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Meet Our Advocates: Dr. Elena Galindo (she/her)

Where do you call home?
Los Angeles currently.

What are your clinical or research interests?
My clinical interests include sexual and reproductive health, LARC placement, addressing social determinants of health, and teaching residents and medical students through a social, reproductive, and racial justice lens.

What current policy issue motivates you to be an advocate?
Access disparities between private and public insurance holders, the overturning of Roe vs Wade, and threats to access to contraceptives.

What is bringing you joy these days?
Traveling with my husband (we frequently visit Mexico), exploring new restaurants in Los Angeles, and gathering with friends.

Our Meet Our Advocates series showcases the talents and passion of one of our doctors and finds out, in their own words, what inspires them to be physician advocates. Elena Galindo, MD is a current Fellow in our Leadership Training Academy Class of 2023. Dr. Galindo practices adolescent medicine in California.

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