WHO WE ARE
The HealthValueLab is a student-led endeavor, created by medical students under the guidance of faculty attendings. Our team consists of undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), medical students at UCSD and Emory Schools of Medicine, and faculty at UCSD and Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine. We are supported by the national Costs of Care non-profit organization.
We are united in our vision to create a free and interactive educational tool for pre-clinical and clinical medical students to learn and practice principles of high-value care. By exposing students to these principles early in their training, we hope to foster greater attention to principles of resource stewardship and more effectively integrate high-value care—care that is effective, patient-centered, and efficiently delivered—into clinical culture.
If you are interested in joining our team, please email hvl@costsofcare.org.
Current HealthValueLab Team Members
Co-Founders

Karthik Ramesh
Co-Founder
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2025

Emma Williams
Co-Founder
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2025

Austin Collins
Co-Founder
Emory School of Medicine
Class of 2025
Alumni

Grace Ortiz
Former Website Leader
University of California San Diego
Class of 2025

Melanie Chuong
Former Case Team Leader and Curriculum Leader
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2027

Stephanie Cleverdon
Former Data Team Leader
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2027

Isabella Cuturrufo
Former Team Member
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2027

Umut Akova
Former Team Member
Emory University School of Medicine
Class of 2027

Elena Moncada
Former Team Member
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Class of 2027

Nithika Vivek
Former Data Team Research Intern
Student Leaders

Sabeeca Vadakkan
Case Team Leader
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2028

Jonathan Gong
Curriculum Leader
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2028

Sophie Chang
Data Team Leader
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2028
Student Contributors

Diana Lois
Data Team Research Associate
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Class of 2028

Faaizah Arshad
Case Development Contributor
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Class of 2028

Michelle Jayaraj
Case Development Contributor
Emory School of Medicine
Class of 2029

Kashvi Lalchandani
Case Development Contributor
Baylor College of Medicine
Class of 2029

Melika Mirbod
Case Development Contributor
University of Queensland Ochsner
Class of 2028

Simran Patel
Case Development Contributor
University of Queensland Ochsner
Class of 2028

Parthay Rokad
Case Development Contributor
Penn State College of Medicine
Class of 2029

Ethan Yu
Data Team Research Intern
Del Norte High School
Class of 2027
Post-Graduate Contributors

Michelle Chen, MD
Co-Founder
University of California Los Angeles Internal Medicine Residency
Class of 2027
Faculty Advisors

Gregory Seymann, MD
Hospitalist and Vice Chief of Hospital Medicine, University of California San Diego
Health Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine

Amit Pahwa, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Faculty Contributors

Ann Xing, MD
Hospitalist, University of California San Diego Health

Susan Lee, MD
Rheumatologist, University of California San Diego Health
Current Anatomy of a Bill Team Members

Rebekah Scott
Lead Author
University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School
Class of 2023

Christina Shields
Lead Author
University of Texas at Austin, Dell Medical School
Class of 2023

Chris Moriates, MD
Faculty Advisor
Executive Director, Costs of Care
Professor of Clinical Medicine, University of California Los Angeles

Deepak Agrawal, MD
Faculty Advisor
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Dell Medical School

Adam Zeiner
Design Advisor
Design Institute for Health