Karen Montalbano, D.C. graduate from Life Chiropractic College West in 1987. She opened a solo practice in San Francisco at that time and has been practicing in San Francisco ever since. However Dr. Montalbano became very interested in Osteopathy. In 2009 she enrolled in the Collège d'Étude Ostéopathique at the Vancouver Campus in Canada. Fulfilling her lifelong dream to learn the practice of osteopathic manual work she graduated the masters program in 2015.
Her thesis was a clinical study designed and performed by Dr. Montalbano.The study showed osteopathic manual therapy on the pulmonary thorax improved cervical range of motion.

Currently Dr. Montalbano continues in her private practice in San Francisco using primarily osteopathic evaluation and techniques. She specializes in musculoskeletal issues, such as disc herniations, shoulder injuries, and most musculoskeletal based complaints. Digestive problems are also a main focus of her work which generally take a team approach. She is trained extensively in cranial work for concussions and continues to study osteopathic treatment for the whole body.

Dr. Montalbano works with many professional musicians and dancers with long lasting results.