© HealthValueLab 2024
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
Student Leaders

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

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

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

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
Student Contributors
Isabella Cuturrufo
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2027
Umut Akova
Emory University School of Medicine
Class of 2027
Elena Moncada
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Class of 2027
Sabeeca Vadakkan
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2028
Sophie Chang
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2028
Jonathan Gong
University of California San Diego School of Medicine
Class of 2028
Nithika Vivek
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