OPAL GUPTA, MD
Allergy & Immunology
HELEN YU, MD
KEN KATZ, MD, MSC, MSCE
Dermatology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Why Are You Interested In Serving? Current Job Positions and Hospital and Teaching Affiliations
I am in private practice with San Francisco Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. My current hospital affiliations include UC San Francisco and CPMC hospital systems.
Dermatologist, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Chief, Outpatient Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Kaiser Permanente San Francisco
I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in San Francisco. I completed my training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at UCSF in 2020. I also received my General Psychiatry Residency training at UCSF.
Nominations Committee, 2018-2020
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Through my training and practice, I have worked to improve patient care and patient experience by studying the barriers in access to care, the limitations in health care delivery, and the effect of personal characteristics (such as race and socioeconomic status) on disease management. I have mentored fellows, medical students and undergraduates. I currently serve on the Education Services, Data & Technology Committee as part of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Chairperson, FDA Dermatologic and Ophthalmic Drugs Advisory Committee Editorial Board member, JAMA Dermatology
As a resident and fellow, I have been involved in various formal and informal leadership positions that have included working on quality improvement projects in my own department, collaborating with trainees from other departments to improve patient care, and developing community partnerships to link patients to needed services.
Physician voices are essential in framing health and social policy. As an allergist treating a wide variety of common conditions, my patient population is diverse in age, ethnicity, and background. I would be honored to help shape and represent healthcare policy locally and statewide as part of the CMA delegation.
California should be a leader in helping physicians provide affordable, patientcentered, culturally appropriate care to all its residents. I would be honored to help SFMMS continue to advocate for policies at the state level that help us achieve that goal.
Our local region is facing many difficult challenges such as homelessness, substance use, and access to mental health care. We need to work across different fields of medicine, and across different organizations. It’s important to bring a diversity of voices to the table in regards to the leadership of SFMMS.
SFMMS/CMA Committees or Offices
SFMMS Nominations Committee
Additional Relevant Experience
Why Are You Interested in Serving?
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