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Top Women Leaders in Health Care: MONA PATEL GERA, MD, FAAP

Mona Patel Gera, MD, FAAP

Vice President of Ambulatory Operations

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Mona Patel’s responsibilities at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles include leadership in overseeing the ambulatory operations of more than 24 hospital-based clinics and six community specialty care centers. She is focused on standardizing care practice across the continuum and instilling the quadruple aim in health care modeling. As a pioneer in her field, Dr. Patel is an innovator in delivering pediatric care to children with complex special needs living in Los Angeles County. She has organized a coordinated health care delivery system for more than 1,500 families with special needs that include accessible care, coordinated care, and comprehensive care, helping this diverse and socio-economically challenged population. In addition, she has collected data to demonstrate better health with decreased utilization of the emergency room, fewer hospitalizations and fewer visits to the doctor’s office, by providing families 24/7 phone access to a health professional.

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