Shamsher Samra, MD, MPhil is Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Harbor UCLA and co-Chair of the Structural Racism and Health Equity Theme at UCLA School of Medicine. He is the co-founder the Violence Intervention Program and Trauma Recovery Center at Harbor UCLA. He is the former medical director for the Whole Person Care Re-entry program for the Department of Health Services Los Angeles and currently serves as a consultant in implementation of the CalAIM 1115 waiver for individuals impacted by the carceral system. He is a board member of Doctors for Global Health and a member of Frontline Wellness Network. He is committed to the practice of liberation medicine and the use of healthcare to advance community organizing and social change.