Introducing Dr. Kenisha Campbell, Seattle Children’s Director of Community Pediatrics
July 2, 2025
Kenisha Campbell, MD, MPH, joined Seattle Children’s in 2022 as the Medical Director of Operations at Odessa Brown Children’s Clinic and recently transitioned to Director of Community Pediatrics for Seattle Children’s and Chief Medical Officer for the Seattle Children’s Care Network. We sat down with her to learn about her vision of how Seattle Children’s can collaborate with and support community providers as we work together to care for and support the youth in our region.
Question: Director of Community Pediatrics is a new role for Seattle Children’s. Could you share a bit about why it was created and your vision for the role?
Dr. Campbell: Seattle Children’s senior leadership understands the importance of fostering a positive and productive bidirectional relationship with community providers across the WAMI region. They aimed to emphasize the significance of primary care pediatric providers in caring for children and adolescents in the region, thereby promoting their overall health.
Question: Could you tell us about some of the first initiatives you’re working on and how they may impact community providers?
Dr. Campbell: In this new role, my primary role is to serve as the Chair of the Community Provider Executive Committee (CPEC). This committee aims to engage community pediatric providers and hospital leadership in incorporating the ideas and experiences of community primary care providers into the development of Seattle Children’s policies and initiatives that impact our primary care community, particularly the health and well-being of our patients and families. I am also fostering partnerships with Physician’s Relations, the access team and Medical Affairs to credential community providers.
Question: What is the best way for community providers to share their thoughts and feedback with you? How will you use the feedback and insight from our community providers to help shape processes and practices at Seattle Children’s?
Dr. Campbell: I recommend that community providers continue to reach out to their Physician Liaison directly with feedback. I meet with this team regularly to ensure that information is flowing to the people who can address this feedback. Additionally, I am working to ensure that there is representation from all regions that connect with Seattle Children’s on the CPEC, so that leadership can learn directly about the experiences and needs of providers in each region.
Dr. Campbell’s Bio
Dr. Kenisha 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. Dr. Campbell 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.
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.