Vanessa Lauzon, MD, R1

Vanessa Lauzon earned her medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California where she excelled academically and demonstrated not only a strong commitment to the underserved, but also a strong leadership skill-set in organized medicine. Vanessa is an AOA member, two-time Dean’s Scholar, and a USC Trustee Scholar. She was the National Director of the Medical Education Leadership Institute of the American Medical Student Association and coordinated AMSA’s effort to train medical student fellows to bring important medical education principles to their home institutions. She has strong experience in free clinics and non-profit humanitarian organizations based in the Los Angeles area and volunteered with Healing Hearts Across Borders providing healthcare to indigent patients in Tijuana, BC, Mexico. She also designed and fully implemented Keck School of Medicine’s medical Spanish program. In her free time she enjoys Latin American literature, cooking, and gardening.  We are very happy to welcome her to the combined family!