Dr. Heidi White, MD
Not yet claimedGeriatrician · Physician (MD)
Durham, NC
Dr. Heidi White is a geriatrics doctor at Duke Health in Durham, North Carolina. She sees older adults at the Duke Geriatrics North Durham clinic.
About Dr. Heidi White, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Heidi K. White, MD is a geriatric medicine doctor at Duke Health in Durham, NC. She sees patients at Duke Geriatrics North Durham and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and geriatric medicine. On her Duke profile she describes caring for people with cognitive difficulties, people who struggle with mood changes, and people who serve as caregivers to others.
She is a Professor of Geriatrics at Duke and serves as Clinical Vice Chief of the Division of Geriatrics. She is also Medical Director of Croasdaile Pavilion and Director of the Croasdaile Clinic, and she co-leads an Advanced Course in Long Term Care. A 2015 Duke item said she had spent nearly 20 years as a medical director at Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham. She is affiliated with Duke University Hospital and Duke Regional Hospital.
Much of her public work focuses on nursing home and long-term care medicine. She was president of The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA) for 2017-18 after serving as vice president in 2015-16, and she held several offices in the North Carolina Medical Director Association between 2004 and 2009. Since 2010 she has worked on AMDA's competencies for post-acute and long-term care medicine and served on its education, program, and membership committees. In 2014 she received the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education. She was first author of a 2012 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study on culture change in nursing homes.
CMS Open Payments records list $128.09 in industry payments to her across one record from 2021 to 2025, from Neurocrine Biosciences. Payments from industry to doctors are common and legal, and this amount is small.
- Board certifications
- Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and in geriatric medicine. dukehealth.org
- Training background
- Medical school at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, with a listed graduation year of 1989; geriatric medicine fellowship at Duke University Hospital from 1992 to 1994. doximity.com
- Duke leadership roles
- Professor of Geriatrics and Clinical Vice Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at Duke, under Chief Cathleen Colon-Emeric. medicine.duke.edu
- Long-term care directorship
- Medical Director of Croasdaile Pavilion and Director of the Croasdaile Clinic; a 2015 Duke item described nearly 20 years as a medical director at Croasdaile Village Retirement Community in Durham. geriatriceducation.duke.edu
- National society president
- Began her term as 2017-18 president of The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (AMDA), after serving as vice president in 2015-16. medicine.duke.edu
- Long-term care standards work
- Since 2010 she has worked on developing AMDA's Competencies for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine and served on its curriculum development workgroup and on education, program, and membership committees. geriatriceducation.duke.edu
- Education award
- Received the James Pattee Award for Excellence in Education in 2014 for her AMDA work. geriatriceducation.duke.edu
- Nursing home research
- First author of a 2012 Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study, 'Prioritizing Culture Change in Nursing Homes: Perspectives of Residents, Staff, and Family Members.' agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
- Areas of clinical focus
- Her Duke profile says she cares for people with cognitive difficulties, people with mood changes, and people who are caregivers for others. phmo.dukehealth.org
- Industry payments
- CMS Open Payments shows $128.09 total across one record from 2021 to 2025, from Neurocrine Biosciences. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- No verified personal social media accounts were found for her, and two LinkedIn profiles that appear in searches could not be confirmed as hers. linkedin.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$128
1 payment
| 2021 | $0 |
| 2022 | $0 |
| 2023 | $128 |
| 2024 | $0 |
| 2025 | $0 |
Top payers
- Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.$128
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$128
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
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Practice location
Duke Geriatrics North Durham
2100 Erwin Rd
Durham, NC 27710
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