Current Residents & Fellows- Leadership Series for Residents and Fellows - Leading with Impact: Chief Leadership Course

Dr. Aljanee (AJ) Whitaker
Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program
Faculty Physician

Dr. Whitaker is core faculty at the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program in Vallejo, California. She completed her medical degree at UC Davis School of Medicine through the Accelerated Competency-Based Education in Primary Care (ACE-PC) program and completed her family medicine residency training at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano, where she served as chief resident.

Dr. Whitaker’s professional interests include primary care, sexual and reproductive health and justice, and medical student/resident leadership development. She is committed to supporting others especially as they transition into leadership roles through practical, reflective, and skills-based training.

Dr. Hannah Bogen
Kaiser  Permanente Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program
Core Faculty

Dr. Bogen is core faculty at the Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program where she serves as the Program Evaluation Committee Chair. She completed her medical degree at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and residency at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano, where she was chief resident.

Dr. Bogen’s clinical and professional interests include family planning and comprehensive reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, point-of-care ultrasound, minor procedures, and residency curriculum development. She is deeply committed to resident/medical student mentorship and serves as chief resident advisor.

Panelist Speakers

Lucia Martinez, MD
Regional Director, KP Northern California Community Medicine Fellowships

Lucia Martinez, MD, is the Program Director for the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community Medicine Fellowships, IDEA Curricular Director, Advisor, La Salud Family Medicine lead, and Practica Conminga Profesora. In addition to overseeing the community medicine fellows, she teaches medical students and residents completing their community medicine and family medicine rotations at the KP San Jose Family Medicine Residency Program and surrounding community clinics where they provide care to underserved and marginalized communities of San Jose.

Dr. Martinez received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University in Human Biology, minoring in Comparative Literature. She received her medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA/Charles R. Drew Medical Education Program in 2018. She fell in love with Family Medicine and in 2021, completed residency at the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Family Medicine Residency as part of their inaugural class. More recently in 2022, she completed a Community Medicine fellowship as the first fellow in the Kaiser Permanente San Jose Community Medicine and Vulnerable Populations program.

In addition to providing care, she is passionate about community outreach and advocacy, mentorship, graduate medical education, and evidence-based medicine.

Ted O’Connell, MD, FAAFP
National Medical Director
Kaiser Permanente Medical Education

Director of Medical Education
Institute for Medical Education
Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Associate Clinical Professor
UC San Francisco School of Medicine

Ted has authored of over 20 medical textbooks, edited 10 additional textbooks, and has written over 900 textbook chapters as well as articles in peer-reviewed medical journals. Ted is Editor-In-Chief of Elsevier’s Clinical Student, an international medical education platform. Ted is also the award-winning host of several podcasts.

Ted received his undergraduate degree with honors in Psychology and Premedical Studies from the University of Notre Dame. He attended medical school at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and completed his residency and chief residency at UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center. Ted has completed the Emerging Leaders Program through The Permanente Medical Group, the Leading Innovations in Health Care and Education course through the Harvard-Macy Foundation, the Disruptive Strategy program at Harvard Business School, and the Design Thinking course through the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. He is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Southern California Permanente Medical Group.

Ted has been the recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award from AmeriCorps and the Points of Light Foundation, the Cecil Cutting Award for Innovation and Leadership from The Permanente Medical Group, and Physician of the Year from the Napa-Solano County Medical Society, and Physician Exceptional Contribution Award from the Southern California Permanente Medical Group.

Adam Villa, MD

A California native, Dr. Villa completed medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, and Residency at Kaiser Permanente Napa-Solano Family Medicine Residency Program. He is primarily employed at Contra Costa Regional Health Center and secondarily employed with Kaiser Permanente Urgent Care/After hours clinic as per diem.