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Office
14445 Olive View Dr
Department Of Medicine, Room 2b182
Sylmar, CA 91342Phone+1 818-364-3205Fax+1 818-364-4573- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. I serve as the Chair of the Department of Medicine at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center and Executive Vice-Chair of Medicine at UCLA. I am an Internist and my areas of interest are Improving Care of the Underserved patient population, Improving access to care for underserved patients, Reducing the cost of health care, Medical Education, Global Health and Health Services Research.
Education & Training
- University of Illinois College of MedicineClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1996 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Clinical Trials
- Multi-ethnic Multi-level Strategies and Behavioral Economics to Eliminate Hypertension Disparities in Los Angeles County Start of enrollment: 2024 Jun 01
Roles: Contact
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Cost-effectiveness of goal-directed and outcome-based financial incentives for weight loss in low-income populations: the FIReWoRk randomized clinical trial.Joseph A Ladapo, Stephanie L Orstad, Judith Wylie-Rosett, Chi-Hong Tseng, Un Young Rebecca Chung, Nikhil R Patel, Suzanne B Shu, Noah J Goldstein, Soma Wali, Melanie Jay> ;International Journal of Obesity. 2024 Feb 1
- Goal-directed versus outcome-based financial incentives for smoking cessation among low-income, hospitalised patients: rationale and design of the Financial Incentives...Soma Wali, Anisha Gaitonde, Scott Sherman, Noelle Min, Andrea Pesantes, Ava Bidgoli, Abraelle Shirley, Chi-Hong Tseng, Joseph Ladapo> ;BMJ Open. 2023 Sep 29
- -Led Versus Registered Nurse-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education in Mexican Americans: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Alex Kopelowicz, Soma Wali, Rhonda Polzin, Maria Elena Ruiz, Karabi Nandy> ;The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care. 2023 Oct 1
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Press Mentions
- Download Clinical Vignette and Research Abstract CompendiumJanuary 16th, 2018
Hospital Affiliations
- Olive View-UCLA Medical CenterSylmar, California
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