FACULTY

Diane L. Chau, MD

Health Sciences Clinical Associate Professor

VA San Diego Healthcare System

diane.chau@va.gov

Dr. Chau is an internal medicine, aging, chronic disease management physician that has worked for more than 20 years to improve the quality of healthcare and help revolutionize how healthcare is delivered through technology integration.

Greg Talavera, MD, MPH

Professor of Public Health

San Diego State Graduate School of Public Health

gtalavera@mail.sdsu.edu

Dr. Talavera is a bilingual, bicultural physician trained in public health and preventive medicine. His current research interests explore interventions biological, behavioral and culture-specific factors that serve as barriers to chronic disease prevention and control.

Kevin Broder, MD

Telehealth Director, Surgery Service

VA San Diego Healthcare System

kbroder@cloud.ucsd.edu

Dr. Broder is a Plastic Surgeon that has worked for more than 20 years to improve the quality of healthcare and help revolutionize how healthcare is delivered through technology integration.

Arnold Gass, MD

Professor of Medicine Emeritus

University of California San Diego School of Medicine

agass@ucsd.edu

Arnold Gass, an Internist and Geriatrician, who has worked with homeless persons and/or communities since 1975. In 1988 Dr. Gass was the founding Medical Director of, and continues as senior medical consultant to, Stand Down San Diego, which serves up to 1000 men and women and has been the model for about 300 such programs nationally.

Colin Thomas, MD, MPH

Interim Division Chief

Health Sciences Clinical Professor

VA San Diego Healthcare System

cmthomas@ucsd.edu

Roxana Aminbakhsh, MD

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

VA San Diego Healthcare System

roxana.aminbakhsh@va.gov