Joan Addington-White, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Joan Addington-White is a Professor of Medicine with the UCSF Department of Medicine at the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She is the Residency Director for the San Francisco General Hospital Primary Care Internal Medicine Training Program (SFPC).

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SFPC is the pre-eminent public hospital training program in the country, whose mission is to train future leaders in clinical care, research, policy, education and systems administration to promote health and healthcare for vulnerable and underserved patient and communities.

She is passionate about practicing medicine in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, complex medical issues, care of the patient with a history of incarceration, and HIV primary care. Dr. Addington-White teaches about health equity, general internal medicine, and focuses on creating a curriculum and program which attracts and mentors a diverse group of residents. She leads the Health Equity pathway for the Internal Medicine residency.

Awards

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  • Master Clinician in the Department of Medicine, UCSF, 2024-2025
  • Nominated for the Master Clinician award by my Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF ZSFG Department of Internal Medicine, 2023
  • Recipient of the Distinction in Medicine Education Award, UCSF ZSFG Internal Medicine, 2023
  • Best Doctors in America, 2022
  • Nominated for the GME Excellence and Innovation award Grant, UCSF, 2022
  • Nominated for the Master Clinician award by my Division of General Internal Medicine, ZSFG Department of Internal Medicine, 2022
  • UW Health Clinical Educator Excellence Award, University of Wisconsin Health, Madison, WI, 2018
  • Best Doctors of America, Best Doctors, 2009-2017
  • UW Medical Foundation Certificate of Achievement, UW-Madison, 2007-2009
  • Helen Dickie Award for Outstanding Woman Physician, American College of Physicians, 2011
  • Department of Medicine Internist’s Internist Award, UW-Madison, 2011
  • Teaching Award for Excellence in the Education of Residents and Fellows in the Ambulatory Setting, UW-Madison, 2010
  • Department of Medicine Housestaff Professionalism Award, UW School of Medicine and Public Health, 2009

Education & Training

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  • American Board of Internal Medicine Certified 10/2023
  • residency Internal Medicine Northwestern University 06/1993
  • MD Medicine The University of Chicago 05/1990
  • BA Comparitive Religion Bowdoin College 06/1982
  • Junior Year Abroad Ghandian Social Work Institute, School for International Learning 1981

Interests

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  • Care of the patient with a history of incarceration
  • HIV
  • Medical Education
  • Clinical Care of the Underserved

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Program, CA Dept of Health Care Access & Info, 2023-2026