Amy Whittle, MD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

628-206-3605

Amy Whittle, MD is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF. Her areas of interest include children with special health care needs, mental health and developmental disorders, doctor-patient communication, and social determinants of health. She is a clinician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and attends in primary care, urgent care, and the special needs clinics.

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She is the associate medical director of integrated care at the Children's Health Center and serves as the Medical Director for the Health Advocates program. She is an educational leader in the UCSF Pediatrics Residency and oversees the Physicians in Community and Behavior and Development rotations, required elements of the pediatric residency curriculum. She developed a curriculum to teach pediatric residents about SBIRT (screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment) for substance use as well as trauma-informed care. She is the founding Medical Director of the San Francisco Medical-Legal Partnership, a collaboration between the Pediatric department at SFGH and Bay Area Legal Aid that places an attorney directly into the medical clinics. Dr. Whittle was a member of the School of Medicine 2012-2013 Teaching Scholars Program.

Awards

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  • Excellence in Teaching, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2017
  • 415 Top Doctors - Pediatricians, Marin Magazine, 2016
  • Teaching Award for Clinical Faculty, UCSF Medical School Class of 2015, 2015
  • Core Clerkship Teaching Award Finalist, Associated Students of the School of Medicine, UCSF, 2014
  • Excellence in Teaching, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators, 2013
  • Grossman Award, UCSF Pediatric Residency, 2009

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California
  • Residency Pediatrics University of California, San Francisco
  • M.D. Weil Medical College of Cornell University
  • B.A. Yale University

Interests

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  • Pediatric behavioral health
  • Trauma informed care
  • mobile health
  • community pediatrics
  • private foundation funding
  • medica-legal partnerships
  • Social determinants of health
  • motivational interviewing
  • grant writing
  • Legislative advocacy
  • resident education

Websites

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Publications (6)

Top publication keywords:
Psychotherapy, BriefInternship and ResidencyClinical CompetenceMass ScreeningReferral and ConsultationSubstance-Related DisordersSelf-AssessmentText MessagingProgram EvaluationTelemedicineParentsHealth PromotionMotivational InterviewingPhysician-Patient RelationsLanguage Development Disorders