Health Policy Lecture Series

September 6, 2023

Kevin O'Conner, MD, DO, White House Physician and Physician to the President

"Executive Medicine: Reflections and Perspectives"

November 1, 2023

Jesús Treviño, MD, MBA, FACEP

"Measuring firearm-related injuries: Convention & Innovation"

December 5, 2023

Catherine Crosland, MD

"Health Care Policy Considerations for People Experiencing Homelessness"

September 9, 2022

Anne C. Banner

"How to Effectively Interact with the Media as a Physician"

October 18, 2022

Health Policy Fellows Dr. Bukhsh, Dr. Taskier, Dr. Boone, and Dr. Clifford 

"Environmental Justice"

November 17, 2022

Alister Martin, MD

"Health Democracy & Voting Rights"

December 14, 2022

Dr. Dwayne Kwaysee Wright

"Affirmative Action Policy and The Supreme Court"

January 4, 2023

Kameron Leigh Matthews, MD, JD, FAAFP

"Veterans Health Policy"

March 15, 2023

Lee Beers, MD

"Pediatric/Adolescent Mental Health Policy"

April 6, 2023

Carl Filler, Director, Office of Government Relations, DC Health

"Local Health Focus: Post-Pandemic Public Health Policy and Legislation"

May 4, 2023

Ijeoma A. Egekeze, MPH & Dr. Miriam A. Bukhsh, MD (HP Fellow)

"Health Staffer Panel"

September 16, 2021

Kevin O'Conner, MD, DO, White House Physician and Physician to the President

"Executive Medicine: Reflections and Perspectives"

October 14, 2021

Humayun (Hank) Chaundhry, MD, MPH

"Balancing Public Health and the Practice of Medicine during COVID-19"

November 22, 2021

Anneta Arno, PhD, MPH

"Health Disparities in the District"



February 3, 2022

Neal Sikka, MD

"Will Tech Replace You? Health IT Innovation & Policy"

February 4, 2022

Leana Wen, MD

"Public Health Leadership & Insights for our Path Forward"

March 23, 2022

Anne Cardile, MD

"Housing Insecurity"

May 13, 2022

Kari-Claudia Allen Harrington MD, MPH

"Advocacy as Activism: Using the Power of Policy to Save Moms"

October 19, 2020

Joe Britton, MA, MBA

"The 2020 Election"

November 6, 2020

Hope Wittenburg

"Healthcare Legislation - What is On Our Plate Now?"

January 22, 2021

Ankoor Shah, MD, MBA, MPH

"All Things COVID 19 Vaccine Policy"

February 19, 2021

Candice Chen, MD, MPH

"Who Will Take Care of America?: Physician Workforce Policy in 2021"

March 9, 2021

Stephen Cha, MD, MPH

"Medicaid Policy 101 and What to Expect from the Biden Administration"

April 15, 2021

Newton Kendig, MD

"Health Policy and Correctional Medicine"

October 23, 2019

Natalie Kirilichin, MD, MPH, and Andrea Anderson, MD

"Medicare: Is it for All?"

November 7, 2019

Missy Owen and Michael Owen, Davis Direction Foundation

"Building Communities of Recovery Amidst the Opioid Epidemic"

January 22, 2020

Thomas D. Kirsch, MD, MPH, FACEP

"Science in Disasters"

February 25, 2020

Anne C. Cardile, MD and Julie Kaminski, MPH

"Housing and Housing Policy as a Social Determinant of Health"

March 18, 2020

Aisha Liferidge, MD, MPH

"Healthcare Quality and Physician Incentives"

May 12, 2020

Natalie Kirilichin, MD, MPH, and Andrea Anderson, MD

"How to be Successful in the Health Policy Scholarly Concentration - Insight from the Class of 2020"

September 21, 2018

William Manning

“Private and Employer Sponsored Health Insurance”

October 11, 2018

Ed Lazere

“Health and Housing: Expoloring the Housing Crisis in DC"

October 24, 2018

Guen Burke, MD, MBA, and Natalie Kirilichin, MD, MPH

“Medicare”

November 14, 2018

Pamela Riley, MD, MPH

“Medicaid”

December 7, 2018

Yvonne Chow, MPP, and Natalie Kirilichin, MD, MPH

“Rural Health”

January 18, 2019

Joseph Britton, MBA

“Physician Advocacy Perception and Pitfalls”

February 25, 2019

Shantanu Agrawal, MD, MPhil

“Healthcare Quality”

March 11 2019

Remy Brim, PhD

“Drug and Device Policy - Insights from an Industry Insider”

April 17, 2019

Peter Basch

“Health IT”

May 14, 2019

Natalie Kirilichin, MD, MPH

“Comparative Health Systems”

September 14, 2017

Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA, and Natalie Kirilichin, MD

“Marijuana Policy Journal Club”

October 11, 2017

Lorens Helmchen, PhD

“Physician Payment Reform”

November 8, 2017

Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA, and Natalie Kirilichin, MD

“Health Policy Journal Club Discussion: Is Healthcare a Right?”

January 10, 2018

Andrew Adair, JD

“Health Law”

February 7, 2018

Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA, and Natalie Kirilichin, MD

“Prescription Drug Pricing”

March 7, 2018

Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA, and Natalie Kirilichin, MD

“Current Events in Health Policy”

April 10, 2018

Ron Shumacher, MD

“Innovative Care Models for Senior Populations”

September 29, 2016

Natalie Kirilichin, MD

“Opioids”

November 3, 2016

Jordan Warchol, MD

“Rural Health”

January 31, 2017

Natalie Kirilichin, MD

“Pharmaceutical Policy Journal Club”

March 22, 2017

Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA

“Critical Thinking on the Future of the ACA”

April 19, 2017

Fitzhugh Mullan, MD

“A Life in Health Policy”

April 27, 2017

Marc Mendelsohn, MD

“The AMA and Physician Advocacy”

October 2, 2015

Steven Davis, MD

“What is Life Worth? A Discussion on Zamptrap, Sovaldi, Harvoni, and Paying for Healthcare”

October 15, 2015

Robert Graboyes, PhD

“Fortress to Frontier”

November 5, 2015

Steven Davis, MD

“Pioneer ACO Programs”

November 16, 2015

Steven Davis, MD

“Tele-Medicine & Health Care Reform”

February 3, 2016

Steven Davis, MD, and Guenevere Burke, MD

"The Cost Conundrum"

April 27, 2016

Steven Davis, MD

"The RUC - And the Mystery of Healthcare Costs"

October 13, 2014

Steven Davis, MD and Leah Honigman, MD

"Cased-based Discussions in Health Policy"

November 10, 2014

Leah Honigman, MD

"Implementation of Evidence-Based Health Policy"

January 12, 2015

Maggie Czarnogorski, MD, MPH

"Experience and Trajectory in Health Policy as a Physician"

March 2, 2015

Steven Davis, MD

"The Affordable Care Act: Five Years Later"

October 23, 2013

Fitzhugh Mullan, MD

"How Many Physicians, Where, and Why"

January 22, 2014

Aisha Liferidge, MD

"Patient Safety"

February 12, 2014

Guenevere Burke, MD, MBA

"Physician Workforce"

March 17, 2014

Nathan Trueger, MD

"Health Insurance in America"

March 26, 2014

L. Gregory Pawlson, MD, MPH

"Health Policy & Health Politics: The Affordable Care Act and the Future of Health Care in the U.S."

April 16, 2014

Ashley Ryles, MD

"Health Disparities"

September 7, 2012

Steven Davis, MD and Malika Fair, MD

"Health Care Reform"

October 8, 2012

Steven Davis, MD and Malika Fair, MD

"Health Policy Case Study"

November 19, 2012

Jennifer Lee, MD

"Physician Careers in Health Policy"

January 30, 2013

Steven Davis, MD and Malika Fair, MD

Track Co-Director

"Case Studies in Health Policy"

February 25, 2013

James Scott, MD

"Health Policy and Academic Medicine"

April 17, 2013

Dipti Chhajwani, MS4 and Steven Davis, MD

"The Bitter Pill"