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Burke Harris married Arno Lockheart Harris in 2011 at Dawn Ranch Lodge in Guerneville, California. [27] She is the mother of four boys. Her mother was hospitalized in the ICU, at Stanford University Medical Center, during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an illness other than COVID, and due to COVID restrictions she was unable to visit her. [28]
Dr. Burke Harris’ career has been dedicated to serving vulnerable communities and combating the root causes of health disparities. After completing her MPH at Harvard and residency at Stanford, she founded a clinic in one of San Francisco’s most underserved communities, Bayview Hunters Point.
Jul 18, 2019 · The 43-year-old pediatrician from San Francisco was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom to become California’s first-ever state surgeon general in February. The role is part policymaker, part...
- Q. What Would You Like to Achieve in This New Role?
- Q. How Much of That Is Doable?
- Q. How Many People Have Been Exposed to Aces?
- Q. Why Should These Numbers Matter to Californians?
- Q. What Did You Learn from UC Davis School of Medicine?
- Q. Who Were Some of The More Influential People You Recall from Medical School?
When we think about iconic surgeons general, we think about physicians whose role is to help the public understand not just the things that evidence shows us are good for our health — eat right, exercise, don’t smoke, all that great stuff — but also to focus on the areas of the public health crises that most people don’t know about. I believe stron...
I’m ambitious, I think there’s a lot we can do. We have a governor who ran on a child health and well-being platform, who recognizes the importance of this issue. I think there’s actually quite a bit that can be done. Especially since, keep in mind, the state of California passed a law to require that all individuals on Medicaid — children and adul...
The most recent number in California is 61.7 percent have experienced at least one Adverse Childhood Experience; 16.7 percent have experienced four or more. That’s actually the 2014 data. The 2017 data sadly shows that that number has bumped up a little bit, but that data is still under analysis.
The implications are really profound. What we see is that there’s a really close relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences and the most serious and expensive health conditions that are facing Californians today. That’s 16.7 percent of Californians who see twice the risk of heart disease, more than twice the risk of cancer, two and a half t...
I have to say, I loved UC Davis. It’s really where I learned how to be a community physician. I very much learned how to listen to my patients, which is what cued me into observing this pattern: My patients who were having the worst health outcomes were also the ones who had the greatest doses of adversity in their childhood. I was also the co-dire...
There were a number. Dr. Doug Grosswas one of my early professors, and what I learned from him is that he just took so much tremendous joy in the work he did; he loved science, he loved medicine, he loved teaching, and made it a lot of fun to learn. Dr. Faith Fitzgeraldwas also influential. When I was getting ready to apply to public health school ...
Feb 2, 2022 · Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, who became the state’s first surgeon general in 2019, announced her resignation Tuesday, her office confirmed. Devika Bhushan, chief health officer, will serve as...
- hayley.smith@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Dr. Nadine Burke Harris will be California’s first-ever Surgeon General. Kris Perry will be Deputy Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency for Early Childhood Development and Senior Advisor to the Governor on Implementation of Early Childhood Development Initiatives.
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Jul 15, 2020 · Prior to being named California’s first surgeon general in 2019, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris worked as a pediatrician in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. There, she founded and became CEO of a clinic focused on addressing the community’s health disparities.
