Patience H. White, M.D., M.A., F.A.A.P., M.A.C.R., M.A.C.P.

Patience H. White, MD, MA, FAAP, MACP, MACR is professor emeritus of medicine and pediatrics at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and co-director, of Got Transition, the National Center for Health Care Transition in Washington, DC. Dr. White received her MD from Harvard Medical School and a master’s in education from GWU School of Education and Human Development. Throughout her career, she has been active in academic medicine, clinical care, research, and public policy. She has served as director of the Division of Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology and associate dean of Faculty Affairs at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In 2000-2001 she received a Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellowship and worked in the Senate Finance Committee on Medicare part D. Since 2010 as part of her work at Got Transition, she is lead author on the 2023 reaffirmed joint AAP, AAFP, ACP statement: Supporting the Health Care Transition from Adolescence to Adulthood in the Medical Home and developed the nationally recognized Six Core Elements of Health Care Transition including an implementation guide. She provides quality improvement technical assistance on transition from pediatric to adult health care to integrated health care delivery systems, health plans, Title V agencies, pediatric and adult primary and specialty care practices, school-based health clinics, colleges, patient organizations, and health provider professional societies. She has been a practicing pediatric and adult rheumatologist in GWU division of Rheumatology for over 30 years. She has been a board member of the Frontier Nursing Service in Kentucky and is currently a board member of Mary’s Center, a Federally Qualified Health Center in DC.