Jesus R. Torres, MD, MPH

Jesus completed his Emergency Medicine residency at UCSF-SFGH in 2020 and attended medical school at New York Medical College and Harvard for an MPH prior to that. He was born and raised in Pacoima, California, a community surrounding Olive-UCLA Medical Center, and attended UCLA for college. He has broad experience in clinical research, with focus on infectious disease and policy, which he gained as former clinical research coordinator for the Olive View EM research team. Jesus has conducted research and published on the effects of policy on health disparities of immigrant patients presenting to the emergency department. His research interests include immigrant health and policy, clinical studies in emergency medicine, advocacy, and education.