RichardJ.D.PanMDMPH(He/Him)

Pediatrician

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Office
Sacramento County Health Center
4800 Broadway
Sacramento, CA 95820
Phone+1 916-874-9670

Dr. Richard Pan is a pediatrician and former State Senator in Sacramento, CA. He is an innovative, dynamic, mission-driven health care leader with over 35 years of experience in health policy as a physician, educator and legislator who has launched numerous successful policies and programs to expand access, improve quality and address health equity and social determinants of health that have transformed health care and population health nationally, state-wide and locally.

Achievement Award Federation of Chinese American & Chinese Canadian Medical Societies, 2022
Gary F. Krieger Speaker's Recognition Award California Medical Association, 2022
Child Health Advocate Award American Academy of Pediatrics, 2021
Award for Alumni Achievement Massachusetts General Hospital for Children Talbot Society, 2021
Beverlee A. Myers Award California Department of Public Health, 2019
Dr. Bertram “Bert” W. Coffer Excellence in Government Award American Society of Anesthesiologists, 2016
George Albin MD Award for Distinguished Public Service California Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2016
Children's Hero Award California Academy of Child and Adolexcent Psychiatry, 2015
Nathan Davis Award for Outstanding Government Service American Medical Association, 2014
Physician Humanitarian Award Medical Board of California, 2010
Abraham Jacobi Memorial Award American Academy of Pediatrics & American Medical Association, 2009
Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service Learning Campus Compact, 2008
Medical Honor Award Sierra Sacramento Valley Medical Society, 2007
Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Community University of California, Davis, 2003
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
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PubMed

2 citations
Political Will, Vaccines, and Community Immunity.
Richard J. Pan
Academic Pediatrics. 2021-05-01
2 citations
The modern plague of antivaccine extremists.
Richard J. Pan
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. 2020-01-31
4 citations
Leveraging Evidence-Based Public Policy and Advocacy to Advance Newborn Screening in California.
Max G. Bronstein, Richard J. Pan, Mark Dant, Bertrand Lubin
Pediatrics. 2019-01-03

One Bay Area County Is Particularly at Risk as Measles Outbreaks Grow in U.S.March 28th, 2025
Loma Linda University Resident Physicians Seek to UnionizeFebruary 25th, 2023
A California Legislator Ended His Efforts to Pass a Vaccine Mandate for StudentsApril 14th, 2022
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