As a board-certified internist and hospitalist, Christine Gearen Kelso, MD practices internal medicine in Carlsbad at Kaiser Permanente's Avenida Encinas campus near Poinsettia Park. Her dual specialization in Internal Medicine and Hospital Medicine bridges outpatient chronic disease management with acute inpatient transitions, an after-hours coverage model that expands the primary care continuum beyond the walk-in scope at Coastal Family Urgent Care. A 2003 graduate of the University of Florida College of Medicine, she completed her internal medicine residency at Oregon Health & Science University, where she co-authored published research on integrating systematic chronic care for diabetes into academic general internal medicine settings. That evidence-based diabetes protocol informs her management of HbA1c trajectories and insulin titration, a metabolic focus that intersects with the integrative endocrine approaches at Quantum Functional Medicine for patients exploring complementary interventions. Highest-acuity panels include multi-organ system failure triage, post-discharge medication reconciliation, and hospital-to-home transitional care coordination.