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Fred Wu, MD, PhD
Dr. Wu spent most of his early years in Cupertino. He went to Yale for his undergraduate studies, and worked in biotech for two years. He then went to UC Davis for his MD/PhD, where he got married to a now child psychiatrist and had his 1st of 3 kids. Dr. Wu's original medical school classmates helped convince him to come down to San Diego to a community program (Scripps Mercy Internal Medicine), where he completed his residency, was offered a job as a hospitalist, and five years later, offered the opportunity to form a new hospitalist group at Scripps Mercy. Three years later, the group is now the largest at Mercy and Dr. Wu is currently Chief of Medicine, actively involved in administrative tasks and politics, and sees more underserved patients. His family took priority over an academic career and he is sure he is a happier person for it.
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Romeo C. Ignacio Jr.
MD, FACS, CAPT MC USN
CAPT Romeo Ignacio is the Program Director at NMCSD and board certified in both General Surgery and Pediatric Surgery by the American Board of Surgery. He also has a strong interest in humanitarian missions having participated and lead multiple missions including Pacific Partnership 2012. He is also an outstanding leader, mentor and surgical educator having been selected for multiple teaching awards.
Yen Le Espiritu, PhD
Yen Le Espiritu is Professor and former Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. An award winning author, she has published widely on Asian American panethnicity, gender and migration, and U.S. colonialism and wars in Asia. Professor Espiritu’s workshop will address the state of Asian American mental health, with special focus on the numerous challenges that Asian Americans face in seeking mental health services. Workshop participants will be asked to discuss how to create services appropriate to the mental health needs of Asian American communities.
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