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Dr. Connie White practiced Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine in Frankfort, Kentucky, for over twenty years. She retired from clinical medicine in 2009 and became the Division of Women's Health Director in the Department for Public Health (KDPH). She moved to the College of Public Health at the University of Kentucky (UK) in 2011 as faculty in the Department for Health Behavior.
Dr. White returned to KDPH as Deputy Commissioner of Clinical Affairs in 2011. She is the Principal Investigator for multiple grants that include chronic diseases and substance use disorders. Dr. White also works in the state pandemic response. She is the medical advisor to the Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative - a common table for providers, birthing hospitals, and insurers to improve the quality of maternal and newborn care in Kentucky.
Dr. White earned her bachelor's degree from Kentucky Wesleyan College. She completed a master's and earned her medical degree at the University of Kentucky. Dr. White was a Researcher in Teratology at the National Center for Toxicological Research in Arkansas. She finished her OB/GYN residency at the University of Louisville. Dr. White is board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and is the District Public Chair for the American College of OB/GYN (ACOG) District Public Health Chair.
Affiliation
- Deputy Commissioner, Clinical Affairs
Kentucky Department for Public Health
Frankfort, Kentucky
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