Dr. Felix L. Nuñez is the Associate Chief Medical Officer for Gold Coast Health Plan in Ventura, a county organized Medi-Cal health plan. Prior to this role he served eight years as Inland Empire Regional Medical Director with Molina Healthcare of California. He is formerly Chief Medical Officer and past interim Chief Executive Officer of the Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles, a Federally Qualified Health Center in southeast Los Angeles. He is a board-certified Family Physician with extensive clinical and administrative experience in both the private and public sector.

His prior work has included serving as the Vice President of Clinical Services for the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County, Medical Director of The South Central Family Health Center, Assistant Medical Director with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and Assistant Clinical Instructor in the Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program.

He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Loyola Marymount University, his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School, and Master of Public Health degree from the UCLA School of Public Health. In 1998 he completed a residency in family medicine at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and in 2005 was a fellow in the Primary Health Care Policy Fellowship of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. He has held clinical appointments with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Keck School of Medicine.

He served on the Primary Care and Prevention Subcommittee of the California Future Health Workforce Commission. He is a member of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, the California Medical Association, the California Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Los Angeles County Medical Association, and the Massachusetts Medical Society. He served for several years on the board of the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, completing two terms as President. He currently serves on the boards of Latinx Physicians of California, the San Gabriel Community Foundation, and the Ramona Convent Secondary School.

Dr. Nuñez identifies as an Angeleno and second generation Mexican-American, who was raised in El Sereno, a Latinx community in northeast Los Angeles.