Dr. Kathleen Klink is a Family Physician, and the Director of the Bureau of Health Professions Division of Medicine and Dentistry at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Bureau of Health Professions provides national leadership in the development, distribution and retention of a diverse, culturally competent health workforce that provides high-quality care for all Americans. Dr. Klink's efforts are focused on the Bureau's initiatives to develop primary care and oral health services and access.

Dr. Klink completed service in the office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton as a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow in December 2008, where she worked with senior health staff in evaluating and formulating legislation to reauthorize Title VII of the U.S. Public Health Service Act. This legislation's focus is strengthening the primary care workforce, access to primary care services, and improving minority representation in the health professions.

She received her M.D. degree from the University of Miami in 1985 and completed her residency training at Jackson Memorial Hospital in family medicine in 1988.