Emily Newfield graduated from the UC Berkeley - UC San Francisco Joint Medical Program and completed her Masters work in Transgender Health.  She attended Boston University Medical Center Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program and has been an OBGYN Hospitalist for the past 15 years.  She served as the Chief of the OBGYN Hospitalist division at Kaiser Permanente Diablo Service Area (Walnut Creek and Antioch) and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Maternal Child Health at Kaiser Walnut Creek from 2017-2024.  She directs the UCSF-Kaiser Permanente OBGYN Hospitalist Fellowship training program and has developed and trained Fellows who serve as hospital leaders throughout the country.  She designs and leads OBGYN simulation training sessions for a multidisciplinary hospital group and teaches complex obstetrics skills to OBGYN residents, Fellows, and new attendings.  She leads hospital-based Family Planning initiatives and other multidisciplinary teaching events to outside departments.  She is passionate about improving quality of life for physicians, recognizing that the complex nature of the work as well as the strains and stressors of the US healthcare system lead to psychological distress in physicians.