Deidre M. Defoe, M.D., MPH, ABPM, ABIHM is a surgeon with almost three decades of clinical medicine and health care leadership experience in the Washington, DC metro area, where she has worked to improve healthcare efficiency, eliminate medical errors and eliminate healthcare disparities at a population level.She is certified in Lean and Six Sigma and has participated in quality improvement projects at the corporate and military level. Dr. Defoe received her formal training in the surgical specialty of obstetrics & gynecology and preventive medicine and public health at Howard University and Johns Hopkins University. She is board certified by The American Board of Preventive Medicine and also The American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Dr. Defoe completed the Leadership in Women’s Health Policy Fellowship at Chapel Hill, NC. Dr. Defoe holds current licenses with The Board of Medicine in Virginia and California.