Health Equity Leadership Summit

PHC's Health Equity Leadership Summit coming to Pasadena, July 10-11!

The popular Health Equity Leadership Summit will bring together California physicians, executives, advocates and allies concerned with achieving health equity in our underserved communities.  

• DATE:  July 10-11, 2025
• TIME:  11:00 a.m. (July 10) - 2:30 p.m. (July 11)
• LOCATION:  The Westin Pasadena
• PROGRAM/AGENDA

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Medical Students: Register for only $99!

Overview

This event provides an opportunity for physicians, executives, advocates, and allies to find community, engage in hands-on trainings and workshops, and hold in-depth conversations about how they are addressing the issue of health equity in California through their care of underserved communities throughout the state.

Attendees will leave feeling energized and inspired to continue their important work to improve the lives of all Californians.

WHO ATTENDS

Featured Speakers

	Hakeem Adeniyi, MD Chief Clinical Officer Sacramento Native American Health Center
	NanaEfua Afoh-Manin, MD, MPH, MPA President Shared Harvest Foundation
	Lupe Alonzo-Diaz President and CEO Physicians for a Healthy California
	Marco Angulo, MD Medical Director AltaMed Institute for Health Equity
	Cathie Anderson Socioeconomic Equity Reporter The Sacramento Bee
	Amira Barger, MBA, CVA, CFRE Executive Vice President; Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Communications; and Advisory and Health Sector Specialist Edelman
	Stephanie Brown, MD, MPH Medical Director and Emergency Physician Sutter Health Institute for Advancing Health Equity and Sutter Health Alta Bates Summit Medical Center
	Corina Clark, MPA, FACHE, RRT Vice President & Executive Administrator San Francisco Department of Public Health
	Amy Cummings, MD, PhD Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology and UCLA Director for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA Health
	Donaldo Hernandez, MD PHC Board Member, CMA Immediate Past President Palo Alto Medical Foundation Santa Cruz
	Jodi Hicks PHC Board Member, President & CEO Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
	Maria Jison, MD Global Clinical Head (Executive Director) Late Respiratory & Immunology Therapeutic Area, AstraZeneca
	Howard Kahn, MPA Board Chair Physicians for a Healthy California
	Kristy Bird MaKieve, MBA, CAE CEO Healthy Rural California
	Nina Malik, PharmD Medical Executive Director Genentech

	Shelby McMichael Communications Director Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
	Deena Shin McRae, MD Associate Vice President of Academic Services University of California Health
	Pooja Mittal, DO PHC Board Member, Chief Health Equity Officer Health Net
	Sunita Mutha, MD PHC Board Member, Healthforce Center Director UC San Francisco
	Juan Novoa, MS Medical Student UC Davis School of Medicine
	Alice Pressman, PhD, MS Senior Advisor for Student Mentorship, Office of Research and Scholarship, Professor, Department of Health Systems Science, Principal Faculty, Health Equity Research Core Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
	Pamela Riley, MD, MPH Chief Health Equity Officer California Department of Health Care Services
	Baljeet Sangha, MPH, FACHE System Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco Health Network
	Martha Santana-Chin, MBA President, Medicare & Medi-Cal Health Net
	Krista Stepney, MHA Principal and Vice President of Operations Chartis Center for Health Equity and Belonging
	Melody Tran-Reina, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Executive Director UC Davis School of Medicine and UCD Community Health Scholars Programs
	Reggie Tucker-Seeley, ScD, ScM Principal Health Equity Strategies and Solutions
	Pepper Von Co-Owner Step 1 Dance & Fitness
	Molly Weedn Campaign Manager Coalition to Protect Access to Care
	Amanda P. Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG Clinical Innovations Advisor, California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Stanford University School of Medicine

Speaker Presentations

• Amanda Williams, MD, MPH, FACOG
• Amira Barger, MBA, CVA, CFRE
• Amy Cummings, MD, PhD
• CME Session
• Deena Shin McRae, MD
• Krista Stepney, MHA
• Maria Jison, MD
• Reggie Tucker-Seeley, SCD, SCM
• Shelby McMichael
• Stephanie Brown, MD, MPH, and Alice Pressman, PHD, MS

Health Equity Leadership Awards

PHC has closed nominations for its annual Health Equity Leadership Awards, which were presented at the Health Equity Leadership Awards Reception on July 11, 2024, during the Health Equity Leadership Summit. Click here for more information on the awards and updates on when the winners will be announced. 

Sponsor Spotlight

 
 

For More Information

To discuss sponsorship opportunities or to be added to our email distribution list, please contact healthequitysummit@phcdocs.org.