Belinda Waltman, MD, is a primary care physician and the Senior Director of Population Health at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS). In her role, Dr. Waltman oversees the leadership teams who design and deliver integrated primary care to DHS-empaneled patients while also guiding the programmatic implementation of care management programs, behavioral health integration, health education, and quality performance initiatives.

She is deeply committed to delivering high-quality care while addressing social vulnerabilities, leveraging her extensive understanding of DHS’s diverse patient population, which includes vulnerable and high-risk individuals with complex physical, behavioral, and social health needs. 

Previously at LA County DHS, Dr. Waltman served as the Medical Director of Whole Person Care Los Angeles, a Medi-Cal waiver-funded initiative aimed at creating an integrated health delivery system. This program provided coordinated care to LA County’s most vulnerable Medi-Cal beneficiaries, including individuals experiencing homelessness, justice system involvement, serious mental illness, substance use disorders, or complex medical conditions. 

Dr. Waltman sees patients at LA General Hospital in a clinic that serves high-risk patients recently discharged from the hospital or undergoing complex outpatient diagnostic evaluations including expedited malignancy workups. 

Before joining LA County DHS, she was a physician leader and clinical educator in San Francisco’s safety net clinic system. Dr. Waltman earned her undergraduate degree from Brown University and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School.