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Dr. Yohualli B. Anaya is a member of the core residency faculty and is the Co-Chair for the Family Medicine Core Clerkship. Dr. Anaya is passionate about improving the health and healthcare of underserved and marginalized communities. Dr. Anaya enjoys teaching residents and medical students at both the MidValley Comprehensive Medical Center (LA County DHS) and the UCLA Family Health Center. Her clinical interests include full-spectrum inpatient and outpatient care, outpatient procedures, pediatrics, and providing language-concordant care to Spanish speaking patients. Her efforts in supporting the health, safety, and wellbeing of immigrant and undocumented communities, includes a focus on student success here at UCLA, including those in pursuit of medical education. Her interests in diversity and inclusion led her to develop a pipeline program at Title I high schools in the neighborhood where our residency program county clinic is located. Her research interests include health disparities of vulnerable communities, racial/ethnic and gender physician workforce diversity, and the application of research to promote policies and programs that address health equity.
An LA local, she is a graduate of Occidental College, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. She received a dual degree Doctor of Medicine and Master of Public Health from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC). She completed her residency training at the UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program.
