Dr. La Rosa-Presume is a U.S. Army medical officer, Assistant Professor, healthcare administrator, medical-legal consultant, and clinician whose work spans clinical practice, population health, healthcare quality and safety, health policy, and military medical operations. His professional interests focus on improving healthcare delivery through evidence-based quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, healthcare leadership, and integrating public health and operational planning. Throughout his career, he has served in leadership roles across military, Veterans Affairs, academic, and nonprofit healthcare systems, advancing interdisciplinary collaboration and system-level approaches to care.

Dr. La Rosa-Presume has extensive experience in medical operations, medical-legal risk management, peer review, community health, and geriatric care. He has led initiatives designed to strengthen healthcare quality, improve patient outcomes, reduce organizational risk, and enhance healthcare performance across diverse clinical environments. His work at the intersection of healthcare and law includes contributions to healthcare risk management, regulatory compliance, professional standards, ethics, and medical-legal analysis. Through his work with California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA), he has supported efforts to address health equity, access to care, patient advocacy, and legal issues affecting vulnerable and underserved populations. He is also actively engaged with the American Health Law Association, contributing to professional discourse on healthcare law, policy, compliance, and emerging regulatory challenges affecting healthcare organizations and practitioners.

In addition to his military and academic appointments, Dr. La Rosa-Presume has worked with Nation's Finest, one of the nation's largest nonprofit organizations serving veterans. In this role, he has supported programs focused on veteran health and well-being, care coordination, community reintegration, and access to supportive services. His work has emphasized addressing social determinants of health, improving access to care for underserved veterans, and strengthening partnerships among healthcare systems, community organizations, and veteran-serving agencies. These efforts have reinforced his commitment to improving veteran outcomes through integrated, patient-centered, and community-based approaches to care.