Brett A. White, MD, FAAFP

Biography

Professor

Clinical Science

Dr. Brett White is a Southern California Permanente Medical Group physician specializing in family medicine. The recipient of numerous teaching awards, Dr. White’s scholarship focuses on medical education and topics in the specialty of family medicine. He has served on several Kaiser Permanente committees and was previously a faculty member of Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Southern California.

Education and Training

Degrees: BA, University of Southern California
BS, University of Southern California
MD, University of Southern California

Residency: Resident, Family Medicine, Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center

Fellowship: Fellow, National Institute for Program Director Development, Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
Fellow, American Academy of Family Physicians

Professional Positions

Director, Student Health Services: University of Southern California; 2004-2008

Associate Program Director, Family Medicine: Oregon Health & Science University; 2008-2013

Medical Director, Lewis Family Medicine Clinic: University of California; 2013-2014

Associate Residency Director, Family Medicine: University of California, San Diego; 2013-2014

Medical Director: Zoom+ Performance Health Insurance; 2015-2016

Physician: Southern California Permanente Medical Group; 2016-present

Instructor: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; 2019-2020

Associate Professor: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; 2020-2024

Professor: Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine; 2024-present

Honors and Awards

Outstanding Teaching Award, Professionalism and the Practice of Medicine: Keck School of Medicine of USC; 2009

Mentorship Award: Department of Family Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University; 2010-2013

Top Doctor: Portland Monthly; 2012-2013

Outstanding Preceptor Award: Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Oregon Health & Science University; 2013

Faculty of the Year Award: Family Medicine Residency Program, University of California, San Diego; 2014

Scholarly Activities

Peer-reviewed research manuscripts

Sullivan M, Nyquist J, White J, Elliot D, Schechter J, Quinn E, Cousineau M, Kim S, White B, Abbott A, Taylor C. Mentoring Medical Students: The Implementation of a Career Pathways Advising Program at one Institution. The Mentor 2010;12
White B, Paladine H, Miller K, Taylor H. New Faculty Orientation Programs in U.S. Family Medicine Departments. Family Medicine 2010; 42: 310-11.
White B, Carney P, Garvin R. An Assessment of Family Medicine Residency Networks in the United States. Journal of Graduate Medical Education: September 2012, Vol. 4, No. 3, pp. 335-339.
White B, Carney PA, Flynn J, Marino M, Fields S. Reducing hospital readmissions through primary care practice transformation. J Fam Pract. 2014 Feb;63(2):67-73.

Book chapters

White B. Nicotine Addiction. 5-Minute Clinical Consult (Domino). Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2014.
White B. Plague. In: Ebell MH, Ferenchick G, Smith M, Barry H, Slawson D, Shaughnessy A, Forsch R, Li S, Wilkes M, Usatine R, eds. Essential Evidence. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2017.