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). 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.