Megumi Okumura, MD MAS, is Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine and Health Policy at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She conducts research aimed at studying and formulating interventions that will address barriers and facilitators to chronic illness care for children with special health care needs (CSHCN) as they transition from pediatric to adult-focused health care. She is dual-boarded in internal medicine and pediatrics. She completed a health services research fellowship through the Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar Program, Fellowship in Health Policy, and her Master’s program that focused on Implementation and Dissemination Sciences at UCSF. Dr. Okumura’s research implements interventions that integrate patients, health care providers, health care systems, and community organizations. Her research portfolio includes improving transition processes in clinical settings, enhancing community participation of families and youth in research, evaluating the impact of state policy changes on health outcomes of CSHCN, as well as developing programs to support life skills and resiliency in young adults with special health care needs in the community. She is the scientific co-chair of the Health Care Transition Research Consortium. She directs the UCSF Resident Research Training Program and the Pediatric Clinical Translational Sciences Pathway. She serves on the Board of Directors of the WITH Foundation, a foundation focused on improving the health of adults with developmental disabilities. Dr. Okumura is also a practicing clinician and sees patients in the UCSF pediatric acute care clinic and has a primary care practice focused on adults with childhood-onset chronic conditions.