Dr. Rohan Rastogi is an internal medicine physician committed to improving the health of underserved populations and strengthening the safety net healthcare system in the US. He completed his medical degree at Boston Medical Center, his MPH at Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and his residency training at Bellevue Hospital/NYU. Dr. Rastogi currently cares for primary care patients and attends on the inpatient general medicine wards at San Francisco General Hospital.
Dr. Rastogi’s areas of focus during his time in NCSP at UCSF have been evaluation of state Medicaid policy to address social needs and understanding disparities in healthcare experience for patients from minoritized backgrounds. In this work, he has partnered with the Social Intervention Research and Evaluation Network research group at UCSF, the Office of Patient Experience at UCSF and the UCSF Associate Vice Chancellor for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access. He is working with the CalAIM leadership team at SF Department of Public Health on an externship project to evaluate the outcomes of recent Medicaid policy implementation at the county level. To support his research work in policy and programmatic evaluation, Dr. Rastogi completed coursework in implementation science and quasi-experimental methods while at UCSF.
The primary goals he has achieved while at UCSF NCSP have been to develop expertise on the California health policy landscape, explore potential career opportunities in health systems leadership, and engage in a breadth of applied experiences analyzing quantitative and qualitative data that guide improvements in care for underserved populations. Dr. Rastogi is looking forward to working at Los Angeles General Medical Center as an academic hospitalist following the fellowship.
In his free time, Dr. Rastogi loves to hike, bike, cook, and explore the city’s diverse food scene.
Research Interests: Strengthening the healthcare safety net through evidence-based policy interventions and advancing health equity for socially disadvantaged populations in the US, particularly through Medicaid innovations and care quality improvements for minoritized patients.