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Dr. Yolanda Whyte has been practicing primary care pediatrics for 7 years. She began her career as Director of Pediatrics at a rural community hospital, and contracts with other pediatricians throughout the state of Georgia and Indian Health Service. She has used telemedicine and speaks some Spanish. Her most rewarding experiences have been on medical mission trips to Ghana, Vietnam, Guyana, Jamaica and Haiti.

Dr. Whyte’s expertise is in environmental health and advocacy, where she lobbies and provides medical testimony to politicians and other policymakers on air pollution, water quality, food quality and safe chemicals. Ensuring that public policies have health-protective, environmental and pediatric considerations is crucial, and has the greatest impact on preventing chronic disease and premature death, especially in children. She serves as a medical consultant to a number of environmental health organizations, and speaking engagements are done at schools, community groups and advocacy groups.

Dr. Yolanda Whyte attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. at age 16 years and graduated with honors, earning a B.S. in Biology. She earned her medical degree at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine in Madison, and received the Medical Student Leadership Award. Her pediatric internship was at Medical College of Virginia, and she completed pediatric residency at Morehouse School of Medicine, where she was appointed Pediatric Resident Representative, Pediatric Chair of Morehouse Resident Association and received a Pediatric Residency Teaching Award.

Research training in genetic studies was done at the National Institutes of Health, where she co-authored a paper in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Research training in virology was done at the University of California San Diego, as a fellow of the American Society for Microbiology.

At present, she is a member of American Academy of Pediatrics including their Council on Environmental Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility, National Medical Association and Medical Association of Atlanta.