David Grossman, MD, MPH, is a senior investigator, a pediatrician at Kaiser Permanente Washington, and a senior medical director for the Washington Permanente Medical Group.

Dr. Grossman’s research includes evaluating interventions to improve the uptake of preventive services. He has an extensive background in injury prevention and control, as well as Native American health disparities research.

Dr. Grossman is immediate past chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) Sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the USPSTG is an independent panel of experts that reviews clinical evidence and provides recommendations on a range of preventive services. Dr. Grossman served as a member of the USPSTF 2008 until March 2018.

Prior to his appointment as vice-chair of USPSTF, Dr. Grossman was the KPWHRI principal investigator for the Kaiser Permanente Research Affiliates Evidence-based Practice Center, led by Kaiser Permanente's Center for Health Research Northwest and funded by AHRQ. For this work, he led KPWHRI researchers in producing systematic evidence reviews for the USPSTF.

In his role as a senior associate medical director for Washington Permanente Medical Group, Dr. Grossman assists customers with population strategy for some of the organization's largest purchasers. He also collaborates with teams in Kaiser Permanente Washington’s public policy and community benefit programs to help improve the health and well-being of members and the community.

Before joining KPWHRI in 2004, Dr. Grossman was professor of pediatrics and director of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center at Harborview Medical Center, the primary trauma care facility in the Northwest. He has been recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as one of the most influential injury and violence prevention professionals in the past 20 years. For his work in disparities, he received the American Academy of Pediatrics Native American Child Health Advocacy Award in 2007.

Dr. Grossman's other service on regional and national advisory boards includes:

• National Committee on Quality Assurance, Committee on Performance Measurement (2014-present);
• CDC Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (2004–2012);
• Executive Committee Member, National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention (2010–2012); and
• CDC Community Preventive Services Task Force, a sister organization to the USPSTF (2012–2015).

A graduate of University of California, Berkeley and the UCLA School of Medicine, Dr. Grossman did his pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina. From 1988 to 1990, he was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the University of Washington, where he is currently a professor of health services and adjunct professor of pediatrics.