I'm a physician by training and a health writer and content strategist by profession. I received my medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and discovered during training a particular passion for solving systems-level problems in health care.
In my current role at Omada Health, I design content for people getting virtual care and coaching for chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension. It's right at the intersection of medicine, writing, and tech, which is pretty much me in a nutshell. Previously at One Medical, I wrote and managed clinical guidelines for providers and health education content for patients. Before that, I worked as medical director and head of product at Iodine.com, co-creating the startup's initial drug information and decision-making tools for consumers.
Prior to medicine, I worked at Google in communications and public policy, mostly on online privacy issues and health-related products such as Google Health and Google Flu Trends. In a former life, I worked in grassroots politics and community organizing at the Center for American Progress and on the 2004 presidential campaign.
Some things I love: My daughters, science fiction, mass transit, adventure travel, whole milk, live music, my cat, the Bay Area, and nature hikes. :)
Disclosure + disclaimer: I’m an MD, but I don’t see patients. My posts are no-bullshit health information, not medical advice. Oh, and my views are my own.