/clinicalConnections/images/header.jpg. Rosell, Tarris and Kristyna Tan. "A Case of Clinical Ethics Consultation: Helping the Care Team Help Patient Patti." Bulletin of The Department of History and Philosophy of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Vol XXVII, No 1 (Spring) 2017: 8-9. Tan, Kristyna and Tarris Rosell. "Ethics Consultation: What It Is, and Is Not." Clinical Connections, a nursing newsletter of The University of Kansas Hospital, Vol 15 (April 2016). [Hospital intranet access only: http://intranet.kumed.com/newsletter/clinicalConnections/images/header.jpg. Tan, Kristyna and Carla Keirns. “Respecting autonomy, guardianship, and conscience in the refusal of a PEG tube: The case of JM.” Ethics Grand Rounds Lecture, University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, MO, October 2017.