Meera Ragavan, MD, MPH
Director
Meera is a cancer care delivery research scientist and thoracic medical oncologist at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. She was the 2022-2023 Costs of Care fellow during which she conducted a study evaluating access to pharmacy assistance programs for oral anti-cancer medications. She is passionate about promoting equity and affordability in cancer care delivery. She specifically studies structural and financial barriers to clinical trial enrollment, optimal ways to screen for social and financial needs, and the impact of financial resources on clinical outcomes for patients with cancer. She plans to dedicate her career to developing and improving patient-centered models of high-value care within oncology. Meera received her undergraduate degree at the University of Pennsylvania and completed her M.D and training in Internal Medicine at Stanford University. She then completed her medical oncology fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco in 2023. She additionally holds a Masters in Public Health with a focus in health policy from the Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health.