2020-2021 Fellows
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Justine (Vi) Ngo, MD, MHA
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow
Justine (Vi) Ngo, MD, MHA
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow
About Me
Dr. Justine (Vi) Ngo, is a pediatrician and 2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow. She received her Bachelor of Science in Business followed by a Masters in Health Administration from the University of Minnesota. She then came to the Bay Area and completed a Kaiser Permanente Administrative Fellowship. She served as an executive director at St Mary’s Medical Center before deciding to pursue a career in Medicine. She completed her medical degree at the University of Minnesota, and was inducted in the Gold Humanism Honor Society on graduation. She was recruited to Kaiser Permanente Oakland for a pediatrics residency followed by a year as chief resident. She was instrumental to Kaiser Permanente East Bay COVID GME response efforts during that time, and has a passion for effective team communication, which spurred interest in the patient safety fellowship. Dr Ngo is interested in better understanding team communication and culture during crisis, and her project focuses on communication and culture during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Katie Hatch, MD
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow
Katie Hatch, MD
2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow
About Me
Dr Katie Hatch is an emergency physician and 2020-2021 Patient Safety Fellow. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies from Harvard University. She completed her medical degree at Columbia University, where she served as director of the Columbia-Harlem Homeless Medical Partnership and was inducted in the Gold Humanism Honor Society. She then was recruited to the Bay Area for an Emergency Medicine residency at Alameda Health System Highland Hospital. It was there that she furthered her passion for urban underserved medicine. She also developed a skill set in process improvement, leading an initiative to improve care for incarcerated patients from the Santa Rita jail, developing a social emergency medicine curriculum on social determinants of health, and establishing a protocol for medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder. Dr Hatch continues to explore social health as a patient safety issue, and her project focuses on understanding and addressing social determinants of health in the Emergency Room setting.
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