An East Coast native, Dr. Siegel’s father was a dedicated gastroenterologist at Johns Hopkins University. The early death of his father gave Dr. Siegel empathy for the losses of others, and inspired him to become a family physician serving vulnerable communities. Since 1999 he has worked at Contra Costa Health Services in Richmond and San Pablo, where he has gone beyond the clinic walls to support the social determinants of his patients’ health. Dr. Siegel has led a Medical-Legal Partnership at the clinic and helped start an on-site Farmers’ Market. He created and piloted the curriculum for the county’s Active & Healthy Families (AHF) program, a culturally and linguistically tailored obesity prevention initiative for Latino children ages 5-12. AHF utilizes a successful model of group visits led by a triad of a physician, dietitian, and community health worker. Dr. Siegel currently directs the county’s Art of Health & Healing program, which utilizes different art modalities for healing patients, staff, and community members through expressive arts therapy and healing environments.