Kristie White, MD
Professor
Laboratory Medicine
School of Medicine
Kristie L. White is a pathologist who specializes in the diagnosis of hematologic disorders including leukemia, lymphoma, and infections and inherited disorders with hematologic manifestations. She is the Medical Director of the Hematology Laboratory at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, where she also oversees the clinical hematopathology service.
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In addition to her clinical roles, Dr. White is also involved in several aspects of medical education, with specific interests in introducing new technologies into medical education and in the development of assessment methods and curricula for medical student and pathology resident education. Her work in medical education includes serving as the Program Director for the Clinical Pathology Residency Training Program. She is also Co-Director for the Health Professions Education (HPE) Pathway at UCSF and has served on the Education Committee for the Unites States & Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP).
Dr. White earned her undergraduate degree in molecular biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). In addition, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Education from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed anatomic and clinical pathology residency training at UCSF, where she served as Chief Resident, followed by fellowships in both surgical pathology and hematopathology at UCSF. Dr. White joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine in 2014.
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2018
- Fellowship Hematopathology University of California, San Francisco 2014
- Residency Anatomic and Clinical Pathology University of California, San Francisco 2013
- MA Education University of California, Berkeley 2012
- M.D. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2008
Interests
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- Quality Improvement
- Hematopathology
- Medical Education
Publications (8)
Top publication keywords:
Antigens, CD19Leishmania donovaniAntimetabolites, AntineoplasticPrecursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaHistiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-CellTumor BurdenAntigens, CDGenes, NeoplasmLeishmaniasis, VisceralBiopsy, Fine-NeedleLeukemia, Myelomonocytic, JuvenileImage-Guided BiopsySimulation TrainingAntigens, Differentiation, B-LymphocyteInsect Bites and Stings
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Leadership perspectives on osteopathic medical school applicants to pathology residency training.
Academic pathology 2024 George MR, Timmons CF, Johnson K, Barak S, Berg MP, Bryant B, Childs JM, Karp JK, Knollmann-Ritschel BEC, Lofgreen A, McCarthy T, Prieto VG, Procop GW, Sandersfeld T, White KL, McCloskey CB -
The next phase in patient safety education: Towards a standardized, tools-based pathology patient safety curriculum: A call to action from the Association of Pathology Chairs' Residency Program Directors Section Training Residents in Patient Safety Workgroup.
Academic pathology 2023 Harris CK, Chen Y, Alston EL, Brown A, Chabot-Richards D, Dintzis SM, Graber ML, Jackups R, Lomo LC, Laudadio J, Markwood PS, Nielson KJ, Samedi V, Sampson B, Haspel RL, Zafar N, Montone KT, Childs J,… -
Surface Proteomics Reveals CD72 as a Target for In Vitro-Evolved Nanobody-Based CAR-T Cells in KMT2A/MLL1-Rearranged B-ALL.
Cancer discovery 2021 Nix MA, Mandal K, Geng H, Paranjape N, Lin YT, Rivera JM, Marcoulis M, White KL, Whitman JD, Bapat SP, Parker KR, Ramirez J, Deucher A, Phojanokong P, Steri V, Fattahi F, Hann BC, Satpathy AT, Manglik… -
Entrustable Professional Activities in Hematopathology Pathology Fellowship Training: Consensus Design and Proposal.
Academic pathology 2021 White K, Qualtieri J, Courville EL, Beck RC, Alobeid B, Czuchlewski DR, Teruya-Feldstein J, Soma LA, Prakash S, Gratzinger D -
Molecular assessment of pretransplant chemotherapy in the treatment of juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
Pediatric blood & cancer 2019 Hecht A, Meyer J, Chehab FF, White KL, Magruder K, Dvorak CC, Loh ML, Stieglitz E -
Efficacy of an Intensive, Ultrasound-Guided Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy Training Workshop in Tanzania.
Journal of global oncology 2018 Ng DL, Vuhahula E, Zhang L, Waterhouse EG, White KL, Mushi BP, Nyeriga MS, Philipo GS, Mmbaga EJ, Sheth S, Van Loon K, Lee AY, Balassanian R -
Cytology cases of the week: an educational tool that improves trainee exposure to cytology.
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology 2017 Can NT, White KL, Calkins S, Ljung BM, Khanafshar E -
Visceral leishmaniasis-associated hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in a traveler returning from a pilgrimage to the Camino de Santiago.
Journal of travel medicine 2014 Watkins ER, Shamasunder S, Cascino T, White KL, Katrak S, Bern C, Schwartz BS