UC Berkeley Online MPH Health Policy and Management: Recent Episodes
School of Public Health
Dr. Kevin Tabb has enjoyed a diverse career as a healthcare IT entrepreneur, Chief Medical Officer, and now Chief Executive Officer of one of the largest academic medical systems in the country. In this interview, he discusses his career, his organization, its strategy, and the impact of COVID-19.
For the past 9 years, Elizabeth Lee has run the PACE program at CalOptima—a program that delivers comprehensive medical care to the most frail, elderly patients in Orange County, CA. In this interview, she discusses her career, what drew her to eldercare, the extraordinary success of her PACE program, and how the program needed to immediately pivot in response to COVID-19.
Dr. Christopher Longhurst is a pediatrician, healthcare informaticist, and pragmatic innovator. He is currently the CIO and Associate CMO at UCSD Health. In this interview, he discusses his career, strategy, innovation, and how COVID-19 has influenced the strategic priorities at UCSD.
Dr. Kaveh Safavi is the Global Industry Lead of Accenture’s Healthcare practice. Over the past 40 years, Kaveh has worked as a provider, payer, health tech executive, and consultant. He has a brilliant mind and can speak on almost any healthcare topic. He is a highly sought speaker at Board retreats all over the world. In this interview, he discusses his career, global health industry trends, and What we can learn from other healthcare systems.
Mark Knickrehm started his professional career at McKinsey and went on to be the Global CEO of Accenture Strategy. He is a brilliant strategic thinker and has forgotten more about strategy than I may ever know! In this interview, he discusses his career, why he was drawn to strategy, and some of his favorite strategy projects.
Dr. Trenor Williams is a Family Practitioner, Consultant, and Entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of two companies, Clinovations, which he sold to the Advisory Board Company in 2015, and SociallyDetermined, which he co-founded in 2017. In this interview, he discusses his career, entrepreneurship, and the Social Determinants of Health.
Baljeet Sangha oversees the San Francisco Department of Public Health's vertically integrated healthcare delivery system, the San Francisco Health Network (SFHN). He manages special grants and projects as directed by executive and legislative branches of the City and County of San Francisco government related to health care delivery system improvement efforts.
He graduated from UC Berkeley's School of Public Health in 2010.