UCLA/VA Primary Care Physician | Health Sciences Assistant Clinical ProfessorPrimary Care Delivery (70%): Dedicated to providing comprehensive primary care services at the Greater Los Angeles VA, focusing on patient-centered care and improving health outcomes.Resident Supervision (20%): Actively involved in training and supervising medical residents at the primary care clinic, fostering their development as future physicians.Colorectal Cancer Screening & QI Leadership (10%): Lead colorectal cancer screening initiatives and serve as a Quality Improvement (QI) project leader, driving efforts to enhance patient screening rates and care processes.

I am a Hospitalist, with experience taking care of patients in the acute-hospital setting and also in skilled-nursing facilities. I have an interest in quality-improvement, patient safety, and medical education. I am involved with medical education, and teach students clinical exam and history taking skills throughout the school year.

I served as the Chief Resident of Quality and Safety at the St Louis VA. In this role, I developed a curriculum for quality-improvement and patient-safety for the internal medicine residents at Washington University in St Louis and St Louis University. I developed quality-improvement projects that led to improved communication between physicians and nursing staff and improved patient care.

I served as the Chief Operating Officer of at a Health Tech startup focused on improving quality metrics during transitions of care. In my role, I oversaw talent recruitment, product development, marketing, and fundraising.

Internal medicine resident at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University in St Louis