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The 27th Annual Reza Gandjei Lecture: Focusing on Health Care Equity
The 27th Annual Reza Gandjei Lecture: Focusing on Health Care Equity
Moderated by Bob Wachter
In the 27th annual Reza Gandjei lecture, health equity and policy thought leader Alicia Fernandez will discuss the social drivers of health screening, as well as strategies for reducing health disparities, including via systems-level and community-based approaches. This topic has never been more relevant given the current political landscape.
This lecture series is in memory of Reza Gandjei, a UCSF medicine resident in the 1990s who passed away soon after training. Reza was a Marshall and Rhodes Scholar with a passion for healthcare ethics and policy.
Speaker:
Alicia Fernandez, MD, is a professor of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at ZSFG and the associate dean of the Population Health and Health Equity data initiative at the UCSF School of Medicine. She is the founding director of the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence and the director of the Latinx and Immigrant Health Research Program at the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations. She has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine and appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
How to Attend
In Person:
S-214 (Medical Sciences Building)
Lunch will be provided
On Zoom:
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/97645766587?pwd=OpxbkAwpMENJgLN8xpPHofjwzHD8JH.1
Webinar ID: 976 4576 6587
Passcode: 364678
By Phone (for higher quality, dial a number based on your current location):
US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 213 338 8477 or +1 669 219 2599
International numbers available: https://ucsf.zoom.us/u/abt1xcyvsc
The session will be recorded for later play. See all past recordings.
Welcome Maia Miller!
Please join us in welcoming Maia Miller, San Francisco Health Network Program Manager for Dementia Care Aware!
Maia started this past Monday and will be working closely with the Dementia Care Aware (DCA) team serving as the Program Manager for the San Francisco Health Network (SFHN). Maia has a Master of Science in Health Care Administration, is a Certified Trauma Professional, as well as a California State Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant. She has over twenty-five years of experience as a healthcare professional in clinical, sales, and management positions and is Founder, Consultant and Coach for A. Maia Miller Consulting, a private coaching program that supports and guides adult women survivors of childhood sexual trauma. Some of Maia’s healthcare positions include: Vice President of Business Development for Children’s Health of Northern California, Senior Clinical Liaison for the Hospital Division at Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area, and Director of Business Development for Core Healthcare Centers / The Rehabilitation Center of Oakland. Maia brings extensive experience in healthcare programs and systems implementation, and is highly proficient in interpreting, analyzing, and presenting healthcare data. In her new role as SFHN Program Manager for the DCA, Maia will liaise with SFHN leadership and key stakeholders, support health systems implementations in alignment with strategic and operational plans, lead DCA-SFHN program evaluation and improvement initiatives, support data collection and research efforts, and support a team of clinical and care management staff to help everyone stay on track to meet program deliverables for the State. We’ve very excited to work with Maia and for her to join the ever-growing DCA team! Clara Park, Director of Strategy for DCA, has graciously volunteered to be Maia’s onboarding buddy. Maia can be reached at [email protected] and will be stationed at Mission Bay, and her phone # is 415-514-9874. Help us welcome Maia virtually or in-person!
Welcome to the team Maia!
Karen Yuan, on behalf of Dr. Anna Chodos, Dr. Josette Rivera, and the Dementia Care Aware Team!