Rita Kuwahara, MD, MIH

Senior Advisor for Medicine and Health Policy Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations

Rita K. Kuwahara, MD, MIH is a primary care internal medicine physician, Senior Advisor for Medicine and Health Policy at the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations, and serves on Healio News’ National Primary Care Physician Peer Perspective Board. She previously served as Health Policy Advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives, legislative fellow in the U.S. Senate, and policy fellow at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation. She received her M.D. with distinction from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Master of International Health from the University of Copenhagen, and undergraduate degree from Wellesley College.