Katie Brite, MD
Katie Brite, MD

Associate Dean of Clinical and Competency-Based Education Named

Marian Frank
Marian Frank
Katie Brite, MD
Katie Brite, MD

Kathleen J. Brite, MD, has been named associate dean, Clinical and Competency-Based Education, senior associate dean for Academic Affairs Steve Lieberman, MD, announced today.

Dr. Brite will be responsible for clinical education through years 1-4, including pre-clerkship clinical education, clerkships, electives and selectives, the new longitudinal clinical experience, interprofessional education and the college’s Certificates of Distinction.

Dr. Brite is a faculty member in the Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine. Long dedicated to clinical education, she has led the Family Medicine Clerkship as its director and served as vice chair and chair of the college’s Curriculum Committee.

In addition, she has extensive experience in rural medical education. She has demonstrated her dedication to serving the underserved through clinical work at Wesley Community and Health Center and Bayless Integrated Healthcare, where she recently served as vice president of Primary Care. She has received numerous teaching awards and has been active in many college- and community-based activities. Dr. Brite is also the co-host of the college’s reimagine Phoenix podcast.

About the College

Founded in 2007, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix inspires and trains exemplary physicians, scientists and leaders to optimize health and health care in Arizona and beyond. By cultivating collaborative research locally and globally, the college accelerates discovery in a number of critical areas — including cancer, stroke, traumatic brain injury and cardiovascular disease. Championed as a student-centric campus, the college has graduated more than 800 physicians, all of whom received exceptional training from nine clinical partners and more than 2,700 diverse faculty members. As the anchor to the Phoenix Bioscience Core, which is projected to have an economic impact of $3.1 billion by 2025, the college prides itself on engaging with the community, fostering education, inclusion, access and advocacy.