Health Policy Elective
The Residency Elective in Health Policy (REHP) is a unique opportunity to have a detailed introduction into social mission. The goals of the REHP are to orient residents and fellows to the fast changing world of health policy, increase their knowledge of key issues facing their community and the nation, and prepare them to be effective physician-leaders in systems-based practice.
There are two components of the course. The first is a series of web-based learning modules during the one-month preceding the in-person elective (about 20-hours total time) that can be viewed at the convenience of the participant. The second is an intensive, in-person course to take place in various sites around Los Angeles, CA. Residents will be expected to engage in a full-time schedule (e.g., in-person activities 8am-5pm with some occasional evening lectures and events). Participants will be expected to have clear schedules for this two-week period.
The REHP will be offered once every academic year.
Participants of the Residency Elective in Health Policy will
- Learn key aspects of U.S. health policy.
- Participate in intensive seminars with policy experts in health disparities, health economics, public health protection, quality improvement, value-based care, and other fields.
- Witness policymaking first-hand, through trips to state and local health policy sites.
- Understand their roles within the local, state, and national health policy landscape.
- Apply policy analysis to real-world challenges by completing a capstone project in health policy.
- Translate their knowledge into practice.
The Health Policy & Social Mission Collaboration is co-directed by Dr. Moises I. Cruz, Program Director for the Southern California Kaiser Permanente Community Medicine Fellowship, and Dr. Neil Chawla, Co-Director, Health Policy & Social Collaboration.
Course Leadership
Moises I. Cruz, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Health Policy & Social Mission Collaboration
Moises I. Cruz, MD, MPH
Co-Director, Health Policy & Social Mission Collaboration
Moises Cruz, MD is a partner physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. He serves as co-director for the Health Policy & Social Mission Collaboration between GWU and Kaiser Permanente, Program Director for the Kaiser Permanente Community Medicine Fellowship, and Program Director for the combined IM/MPH track. He holds an appointment as assistant clinical professor of medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. Dr. Cruz is dedicated to improving health access for underserved populations and in eliminating health disparities. He volunteers at Hollywood Sunset Free Clinic and helped set up a specialty care hub at KHEIR clinic to improve access to specialty care for uninsured/underinsured patients. Dr. Cruz completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in Los Angeles after receiving his medical degree from the University of California San Diego. He holds a Masters in Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley.
Neil Chawla, MD
Co-Director, Health Policy & Social Mission Collaboration
Neil Chawla, MD
Co-Director, Health Policy & Social Mission Collaboration
Neil Chawla, MD is a Partner Physician with the Southern California Permanente Medical Group. He completed his medical degree at the Keck School of Medicine at USC and came to Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles for internship and residency in Family Medicine. Dr. Chawla then completed the Community Medicine fellowship in 2015, during which time he developed a mentorship pipeline program for high school students interested in health careers and started a summer program for college and medical students to teach local high school students about the social determinants of health. Dr. Chawla currently serves as Clinical Faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, where he has a blended practice of urgent care and hospital medicine. He also teaches students and residents at Kaiser Permanente and at the UCLA Mobile Clinic. He holds a Clinical Assistant Professor position in the Department of Family Medicine at Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science and at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Questions can be directed to Vanessa Hernandez at Vanessa.X.Hernandez@kp.org
Location
Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center
4867 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
2nd Floor Conference Rooms (Room 20A and 20B)
*Enter through the front entrance of the Main Hospital
Please Note:
Visitors to the Los Angeles Medical Center will be required to get a visitor pass at the front desk of the hospital entrance (photo ID required).
Parking:
The entrance to parking is at 1549 Edgemont, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Speakers will get their parking validated at the conference.