The Latest
Recent news, updates, and blog posts from the LPOC Board & team.
Recognizing National Latino Physician Day
National Latino Physicians Day (Sunday, October 1) is a grass-roots movement created by the Latino Community to be celebrated on October 1st of each year to recognize the contributions of Latino physicians to the medical field and to raise awareness of the importance of diversity in healthcare…
UCLA Report: Improvement Needed in Latina Physician Representation
Diversity in the physician workforce can help build health equity for increasingly diverse and multiracial populations, yet the shortage of Latina/o/e physicians has worsened over time.
Supreme Court Decision On School Admission Programs: A Blow To Diversity And Society
Today the US Supreme Court handed down two rulings that will likely have a significant and substantial detrimental impact…
June Leadership Breakfast Honoring Dr. Donaldo Hernandez
Thank you to our wonderful attendees – we appreciate your efforts to advance health care equity in California.
Rep. Doris Matsui Praises UC Davis Health For Digital Access To Care
Rep. Doris Matsui visited a UC Davis Health COVID-19 community testing site where uninsured patients with a positive diagnosis can get immediate access to a medical provider on a telehealth tablet…
No On SB 525 – Protecting Access To Health Care In California
A new economic analysis found that Senate Bill 525, the health care worker pay measure, would increase costs for public and private health care providers by $8 billion annually.
Reyes: Rise in Maternal Mortality is Unacceptable
Carolina Reyes, a maternal-fetal physician and wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, says the rise in maternal mortality is unacceptable when most of the deaths are preventable.