Katie was born on March 19th, 1974 in San Francisco, CA, to parents, Jan and Charlie Hoeveler. From her earliest days, Katie demonstrated her desire and courage to follow the most ambitious paths.  She dedicated much of her youth to academics and to ballet. Katie developed a work ethic and a commitment to excellence that would propel her in life. She had a relentless sense of adventure, which we saw first when she opted to spend both her junior year in high school and junior year in college studying in France.

After graduating from Princeton University with a pre-med curriculum and a political science degree, Katie pursued her lifelong goal of being a pediatrician. She earned her MD from UC San Diego, completed her residency at The Children's Hospital at the University of Colorado, and then returned to San Diego to work as a pediatrician for several years. There, she cared for 40 patients a day, checked on newborns in multiple hospitals, and taught and supervised medical students with her trademark passion and enthusiasm. Her adventurous spirit which took her to France in her youth persisted as a doctor. Katie was inspired to travel the world to treat under-resourced patients, offering urgent care to acutely ill children in rural Uganda and later in tent cities and orphanages in Haiti.

In 2012, she set her sights on becoming a child psychiatrist, embarking on a fellowship at Children's Hospital of Pennsylvania. She then co-founded the Medical Behavioral Unit at CHOP, enhancing critical collaboration between pediatric and psychiatry departments for children most in need. Ultimately, she started her own child psychiatry practice, providing essential counsel to over 300 patients a year. As "Dr. Katie", her patients' families praised her brilliance, compassion, life-saving impact, and unforgettable smile.

The move to Philadelphia was a fortuitous one, not only for her career, but also because she met the love of her life, Michael Tallman, in 2014.  To see Katie and Michael together was to see the purest example of respect, fun, energy, enthusiasm, partnership, and most crucially, unconditional love. Over the nearly 10 years they had together, they bonded over their mutual love of the beach, travel, and the ups and downs of the Philadelphia Eagles.

Katie had an authentic and deep joy for life, and that spirit and influence will live on through so many who survive her: her husband Michael Tallman and his devoted family, parents Jan and Charlie Hoeveler, siblings Charles Hoeveler (Kerry), Wendy Alexander (Kevin), Justin Hoeveler (Caroline), and her many nieces and nephews, who will all remember their dear, loving "Aunt Katie."

Katie had many passions, but perhaps none stronger than her love of music. John Denver was far and away Katie and her father Charlie's favorite artist, and it would be his concerts and festivals that would always bring Katie, the adventurous world traveler, back to her family to bond over his music and reconnect. It is through this music that so many of us will remember and cherish her. So Katie, in the words of ABBA, another favorite artist, "Thank you for the Music". We love you.

A small service was held in Philadelphia where she lived. Details on a further celebration of Katie's life to be determined.