Kendall M. Campbell, MD
Professor and Chair,
Department of Family Medicine
Kendall M.
Campbell, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at the
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), in Galveston, Texas. He is the Sealy
Hutchings and Lucille Wright Hutchings Chair in Family Medicine.
Dr. Campbell came to UTMB from the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina
University where he served as a tenured Associate Professor of Family Medicine,
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and Director of the Research Group
for Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine. Previous academic
appointments have been at the University of Florida (UF) and Florida State
University (FSU). His clinical interests have been for underserved patients for
which he has developed medication access initiatives, integrated pharmacy and
social services with primary care and led community health education
initiatives. While at FSU, he Co-founded and Co-Directed the Center for
Underrepresented Minorities in Academic Medicine with to study issues that
impact recruitment and retention of faculty underrepresented in medicine.
Dr. Campbell is nationally recognized for his work and has published over 100
peer reviewed manuscripts along with book chapters and National Academy of
Medicine publications. He has received honors and awards for his service to the
field of medicine including the Martin Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service
Award, the Exemplary Teacher Award, and the 2021 Society of Teachers in Family
Medicine (STFM) President’s Award. He also completed the AAMC Leadership Education
and Development (LEAD) certificate program. Dr. Campbell is a founding director
of the STFM Leadership through Scholarship fellowship through which he mentors
and provides faculty and leadership development to early career Family Medicine
faculty all over the country. He has brought this work to UTMB serving as Co-I
on the HRSA Center of Excellence for Professional Advancement and Research
grant, providing faculty development in writing skills for early career faculty
at UTMB. He is also a member of the Academy of Research Mentors. Dr. Campbell
was a 2014-2016 Fellow of the National Academy of Medicine and elected as a
member into the National Academy of Medicine as part of the class of 2021.