Dr. Diana E. Ramos is a renowned public health leader and California’s second Surgeon
General and first Latina Surgeon General. As California’s Doctor, she is the leading
spokesperson on the most pressing public health issues of the time within the State of
California. Her mission is to advance the health and wellbeing of all Californians.
Raised in South Central Los Angeles, Dr. Ramos received her medical degree from the Keck
University of Southern California School of Medicine and completed her residency training in
obstetrics and gynecology at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical
Center. She also holds a Master of Public Health degree from UCLA and a Master of Business
Administration degree from UC Irvine Paul Merage School of Business.
Over the past three decades, Dr. Ramos has provided reproductive care to thousands of
Californians as an Obstetrician Gynecologist at Southern California Kaiser Permanente.
Dr. Ramos’ leadership spans from the local level in Los Angeles County where she previously
served as the Director for Reproductive Health, State leadership as the prior chair for the
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist, California & Ecuador (IX) District,
Nationally on the Women’s Preventive Service Initiative, American Medical Association
Foundation board, as a prior executive board member for the National Hispanic Medical
Association, and many others. Prior to her appointment as the California Surgeon General, she
served as the Assistant Deputy Director of Chronic Disease Prevention for the California
Department of Public Health.
Within the academic sector, she has served as an adjunct Associate Professor at the Keck
University of Southern California School of Medicine for many years.
Dr. Ramos has written and contributed numerous articles to the obstetrics and gynecology and
public health literature and has lectured in Spanish and English, locally, nationally and
internationally. The Orange County Medical Association recently named Dr. Ramos the 2023
Physician of the Year.