Founded in 2007 thanks to a generous start-up grant from Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, the Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellows Program is dedicated to developing a corps of emerging professionals who enter the workforce with the skills and commitment necessary to address unmet health needs.
leadership team
Jennifer Kwon, DrPH, MPH Program Co-Director
University of Southern California
Amit Sura, MD, MBA Program Co-Director
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
advisory board
Dean Althea Alexander
Office of Diversity
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Steven Chen, PharmD, FASHP, FCSHP, FNAP
Associate Dean
University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH
Professor and Chair
UCLA Department of Family Medicine
Jimmy H. Hara, MD, FAAFP
Associate Dean
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Health Science
Advisory Board Chair
Koy S. Parada, PhD(c), MPH
Global, Community & Urban Health Coordinator
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Program School of Nursing, Azusa Pacific University
Ritesh Srivastava, Esq.
Director, Compliance
Avanir Pharmaceuticals
John K. Su,* MD, MPH
Family Medicine
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles
Program Director
Amit Sura,* MD, MBA
Program Co-Director and Chair of the Board
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
*Fellows for Life