https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4055-6305
Overview
Dr. Vishnukamal Golla is a board certified Urologist and a leader in specialty and primary care enablement including the implementation of innovative value-based care models. He oversees the development of alternative payment models, prioritizing exceptional patient outcomes through innovative strategies and cost-effective treatment pathways.
Dr. Golla’s research interests also include the development and integration of value-based care models, methods of supporting healthcare transformation initiatives at both the state and national level, and the impact of financial toxicity in vulnerable patient populations and caregivers. Past research includes the development of business and policy recommendations to improve specialist engagement with primary care physicians, including design of the specialty strategy for the recent released CMS Innovation Center model called Making Care Primary. Dr. Golla has served as a consultant for the Healthcare Transformation Task force and is also a frequent speaker at value-based care conferences such as the Association for Value-Based Cancer Care to help drive policy recommendations on alternative payment models and specialty alignment.
Dr. Golla received his medical degree and Master of Public Health from the University of Texas Medical School and completed his urologic surgery residency at the University of California, Los Angeles. He completed an advanced fellowship in the Duke University National Clinician Scholars Program, one of the premier health services research and public policy programs in the country. He is also a board-certified and practicing urologist with a deep expertise in urologic oncology, integrating evidence-based practices with value-based care in order to improve care accessibility and quality for all. Dr. Golla maintains a faculty appointment at the Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke Margolis Center for Health Policy.
Education/Training:
B.A., University of Southern California, 2010
MD, MPH University of Texas at Houston Medical School, 2015
Residency, Urology, University of California at Los Angeles, 2015-2021
Fellow, National Clinician Scholars Program, Duke University, 2021-2023