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Yohualli B. Anaya, MD, MPH

Family Medicine Core Faculty and Co-Chair, Family Medicine Core Clerkship

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.


Education & Training

  • BA – Occidental College
  • MD/MPH – Keck School of  Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC)
  • Residency – UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program 

Positions

  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Family Medicine 
  • Co-Chair, Family Medicine Clerkship  

Teaching

  • Family Medicine Core Faculty  
  • Outpatient Care, UCLA Family Health Center, UCLA Health, Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center, UCLA Family Medicine Clinic, LAC-DHS Procedure Clinic, Mid-Valley Comprehensive Health Center, UCLA Family Medicine LAC-DHS 
  • Inpatient Care, UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, UCLA Health

Current Research & Scholarly Interest

  • Dr. Anaya’s 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.

Publications

  • Gomez, Teresita MD, Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH, Shih Kevin J. PhD, Tarn, Derjung M. MD, PhD. A Qualitative Study of Primary Care Physicians' Experiences With Telemedicine During COVID-19. J Am Board Fam Med. 2021;34(Suppl):S61-S70. doi:10.3122/jabfm.2021.S1.200517
  • Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH, Martinez, Laura E. PhD, Bustamante, Arturo V. PhD et al. Telehealth & COVID-19 Policy Considerations to Improve Access to Care. Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC), UCLA Health, and the Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at UCLA. 2020. Available at https://latino.ucla.edu/research/telehealth-covid-19-policy-considerations-to-improve-access-to-care/
  • Martinez, Laura E. PhD, Vargas-Bustamante, A. PhD, Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH, et al. COVID-19 in Vulnerable Communities: An examination by Race/Ethnicity in Los Angeles and New York City. Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at UCLA. 2020. Available at https://latino.ucla.edu/research/covid-19- in-vulnerable-communities/
  • Bustamante, Arturo V. PhD, Martinez, Laura E. PhD, Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH. California’s Physician Shortage. Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at UCLA. 2019. Available at https://latino.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LPPI-CPS-White-Paper-Design-Layout-reduced.pdf.
  • Martinez, Laura E. PhD, Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH, Vargas-Bustamante, A. PhD, et al. California’s Physician Shortage During COVID-19: A Policy Roadmap to Expand Access to Care. Latino Policy & Politics Initiative at UCLA. 2020.
  • Hsu, Paul PhD, Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH, Leslie Anglin, Hayes-Bautista, David E. PhD. California’s Language Concordance Mismatch: Clear Evidence for Increasing Physician Diversity. California’s Latino Physician Crisis: A Policy Series, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, UCLA, 2018.
  • Hsu, Paul PhD, Anaya, Yohualli B. MD, MPH, Hayes-Bautista, David E. PhD. 5 Centuries to Reach Parity: An Analysis of How Long it Will Take to Address California’s Latino Physician Shortage. California’s Latino Physician Crisis: A Policy Series, Latino Policy & Politics Initiative, UCLA, 2018.
  • Balderas-Medina Anaya, Yohualli MD, MPH, del Rosario, Mithi, Doyle, Lawrence “Hy” EdD, Hayes Bautista, David E. PhD. Undocumented Students Pursuing Medical Education: The Implications of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Academic Medicine, 2014, Dec; 89(12): 1599-1602. PMID: 25093382

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