Stephanie Pintas

Stephanie Pintas is a 4th-year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Raised in a suburb of Chicago, she moved to Atlanta for her undergraduate studies at Emory where she pursued a Bachelor of Arts in Human Health and Nutrition Science. At Emory, her desire to merge preventive and lifestyle approaches through a patient-centered model took root. Stephanie led healthy cooking demonstrations for her fellow peers and disadvantaged populations within the community. She also researched the effects of botanical extracts on inflammatory skin conditions and was a teacher’s assistant for organic chemistry. Here at UCLA, Stephanie is interested in addressing chronic diseases and the social determinants of health among the underserved by improving education on lifestyle changes, as well as incorporating Traditional Chinese Medicine modalities. She has been director of speakers for the last 3 annual Healthcare Symposiums at UCLA, helping to create discourse on various hot button health topics (from tackling COVID to political advocacy for improving insurance coverage) within the local community and national audience. Stephanie is thrilled to be a senior advisor for HCS 2023. She was also co-president of the Integrative Medicine Student Interest Group and currently conducts research within the Center for East-West Medicine Department at Santa Monica Hospital. In the future, she plans to tackle chronic diseases as a community-oriented primary care provider with a focus on integrative and holistic care.