Deb Salas-Lopez is the Chair of the Department of Medicine and the Associate Chief Medical Officer at Lehigh Valley Health Network and a Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine and College of Public Health. She comple
...MoreDeb Salas-Lopez is the Chair of the Department of Medicine and the Associate Chief Medical Officer at Lehigh Valley Health Network and a Professor of Medicine, University of South Florida College of Medicine and College of Public Health. She completed medical school and her residency in Internal Medicine at New Jersey Medical School and obtained her Master’s Degree in Health Policy and Administration at the School of Public Health, Rutgers University, and UMDNJ. She has been a visiting scholar at the Harvard Institute of Healthcare Policy and completed fellowships with the National Cancer Institute and the Association of American Medical Colleges Health Services Research Institute as well as a member of the Northeast Consortium on Cultural Competency and Medical Education. She is a standing National Institute of Health (NIH) reviewer and the Principal Investigator of an NIH-Select award to establish a Neighborhood Community Cancer Center Program in the Lehigh Valley. She leads initiatives in quality improvement, cost containment, and patient–centered medical homes. She has numerous publications and is a nationally recognized speaker and educator in the area of women in leadership, culture, healthcare disparities, and the impact of social and economic factors on access to care.
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