PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Board Member and Supervising Physician (2024-present)
Milagros de Mexico/Milagros Medical
Sole physician board member focused on strategy and growth for Milagros de Mexico and its clinical arm, Milagros Medical, to support clinical and business operations
Support and mentor nurse practitioners providing medical care to underinsured, uninsured, and undocumented patients in the Bay Area
Clinical Product Consultant (2024-present)
Evidently
Fractional clinical advisor for UX/UI and usability at Evidently, which supports artificial intelligence based clinical chart review in a truly EHR agnostic software that has demonstrated 5X savings and documentation improvement while improving burnout rates in physicians
District Medical Director, Supervising Physician, Clinical Product Specialist, Primary Care Physician (2021- 2024)
Carbon Health Medical Group/Carbon Health Technologies
Primary care leader for physicians and APCs driving quality improvements, streamlining coverage, and team building
Led a team of urgent care clinicians to provide high quality primary and urgent care to patients in the Marin district with NPS scores and patient feedback consistently over expected benchmarks
Supported advanced practice clinicians as a Supervising Physician, providing feedback and clinical support for urgent and primary care cases including but not limited to acute chest pain/elevated blood pressure, dermatology and women’s health
Hiring manager for clinicians and Supervising Physicians in the district
Partnered with the Senior Director of Product and served as an expert consultant and strategist on AI charting development, delivered consistent feedback on new EHR designs, and helped prioritize product features
Improved fax turnaround time from 30 days to 3 days by aligning a number of diverse stakeholder and designing a simple product fix to prevent month long delays in care
Expert contributor to primary care clinical workflow development
Supported patient health through holistic, whole person care, with a 3-day per week practice in Corte Madera
Attending Family Physician (2017-2020)
Cadman Family Health Center, Brooklyn, NY
Institute for Family Health, New York, NY
Supported the medical director at the new Brooklyn site by managing nursing and clinic staff, filling coverage gaps, developing workflows for referrals, stocking, scheduling, and addressing organizational culture change
Created and implemented local telemedicine work flows during the rapid transition to telemedicine in March 2020
Cared for a panel of 1100 patients with visits consisting of adult medicine, pediatrics, women’s health, primary care dermatology, prenatal care, geriatrics, HIV care, and transgender care.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee Member: Engaged in building a culture of anti-racism, initiated planning and implementation of antiracist processes, led company-wide communication efforts
Older Adult Care Clinical and Technology Lead (2020-2021)
Institute for Family Health, New York, NY
Managed a team consisting of a geriatrician, social worker, designer, product designer, and EPIC software developer, and liaised with the CMIO on implementing $150,000 Samuels Foundation grant funding for “Enhancing FQHC Services for Older Adults”
Reduced time for chart reviews on geriatric patients from 20 minutes to 5 minutes by designing an EHR snapshot tool based on the “5 M” Model of geriatric care
Reorganized workflows in collaboration with Care Management to streamline clinical care so that elderly patients have improved and well documented end of life planning, access to durable medical equipment, and improved medication reconciliation for polypharmacy
Expert in stakeholder interviews, survey building and qualitative interview techniques
Proficient in Dedoose, a qualitative interview analysis tool
Developed organization-wide interdisciplinary educational tools and wrote grant funding reports
ADVOCACY AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
District 9 Director, Board of Directors (2022-Present)
California Academy of Family Physicians
In 2 years, increased membership by 25% for San Francisco, Humboldt, North Bay, Napa/Solano, and Mendocino-Lake chapters
Advocated at the state level for expansion of primary care training programs and sustainable payment
Set strategy goals for each board cycle
Technology and Innovation Member Interest Group Chair (2019-present)
American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)
Co-author of the official AAFP policy statement on “Ethical Application of Artificial Intelligence in Family Medicine”
Developed criteria for AAFP-Tech company partnerships
Podcast co-host for the TECO MIG Podcast: releasing January 2024
Experienced consultant and panel contributor for AAFP selections of technology and start-up partners
Board of Directors (2022-Present)
California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation
The Foundation is the Philanthropic arm of the CAFP focusing on medical student and resident education and leadership development
Assistant Clinical Professor (2022-present), Volunteer
University of California, San Francisco
Clinical educator and mentor for UCSF students in clinical and non-clinical settings
Director, Board of Directors (2020-2021), Advocacy Commission Chair (2020-2021), Advocacy Commission Member (2018-2021)
New York State Academy of Family Physicians (NYSAFP)
Led a ten member advocacy commission, run quarterly meetings to review New York state legislation, update NYSAFP policies, and report to the Board
Liaised with state and federal legislators to advocate for single payer, budgetary needs, access to care, and payment parity with changing requirements for virtual care
Set goals and guidelines for NYSAFP annually, involved in restructuring NYSAFP bylaws and procedures
Assistant Clinical Professor (2018-2021)
Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
Medical Student Site Coordinator: Clinically instructed and evaluated medical students (18 students per year)
MEDIA AND SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
Podcast Host: One Click at a Time: Technology Empowered Family Medicine Podcast (2023-present)
Speaker: AAFP Resident and Medical Student National Conference Main Stage (June 2023)
Guest Speaker: Health Media and Communications—Developing Your Voice (May 2021)
New York State Academy of Family Physicians Congress of Delegates, Resident Workshop
Physician Expert Guest on Monkeypox and back to school preparedness (August 2022)
KRON 4, Weekend Morning News, Live Studio Interview
Health Affairs Podcast Fellow (2021): “Health Affairs Pathways: Piecemeal” released in January 2022
Health Affairs via Project Hope
Producer and host of a 6 episode podcast series highlighting the impacts of consolidation on independent primary care practices in the United States
Regular Contributing Author (2017-2021)
Fresh Perspectives: New Physician Blog, American Academy of Family Physician
Guest Lecturer: Media and Advocacy Workshop (April 29, 2021)
Columbia University Center for Family and Community Medicine, New York, NY
Panelist: Your Feelings Are Real: Navigating Grief, Anger, Fear, Guilt, and Moral Injury (January 10, 2021) American
Academy of Family Physicians Weekly Virtual Town Hall
Moderator: Youth Health Equity Panel (October 2020)
American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACSCAN)
Panelist: Primary Care, COVID-19, and Community Health: A Special Briefing for New York State Policymakers and Stakeholders (September 29, 2020)
Primary Care Development Corporation, New York City, NY
AAFP “FMX” Social Media Ambassador (September 2019)
Family Medicine Experience (FMX) 2019, Philadelphia, PA
American Academy of Family Physicians
Media Mentions:
A year later, doctors wrestle with a new normal (March 10, 2021), Darius Tahir, Future Pulse, Politico
America’s Looming Primary Care Crisis (July 25, 2020), Clifford Marks, The New Yorker Magazine
9 Things That Helped Me Get Through My Mild COVID-19 Infection (April 23, 2020), Jessica Firger, TIME Magazine
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Family Medicine Residency (2014-2017)
NewYork-Presbyterian – Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY
Chief Resident (2016-2017): Managed and mentored 18 residents, serving as liaison between faculty and residents
ABC News Resident Elective (September 2015): Reviewed a wide variety of media for medical accuracy
Doctor of Medicine (2010-2014)
The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ
Master of Health Sciences in Environmental Health (2009-2010)
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics (2005-2009)
The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ