Sam grew up in Palo Alto, CA and attended UC Berkeley as an undergraduate. Before medical school, Sam worked as an analyst at a litigation consulting firm in London and in venture capital in Silicon Valley. While attending the Keck School of Medicine at USC, Sam served as a Gehr Healthcare Innovation Fellow and president of several healthcare policy and reproductive rights advocacy groups. Sam is a strong advocate for patients' right to choice and the fair distribution of healthcare resources. He is a junior fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist and has lobbied for patients both in Salem and Washington D.C. He cares deeply about the patient experience and is heavily involved in quality improvement initiatives at OHSU including a randomized controlled trial designed to increase patient agency on Labor and Delivery. He currently serves as an administrative chief resident and will be attending Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility Fellowship starting next year where he hopes to devote his work to increasing access and affordability for those patients seeking fertility care. Outside the hospital, Sam loves backpacking, podcasts, raising bonsai trees, watching basketball, playing golf and spending time at the beach with his wife and their dog Phoebe.