Ignatius Bau, J.D.

Master of Ceremonies at the Summit; Independent consultant

Ignatius Bau is an independent consultant, working with consumer and patient organizations, community-based organizations, physician and health care provider organizations, state health departments, and foundations on both health care and immigration policy issues. Bau has worked as an immigration and civil rights attorney, policy director at a national minority health organization, interim executive director at a statewide minority health advocacy organization, and program officer at a statewide health foundation. As a program officer at The California Endowment, he supported the work of the California Healthcare Interpreting Association, National Council for Interpreting in Health Care, Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters, National Health Law Program, and hospitals and health systems, and physician organizations to expand language access and support health care interpreters. He has served on expert advisory groups focused on health equity for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; and for the Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, National Quality Forum, Joint Commission, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and Families USA.

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