Current & Past Fellows

Garrett Kneese, MD/MPH, DABFM is a first generation physician from Texas and 2021 ABFM Foundation Pisacano Scholar joining the CPV as the 2025-2026 CPV-GW Health Policy Research Fellow with a primary focus on artificial intelligence and primary care policy intersections as they relate to health systems and structural determinants of health. While completing his medical training at the UC San Diego Family Medicine program and UT-Long School of Medicine in San Antonio, Texas, Dr. Kneese served through multiple public/global health fellowships spanning the Texas-Mexico border, Ecuador, and Europe. During this time he has served in both organized medicine with years of collaboration and leadership within the American Academy of Family Physicians and American Medical Association as well as in physician organizing with the Committee of Interns & Residents. 

Dr. Kneese’s broad background fuels his insights and passions within multiple arenas of primary care policy, from technological innovations and payment reforms, to physician organizing/advocacy, to trainee-education in Family Medicine. These areas of engagement are contextualized by a commitment to the social charge of family medicine practice, an enactive approach to structural determinants of health for all people, and a dedication to contribute to future generations of medicine and public health practice. When away from these tireless endeavors you’ll find Garrett on his bike, behind a camera, abroad and away, or back home in the Lone Star State with his family and three-legged heeler, Leo.

We strongly encourage those interested in any of these mentioned spaces or the CPV fellowship to reach out to us to be connected with Dr. Kneese, who is always delighted to mentor and advise those passionate about people, policy, and primary care in honor of those who have helped him along his journey.