Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP
Sunita Mutha directs Healthforce Center at the University of California San Francisco where she is also a primary care physician and professor of medicine. At Healthforce Center, she leads efforts to generate workforce knowledge and influence policy with rigorous analysis and actionable, unbiased information. She also guides the design of programs that build leadership capacity and create networks that cross silos to improve the health of communities. These efforts involve collaborations with government agencies, policymakers, philanthropy, and health systems leaders in California and nationwide.
Mutha has led efforts to define and identify solutions for critical workforce issues, including diversity, shortages, burnout, and retention. She has served on committees for the National Quality Forum, The Joint Commission, Milbank Memorial Fund and others focused on the health workforce needed to improve access and quality of care. She currently serves on the national advisory board for the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF and the boards of directors of Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) and Physicians for a Healthy California.
Mutha graduated from Albany Medical College and completed her residency and chief residency at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center. She also completed a fellowship in the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program at Stanford University.
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