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Hemal Kanzaria, MD MSc is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Kanzaria practices clinically at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG), where he co-directs emergency department (ED) lean improvement efforts. He is also the Director of Complex Care Analytics for the San Francisco Health Network (SFHN), the public health delivery system in San Francisco County. He championed the successful implementation of ED Information Exchange across SFHN, and leads a multidisciplinary team to improve whole-person care for frequent users of emergent/urgent medical, behavioral, and social services. He oversees both the data infrastructure and health system improvements focused on addressing the social and medical needs of vulnerable patients that frequently use acute care services in San Francisco County. Dr. Kanzaria is also an Adjunct scientist at RAND Health and affiliated with the Center for Innovation in Access and Quality at ZSFG, where his research and policy work focuses the delivery of high-value health care. Prior to his current appointment, Dr. Kanzaria was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at UCLA. He completed his medical degree and residency at UCSF-SFGH, during which time he founded Remedy at UCSF to recover unused medical supplies for socially responsible redistribution. The organization has provided medical equipment to underserved communities both locally and globally, and has been instrumental in several disaster relief efforts.