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

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