Tamiko Foster, MD, MPH
Dr. Tamiko Foster is the Corporate Medical Director at WellCare Health Plans. Previously she was Chief Medical Officer and Director of Quality, at the Metropolitan Plan/Hennepin Health in Minneapolis, MN where her work focused on caring for high-risk, high-cost populations with a holistic, multidisciplinary approach. With a strong leadership background, Dr. Foster has worked for a wonderful model of a very integrated system. She is interested in both management and policy, and her work on health disparities aligns with the fellowship’s goals. Dr. Foster received her medical degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL in 2001. She completed her pediatric residency as Chief Resident at the University of Minnesota Pediatric Department, in Minneapolis, MN in 2005.