LDI Health Policy Seminar with Congressman Ami Bera, MD
“A Doctor in the House: A Physician’s Role in Public Policy”
A first-generation American and lifelong Californian, Congressman Ami Bera represents California’s 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. During his twenty-year medical career, he has worked to improve the availability, quality, and affordability of healthcare. After graduating from medical school in 1991, he did his residency in internal medicine at California Pacific Medical Center, eventually becoming chief resident. He went on to practice medicine in the Sacramento area, serving in various leadership roles for MedClinic Medical Group where he improved the clinical efficiency of the practice. Later, as the medical director of care management for Mercy Healthcare, he developed and implemented a comprehensive care management strategy for the seven-hospital system.
Congressman Bera went on to put his medical experience to work for his community, serving Sacramento County as chief medical officer. In that role, he fought to reduce the cost of health care and deliver care to tens of thousands of Sacramento residents. Most recently he has worked as clinical professor of medicine and associate dean for admissions and outreach at University of California, Davis, where he taught the next generation of doctors and helped the University’s student-run clinics find innovative ways to engage with the community and deliver care to those who needed it most.
In Congress, his top priority is to build an economy that works for the middle class by working with his colleagues regardless of party. He serves on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, where much of his focus is on international family planning. He also serves on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, and the Subcommittee on Research and Technology, where he concentrates on supporting scientific and medical research.
This seminar is part of LDI’s Spring 2014 Policy Seminar Series: “Rollout of the Affordable Care Act: What’s working, what’s not, and what do we need to change?”. Click here to view all events in the seminar series.
This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.
Sponsored by the Charles C. Leighton, MD Memorial Lecture Fund