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Fellows Bios

It is a privilege to be part of a group of physicians whose common mission is to eliminate disparities, fight inequities and improve access and quality of care for our nation’s most vulnerable. Much of my work – whether teaching about policy and advocacy, developing delivery system innovations for the safety net, or serving on the boards of community based organizations – has its genesis in my Fellowship training.

Alice Huan-Mei Chen, M.D., M.P.H., Fellow ‘01
Chief Medical Officer, San Francisco Health Network; Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

2020-2021

Magdala Chery, MBS, DO Commonwealth Fund Fellow	Yamicia Connor, MD, PhD Commonwealth Fund Fellow
Carine Davila, MD Commonwealth Fund Fellow	Sarimer Margarita Sánchez, MD Commonwealth Fund Fellow
Carmela Socolovsky, MD Commonwealth Fund Fellow	Frinny Polanco Walters, MD Commonwealth Fund Fellow (2019-2021)

2019-2020

Adrian Jacques Ambrose, MD, MPH Medical Director, Beth Israel Lahey Health Behavioral Services, Danvers, MA	Adjoa Anyane-Yeboa, MD, MPH Gastroenterologist, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Mia Taylor Chandler, MD, MPH Clinical Fellow in Rheumatology, Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Hussein Saghir, DO, CAQSM, MPH Program Director at Michigan State University/Authority Health Family Medicine Residency and Sports Medicine Physician, East Lansing, MI
Frinny Polanco Walters, MD Commonwealth Fund Fellow (2019-2021)

2018-2019

Nusheen Ameenuddin, MD, MPH, MPA Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN	Daniel Gonzalez, MD, MPH Medical Director, MCREW division of outpatient adult psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, MA
Shantel Hebert-Magee, MD, MPH CLIA Laboratory Director, Louisiana Department of Public Health, Baton Rouge, LA	Shaina Lipa, MD, MPH Orthopedic Spine Fellow at NYU Langone Health, New York, NY
Jennifer Parker, MD, PhD, MPH Clinical MD Research Fellow CTU Northwestern University, Consultant, Advisor-Matter, Inc., Evansville, IL

2017-2018

Paula Magee, MD, MPH Hospitalist, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC	Morgan Medlock, MD, MDiv, MPH Director, Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program, Clinical Services Administration, Department of Behavioral Health, Washington DC; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Howard University Hospital, Washington, DC
Alexander Amon Rodgers, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Family Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA	Michelle Taylor, MD, DrPH, MPH Deputy Director for Practice Integration, National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC), Bethesda, MD

2016-2017

Rhea Boyd, MD, MPH Pediatrician and Child Advocate, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco, CA; Director of Equity and Justice for The California Children’s Trust; Chief Medical Officer, San Diego 211, San Diego, CA	Tamiko Foster, MD, MPH Corporate Medical Director, WellCare Health Plans, Tampa, FL
Phillip Murray, MD, MPH Associate Medical Director for Adult Outpatient Medical Services, Atrium Health, Charlotte, NC	Chloe Slocum, MD, MPH Director of Health Policy, Associate Director of Quality, Spaulding Rehabilitation Network, Cambridge, MA; Instructor in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

2015-2016

Nicole DelCastillo, MD, MPH Director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA	Joan Jeung, MD, MPH HS Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA
Samantha Rosman, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital; Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Andrew Sanderson II, MD, MPH, FASGE Adjunct Associate Professor, Howard University Graduate School; Attending Physician, Weatherby Healthcare, Washington, DC

2014-2015

Kimberly S.G. Chang, MD, MPH Family Physician and Human Trafficking and Healthcare Policy Fellow, Asian Health Services (AHS), Oakland, California; Vice Speaker of the House, Executive Board, National Association of Community Health Centers; Cofounder, HEAL Trafficking	Ann Gillett-Elrington, MD, PhD, MPH Associate Professor, Ross University School of Medicine, Bridgetown, Barbados
Ross Jones, MD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Florida; Medical Director of Community Health, Medical Director of Total Care Clinic Group, University of Florida Health- Jacksonville, FL	Marshala Lee, MD, MPH Harrington Trust Physician Scholar; Harrington Value Institute Community Partnership Fund Director, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, Delaware
Deonza Thymes, MD, MPH Emergency Medicine Specialist, Hollywood, CA

2013-2014

Asare Christian, MD, MPH Physiatrist and Outpatient Medical Director, Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network, Allentown, PA; Faculty Clinical Associate, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA	Darrell M. Gray, II, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, Director, Community Engagement and Equity in Digestive Health, Co-lead, Anti-racism action plan, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center; Deputy Director, Center for Cancer Health Equity, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center; Medical Director, Endoscopy and Gastroenterology Services, Ohio State East Hospital, Columbus, OH
Vikram Kambampati, MD, MPH Medical Director of Psychiatry, Commonwealth Care Alliance, Boston, MA; Major, United States Reserve, Medical Corps	Maria Portela Martinez, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Chief of Family Medicine; Bridge to Care Medical Director, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC
Monique Nugent, MD, MPH Associate Director of Hospital Medicine, South Shore Hospital, South Weymouth, MA

2012-2013

Talita Jordan, MD, MPH Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics for George Washington University and Children's National Medical Center with the Goldberg Center for Community and Pediatric Health in Washington, DC	Robert P. Marlin, MD, PhD, MPH Chief, Metta Health Center, Lowell Community Health Center, Lowell, MA
Anne Newland, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer, North Country HealthCare, Flagstaff, AZ	Oluseyi Ojeifo Princewill, MD, MPH Cardiologist, Technical Director of Nuclear Medicine, MedStar Health Cardiology Associates, Olney and Ellicott City, MD

2011-2012

Monica Bharel, MD, MPH Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA	Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, MPA, FACP Aspen Institute Health Fellow; Principal, JDB Strategies, LLC; Chicago, IL
James Kennedye, MD, MPH, FACEP Emergency Medicine and Public Health Physician at Oklahoma University Medical Center; Member, Board of Directors, Oklahoma City Indian Clinic; Oklahoma City, OK	Elna Nagasako, MD, PhD, MPH Physician, Honolulu, HI
Denise De Las Nueces, MD, MPH Medical Director, Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University/Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA

2010-2011

Dustyn Baker, MD, MPH • Hospitalist, Weatherby Healthcare, AR and CA; Hospitalist, Sound Physicians, Tacoma, WA	Mary Fleming, MD, MPH President, The Reede Scholars
Ali Thomas, MD, MPH Medical Director, Pipeline Programs, Washington Permanente Medical Group, Renton, WA	Ashaunta Tumblin Anderson, MD, MPH, MSHS Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Roy Wade, Jr., MD, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, PA	Kamillah Wood, MD, MPH Deputy Chief Executive Officer & Chief Medical Officer, Children’s Health Fund, New York, NY

2009-2010

Jaya Aysola, MD, DTMH, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Dean for Inclusion and Diversity, Office of Inclusion and Diversity, Perelman School of Medicine; Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania; Executive Director, Center for Health Equity Advancement, Office of the CMO, University of Pennsylvania Health System; Philadelphia, PA	Lyle Ignace, MD, MPH Chief Executive Officer, Gerald L Ignace Indian Health Center (GHLIIHC), Milwaukee, WI
Kamilah Jackson, MD, MPH Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Child and Adolescent Services, Community Behavioral Health (CBH) and the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services(DBHIDS), Philadelphia, PA	Alden Landry, MD, MPH Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Faculty Assistant Director, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Associate Director and Advisor, Castle Society, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Susan Saucedo, MD, MPH Primary Care/Urgent Care Physician, Kaiser Permanente

2008-2009

Aymen Elfiky, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Mount Auburn Hospital, Cambridge, MA; Chief Medical Officer, Cura Digital Health Solutions, Inc.	Thomas Halligan, MD, MPH Family Physician, Centro de Salud, Bilingual Spanish Clinic, The Permanente Medical Group, San Francisco, CA
Samantha Kaplan, MD, MPH Assistant Dean, Diversity and Multicultural Affairs; Assistant Professor, General OB/GYN, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA	Julea Leshar McGhee, MD, MPH Attending Physician, Olive View University of California Los Angeles Medical Center; Resident Supervisor, San Fernando Valley Community Mental Health Center, Los Angeles, CA
Pamela Riley, MD, MPH Medical Director, DC Department of Health Care Finance, Washington, DC	Sanjeev Sriram, MD, MPH • Senior Advisor on Medicaid and Medicare For All, Social Security Works; Founder, All Means All; Radio Host, “Dr. America” podcast; Attending Physician, Children’s National Health System; Assistant Professor, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, DC

2007-2008

Connie Gistand, MD, MPH Clinical Assistant Professor, Tulane School of Medicine; Staff Physician Tulane Student Health, New Orleans, LA	Keila Lopez, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Pediatrics-Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine; Pediatric Cardiologist, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX
Audra Robertson Meadows, MD, MPH Director of Practice Quality and Innovation, Ambulatory Obstetrics Practice at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School; Leadership Team, Perinatal Neonatal Quality Improvement Network (PNQIN) of Massachusetts, Boston, MA	Judith Steinberg, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy, Office of Assistant Secretary Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C.
Mallory Williams, MD, MPH Chief of the Division of Trauma and Critical Care; Associate Professor, General Surgery, Howard University College of Medicine, Washington, DC

2006-2007

Luis R. Castellanos, MD, MPH Director, Diversity in Medicine and Faculty Outreach, Cardiovascular Medicine Attending, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine - Division of Cardiology, San Diego, CA	Joan R. Griffith, MD, MPH, MHA Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Ochsner Health System, New Orleans, LA
Stephanie M. Hale Walker, MD, MPH Assistant Professor in Pediatrics and Neonatology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN	Ann Kao, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital; Co-Director, Pediatric Hospitalist Division at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA
LaQuandra Nesbitt, MD, MPH Director, Washington DC Department of Health

2005-2006

Anthony L-T Chen, MD, MPH Director of Health, Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department, Tacoma, WA	Kansky DeLisma, MD, MPH CEO and Internal Medicine Physician, HealthFirst Medical PA, Miami, FL
Don S. Lee, MD, MPH Internal Medicine Hospitalist, Ascension Columbia-St.Mary's Hospital Milwaukee; Physician Advisor, Ascension, Milwaukee, WI	Sarah Perez McAdoo, MD, MPH Population Health Capstone Director, University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, Springfield, MA; Chair, Board of Health, East Longmeadow, MA
Jean Le Clerc Raphael, MD, MPH Founding Director, Center for Child Health Policy & Advocacy, Texas Children’s Hospital; Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

2004-2005

Alexy Arauz Boudreau, MD, MPH Associate Director for Pediatric Population Health, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC); Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Christian Arbelaez, MD, MPH Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, Brown Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island, Hasbro Children’s, The Miriam & Newport Hospitals; Associate Professor, The Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI
Jacqueline H. Grant, MD, MPH, MPA Maternal Fetal Medicine Physician and Director, Regional Perinatal Center, Piedmont Columbus Regional Health, Columbus, GA	Lenny Lopez, MD, MDiv, MPH Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, CA
Ivette Motola, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM Center Assistant Director and Director, Division of Prehospital & Emergency Training, Gordon Center for Simulation and Innovation in Medical Education; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL	Jacqueline Nwando Olayiwola, MD, MPH, FAAFP Senior Vice President and Chief Health Equity Officer, Humana, Louisville, KY

2003-2004

Allison Bryant Mantha, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA	Nakela Cook, MD, MPH Executive Director, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
Philip DeChavez, MD, MPH 1967-2012	Nefertiti Durant, MD, MPH Associate Professor, Associate Medical Director, William A Daniel, Jr. Adolescent Health Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine; Medical Staff, UAB Hospital and Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Claudia Martorell, MD, MPH Director and Principal Investigator, The Research Institute, Springfield, MA

2002-2003

Eduardo Azziz-Baumgartner, MD, MPH Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA	Julian Nieves, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
Bisola Ojikutu, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Medicine and Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Associate Director, Bio-behavioral and Community Sciences Core, Harvard University Center for AIDS Research; Infectious Disease Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA	Kavitha Prakash, MD, MPH Attending Hospitalist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Sheila Roundtree, MD, MPH Staff Physician, Department of Veteran’s Affairs, Greenville, SC	Kima Taylor, MD, MPH Managing Principal, Anka Consulting, LLC, Silver Spring, MD; Non-Resident Fellow, Health Policy Center, Urban Institute

2001-2002

Laura I. Gerald, MD, MPH President, Kate N. Reynolds Charitable Trust, Winston-Salem, NC; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy Management, University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC	Cynthia Hodge, DMD, MPH, MPA President and CEO, DeSti Consulting, Inc., Madison, TN
Octavio N. Martinez Jr., MD, MPH, MBA, FAPA Senior Associate Vice President, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement; Executive Director, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health; Clinical Professor, Steve Hicks School of Social Work; Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Dell Medical School, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX	David Núñez, MD, MPH Family Health Medical Director, Public Health Services, Orange County Health Care Agency, Sacramento, CA
Shairi R. Turner, MD, MPH Chief Transformation Officer Crisis Text Line, Tallahassee, FL	Donald Warne, MD, MPH Director, Indians Into Medicine (INMED) Program, Director, Public Health Program, Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, ND
D'Nyce Williams, MD, MPH, MPA Associate Clinical Professor, Morehouse School of Medicine Ft. McPherson Women’s Center, Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA	Phillip D. Woods, DDS, MPH Clinical Consultant, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Division of Dental Devices, Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD

2000-2001

Alice Huan-Mei Chen, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Covered California, Sacramento, CA; Primary Care Physician, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital; Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA	Arthur Seiji Hayashi, MD, MPH Chief Transformation Officer, Medical Director, and Family Physician, Mary’s Center, Washington, DC; Trustee, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Patrik Johansson, MD, MPH Associate Professor and Director of Practice Based Research Network, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences, Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH), Washington State University, Seattle, WA

1999-2000

Tamarah L. Duperval-Brownlee, MD, MPH Senior Vice President, Chief Community Impact Officer, Ascension Health; President and CEO, Providence Health System, Washington, DC	Chandak Ghosh, MD, MPH Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 2, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, New York, NY
Dora L. Hughes, MD, MPH Associate Research Professor of Health Policy & Management at the Milken Institute School of Public Health at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.	Luc Joseph, MD, PhD, MPH Pediatrician, Division of General Pediatrics; Assistant in Medicine, Children's Hospital Primary Care Center, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Kimberlee Wyche-Etheridge, MD, MPH Assistant Director and Assistant Professor Division of Public Health Practice and Assistant Professor Pediatrics. School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN

1998-1999

Lisa D. Benton, MD, MPH • Medical Director, Aetna Insurance; Health and Wellness Editor, Columbus and Dayton African American News Journal, Columbus, OH	Durado Brooks, MD, MPH Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Screening Business Unit, Exact Sciences, Madison, WI; Dallas, TX
Felicia L. Collins, MD, MPH, FAAP Rear Admiral, United States Public Health Service; HHS Acting Assistant Secretary of Health; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health; Director, Office of Minority Health; Washington, DC	Quyen Ngo-Metzger, MD, MPH Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA
Nawal M. Nour, MD, MPH Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for Faculty, Trainees and Students, Director of the African Women’s Health Center, Director of Ambulatory Obstetrics, Director of the Global Obstetrics & Gynecology Fellowship Training Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Associate Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Jose R. Santana Jr., MD, MPH Medical Staff, Baycare Medical Group, Inc., Clearwater, FL

1997-1998

Joseph R. Betancourt, MD, MPH Vice President and Chief Equity and Inclusion Officer, Massachusetts General Hospital; Founder, Senior Advisor and Faculty, The Disparities Solutions Center; Faculty, The Mongan Institute; Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA	Ricardo Custodio, MD, MPH Associate Professor of Health Sciences, University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu; Pediatrician, Kalihi-Palama Health Center, Honolulu, HI
Michelle Johnson, MD, FACC, MPH Vice Chair for Health Equity, Department of Medicine; Clinical Director of Cardiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; New York, NY	Roderick K. King, MD, MPH Senior Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, MD/MPH Director, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences, and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; CEO Florida Institute for Health Innovation, Miami, FL
Creshelle Nash, MD, MPH Medical Director for Public Programs and Utilization Management, Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield; Adjunct Assistant Professor Health Policy and Management, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR	Nancy Torres, MD, MPH Physician, Sacramento County Public Health Department, Sacramento, CA

1996-1997

Anita Moncrease, MD, MPH President of Moncrease & Associates, LLC; Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Wayne State University School of Medicine (WSUSOM), Detroit, MI, and former Medical Director, Adolescent Health, Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion.	Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH Vice President for Research and Director of the Policy Research Center at the National Congress of American Indians, Washington, DC
Adolfo Valadez, MD, MPH Chief Medical Officer, Memorial Hermann Health Plan, Houston, TX