Our Advisors
Dr. Lia Africa
Dr. Lia Africa was born and raised in the Philippines and moved to the US shortly before her 21st birthday. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Nevada State College in 2007, and later on completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from University of Nevada -Las Vegas in 2010.
Throughout her college years, Dr. Africa worked several paid jobs simultaneously. She was a nanny, a researcher in a microbiology lab, a scribe (back when very few knew what that was), and a paid note-taker! She shadowed a doctor who was extremely involved in the community, which opened doors for her to be able to have a role in her advocacies as well.
She attended the University of Nevada School of Medicine and graduated in 2014. She moved to Sacramento for my residency in Internal Medicine, which she completed in 2017.
She truly loves inpatient clinical care, thus decided to pursue being a hospitalist after residency. Dr. Africa has stayed with UC Davis Health since then, fulfilling what was once just a dream!
Dr. Brittany Bartolome
Dr. Brittany Bartolome is a first-generation Filipino American who is originally from Las Vegas. She completed a Bachelors of Arts in Molecular and Cell Biology with Honors at the University of California, Berkeley during which she also conducted research in parallel genetics at the Craig Miller Laboratory. Upon graduation, she had spent a year working in medical technology for the dental implantation software, Anatomage, Inc., in San Jose.
She returned to her home state in Nevada for medical school at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine. Dr. Bartolome went on to complete her residency in Internal Medicine at UC Davis Medical Center, where she continues to work as a Hospitalist. Her career interests include Hospital Medicine and Rehabilitation.
In her free time, Dr. Bartolome enjoys traveling internationally, hiking, backpacking, cooking new cuisines, wine tasting, hosting dinners for her friends, and spending time with her husband, Dr. Brandon Hassid, a former Aggie and the current Sports Medicine Team Doctor for UCD Athletics. She comes from a family of healthcare providers including two younger sisters, who have pursued careers in Dentistry and Physician Assistant, respectively.
