Lisa Fitzpatrick, MD, MPH, MPA, is a board-certified infectious diseases physician and a medical epidemiologist. She began her public health career in 1998 as a member of the CDC’s elite Epidemic Intelligence Service. She has served as a foreign diplomat in the Caribbean, an academic researcher, and the former chief medical officer for the DC Medicaid program. Dr. Fitzpatrick is a member of the Institute of Medicine/ National Academy of Sciences Roundtable on Health Literacy and an Aspen Institute Health Innovator Fellow. She is the founder and CEO of Grapevine Health, a digital health media company she established to build trust and improve patient engagement among Medicaid patients through delivering culturally appropriate and relatable health information.
- Aspen Institute Health Innovator/ Aspen Global Leadership Network
- Former Medical Director Washington DC Medicaid
- CDC trained epidemiologist and board-certified Infection Disease
- Member of CDC Epidemic Intelligence Service and diplomat under US CDC PEPFAR AIDS program
- Honors include membership in Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences Roundtable on Health
- Literacy
- B.A./M.D., UM-KC, MPA Harvard University, MPH UC- Berkeley
