Dr. Kimberly Buss received her Master of Public Health in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health, and attended Medical School and Residency in Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, Davis, School of Medicine. 

Dr. Buss has had a long-standing career at Sutter Health for 26 years as a primary care physician, care management specialist, population health medical director, and system-health researcher.  In her pursuit of advancing healthcare improvement, Dr. Buss obtained a Graduate Certificate in Population Health Management from Jefferson College of Population Health in 2021 and completed a Master of Science in Health Policy and Law at University of California San Francisco and the University of California, Law, San Francisco in 2024.  She now teaches health policymaking at the UC Law SF and UCSF Health Policy and Law program. She continues to use her expertise and specialized training in chronic disease management, population health, and health policy to advance high-quality health care and evidence-based clinical and policy decision-making.  She strives to optimize patient access, quality outcomes, health equity, and affordability, in order to improve the health of all people across California.