Mia Lozada, MD
Biography
Mia Lozada, MD was raised in Honolulu, Hawaii and has worked at Gallup Indian Medical Center (GIMC, Indian Health Service) in New Mexico as a General Internist (a mix of primary care and hospital/ICU medicine) since August 2012. She spearheaded the Readmissions Task Force and started the first Schwartz Center Rounds site in New Mexico at GIMC for staff well-being. She is Board Certified in Addiction Medicine and coordinates the Medication for Addiction Treatment (MAT) Buprenorphine prescriber program at GIMC. In 2024 she completed the IHS GeriScholars fellowship, with a focus on improving elder care in Native Americans. In November 2023 she launched the first Navajo Area IHS FibroScan clinic focusing on improving liver health in Navajo Area. She received a BA in Biology from Harvard College and attended the University of Chicago–Pritzker School of Medicine. She completed Internal Medicine residency at UCSF in the primary care track based at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), and also spent her Chief Resident year at SFGH. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF. Mia.Lozada@IHS.GOV