Kenisha Campbell, MD, MPH
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Kenisha Campbell, MD, MPH practices as a board-certified pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine specialist in the Division of General Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Dr. Campbell serves as Chief Medical Officer of the Seattle Children’s Care Network and serves as Director of Community Pediatrics of Seattle Children’s Hospital. Her clinical and research interests include quality improvement in primary care settings, advancing equitable health outcomes, adolescent health care, reproductive health, eating disorders and increasing representation of those underrepresented in medicine. Dr. Campbell is a CVP Affiliate.

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Kenisha Campbell, MD, MPH practices as a board-certified pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine specialist in the Division of General Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is a Professor of Clinical Practice in Pediatrics at the University of Washington and joined the faculty at Seattle Children’s Hospital in May 2022 as the Medical Director of Operations at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinics (OBCC). She recently transitioned into the role of Chief Medical Officer of the Seattle Children’s Care Network in March 2025, a clinically integrated primary care network, and serves as Director of Community Pediatrics of Seattle Children’s Hospital. She also continues her clinical work at OBCC.  

Dr. Campbell has substantial experience in leading and collaborating on several key initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion at CHOP, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and SCH. She has served as a consultant to Dr. Stephen Leff regarding his research on "Addressing Microaggressions and Discriminatory Behaviors". During her 11 years at CHOP, in addition to being a member of CVP, Dr. Campbell was Co-PI on a Diversity Endowment Award along with Dr. Stephen Leff, in which they led an interdisciplinary team in the development of anti-discriminations training and programming called Respect4All. Dr. Campbell also created and led the Anti-racism, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Taskforce within the Division of Adolescent Medicine at CHOP. 

Her clinical and research interests include quality improvement in primary care settings, advancing equitable health outcomes, adolescent health care, reproductive health, eating disorders and increasing representation of those underrepresented in medicine. Dr. Campbell is recognized as a physician executive and has vast experience providing high quality care in primary care, subspecialty care and inpatient settings. Dr. Campbell values partnering with the community through quality improvement and care transformation, sharing clinical best practices, advocacy and research collaborations related to health outcomes for children and adolescents. 

Dr. Campbell graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University and completed her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, MO. She completed her residency in Pediatrics at the University of Rochester’s Golisano Children’s Hospital, followed by her fellowship training in Adolescent Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and her Master of Public Health at the University of Cincinnati. 

MD, Washington University School of Medicine, 2005

MPH, University of Cincinnati School of Public Health, 2011

BS, Cornell University (Human Development), 2000

Resident, Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester/Golisano Children's Hospital, 2008

Fellow, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, 2011

Member, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM)

Member, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

Member, AAP Section on Minority Health, Equity & Inclusion

Member, National Medical Association

Member, Washington Chapter of teh AAP

Member, American Pediatric Association

APA Health Care Delivery Program Award Recipient, 2005

Fu R.*, Leff, S.*, Carroll I, Campbell K.: Racial Microaggressions and Anti-Racism: A Review of the Literature With Implications for School-Based Interventions and School Psychologists. School Psychology Review . October 2022 * co-1st authors.

Leff S., Fu R, Brizzolara-Dove S, Perepezko A., Thomas J, Duroseau N, Varghese J, Smith J, Campbell K. The Development of the Respect4ALL Program. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. 18, no. 3 (2024): 239. 

Contact Information

kenisha.campbell@seattlechildrens.org