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Dr. Edgar Chavez is a distinguished board-certified family physician with over 20 years of professional experience, recognized for his exceptional patient care, expertise, and leadership. He obtained his MD degree from Stanford University and completed his residency in Family Medicine at Adventist Health White Memorial Hospital. Following his residency, Dr. Chavez pursued his dream of serving the low-income community of South Central Los Angeles, where he grew up after immigrating to the United States from El Salvador. In 2007, he founded Universal Community Health Center (UCHC), a Federally Qualified Health Center. Under his visionary guidance, UCHC has expanded from a single site to six health centers and two mobile health clinics, including one school-based health clinic. UCHC provides full-scope preventive comprehensive care, including OB/GYN, Behavioral Health, Nutrition, and Dental services. As a highly regarded safety-net clinic, UCHC has become a trusted medical home to over 15,000 Angelenos, bridging critical gaps in access to care for individuals in underserved and poverty-stricken areas. Dr. Chavez is passionate about leveraging technology to transform healthcare delivery, particularly in community clinic settings. He enjoys exploring the intersection of health and technology, with a keen focus on how artificial intelligence (AI) can alleviate the burden of desktop medicine and enhance patient care. At UCHC, he has implemented and customized eClinicalWorks workflows, including desktop and iPad versions, to meet the unique needs of the community clinic environment. Dr. Chavez has also pioneered innovative approaches to telehealth for underserved populations, ensuring equitable access to care even in challenging circumstances. Additionally, he has integrated Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) technologies such as TytoCare, iHealth, and Gojji into UCHC`s care model, enhancing chronic disease management and improving patient outcomes. Dr. Chavez`s outstanding contributions to healthcare have earned him numerous accolades, including being named Los Angeles Magazine`s Top Doctor in both 2023, 2024, and 2025. In 2019, he was honored with the Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) Physician Leadership Award, recognizing his exceptional leadership and dedication to improving healthcare access for underserved communities. Most recently, Dr. Chavez played a pivotal role as the main physician spokesperson for California`s Proposition 35 - Protect Access to Healthcare. Featured prominently in advertising campaigns, he was instrumental in advocating for and helping pass this critical measure in November 2024, securing funding and protecting healthcare access for millions of Californians. Dr. Chavez`s forward-thinking approach to healthcare innovation and his passion for exploring how AI can revolutionize community clinics exemplify his commitment to transforming the future of medicine. By addressing the challenges of desktop medicine and embracing cutting-edge technologies, he continues to lead the way in advancing equitable and patient-centered healthcare solutions
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Dr. Kyu ("Q") Rhee joined the National Association of Community Health Centers in 2023 to lead efforts to advance health equity and support the mission of community health centers, which provide high-quality, affordable, transdisciplinary primary care services to more than 31.5 million people at over 14,000 sites across the nation. As a purpose-driven physician executive, scientist, teacher, and entrepreneur, Dr. Rhee has a reputation synonymous with leadership, innovation, and transformation across the nonprofit, public, and private sectors. Throughout his career, Dr. Rhee has actively worked to advance primary care, public health, and health equity for underserved populations. Before joining NACHC, Dr. Rhee held the position of Senior Vice President and Aetna Chief Medical Officer at CVS Health. He led a team of over 1,500 doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health professionals in the integration and delivery of clinical and population health solutions to improve the health and deliver the "Quintuple Aim" for up to 65 million people via commercial, Medicare, Medicaid, behavioral health, digital health, student health, vision, dental, and voluntary health plans. Dr. Rhee served for a decade as the Chief Health Officer at IBM, where he and his team led IBM`s global efforts to transform health using data, analytics, artificial intelligence, services, and research. During the time of the Affordable Care Act, Dr. Rhee held the office of Chief Public Health Officer at the Health Resources and Services Administration. Dr. Rhee also worked at the National Institutes of Health as the Director of the Office of Innovation and Program Coordination. Prior to his public service, Dr. Rhee was Chief Medical Officer at Baltimore Medical System and worked as a National Health Services Corps primary care physician and Medical Director for Unity Health Care. Dr. Rhee was Chief Resident and completed his medical residency training in both internal medicine and pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles with dual-board certification. He earned his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Dr. Rhee also holds a master`s in health care policy from Harvard University`s John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from Yale University in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.
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Anne Kauffman Nolon, MPH has provided vision and leadership to Sun River Health as Chief Executive Officer for over 40 years. She is responsible for guiding the growth and development of one of the largest community health center systems in the United States from a single primary care site in Peekskill, New York to a delivery system of over 40 directly-operated Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) throughout the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Long Island, along with additional health centers through sub-recipient agreements, mobile health centers, and a regional migrant voucher program serving an 11-county agricultural region in southeastern New York State. With the guidance of the Board of Directors, Anne has implemented broad goals that have culminated in a staff of over 2,000 serving more than 250,000 patients throughout the organization. Under her leadership, Sun River Health is Joint Commission-Accredited and recognized by the National Committee on Quality Assurance (NCQA) as an Advanced Patient Centered Medical Home. In 2018, she led Hudson River Health Care through a successful merge with Brightpoint Health, a network of FQHCs in all five boroughs of New York City, resulting in the combined organization now known as Sun River Health. Anne is a member of the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC). She serves on the Board of Directors for the National Center for Farmworker Health and previously served as a member of the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health from 2004 until 2008.
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Sonja W. Bachus, BBA, MJ, CHCEF, is the Chief Experience Officer for the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) and is responsible for enriching the NACHC`s Constituent Services including enriching the NACHC member experience and strengthening partnerships with State and Regional Primary Care Associations (PCAs) and Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCNs). Prior to this role, Sonja served as Chief Executive Officer of Community Care Network of Kansas, the state`s federally designated Primary Care Association. In this role, Sonja led the PCA in providing advocacy, training, technical assistance and other supporting services for its 35 Community Health Center (CHC) and Safety-Net clinic members. Prior to this role, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Greater Baden Medical Services (GBMS) a CHC serving nearly 20,000 patients through more than 59,000 visits annually in Prince George`s, Charles and St. Mary`s Counties in Maryland. As a transformational healthcare leader who has a passion for community health, Sonja possesses more than 20 years of experience across the healthcare spectrum and has spent most of her healthcare career serving in Community Health Centers. Her previous roles include Service Line Administrator for the satellite health centers of Swope Health Services in Kansas City, MO; roles with HCA`s MidAmerica Division IT&S, Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, CA and executive operations leadership as Chief Operating Officer of HealthNet, Inc., Indiana`s largest FQHC located in Indianapolis, IN. Her core leadership belief is that a foundation of love, coupled with strong accountability, brings out the best in people and leads to meeting and exceeding organizational goals. Sonja holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Washburn University, Topeka, KS, a Master of Jurisprudence in Health Law from Loyola University Chicago Law School, the designation of Community Health Center Executive Fellow from the University of Kansas Medical Center and a Public Policy Certificate from the National Institute of Lobbying and Ethics (NILE). She has two sons and five grandchildren.
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