Lynn Wang
Healthcare Entrepreneur
About me
I'm the Managing Director of TotalCare, an innovative primary care practice in Southern California. We provide care 7 days a week in three languages (English, Chinese & Spanish), take walk-ins and appointments, and accept every insurance, including Medi-Cal.
I joined TotalCare after graduating from HBS in 2017, when it was just one small clinic in Chino with two doctors and five medical assistants. I sat in every seat, working as a receptionist, phlebotomist, operator, biller, recruiter, marketer, lease negotiator, floor plan architect, and everything in between. The first few years were tough, but they also gave me the unique opportunity to build a medical practice from the ground up. I gained the depth of knowledge to create systems and processes that now help us support over 100,000 visits a year across 8 offices in four counties, while ranking #1 with local health plans for quality of care and maintaining an NPS of 90+ among our patients. More recently, I've been invited back to HBS to share my experience and hopefully inspire more MBAs to pursue a less conventional career path.
Having previously launched tech startups, advised deals at Morgan Stanley, and studied psychology at Yale, I love bringing in outside talent, ideas, and technology to reshape primary care. Personally, I'm single, live in Santa Monica, and enjoy running, playing piano, and connecting with other innovators.
What I'm Reading
The Need for Roots by Simone Weil
A philosophical exploration of the societal and individual need for connection, meaning, and belonging in a fragmented world
Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
The most significant and compelling poet of romantic transformation, of spiritual quest, that the twentieth century has known. And another opportunity to read translations by Stephen Mitchell.
The Theoretical Minimum
Recommended to me by a former physicist when I asked for the best books to read to catch up on modern physics as a layman.
Books I've read this year
The Power of Now, Chip War, Made in America, Physics and Philosophy, The Art of Learning: an Inner Journey to Optimal Performance, Only the Paranoid Survive, Elon Musk, Meditations by Marcus Aurelius, Middlemarch, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, Common Sense Investing, Outlive, Essentialism, Loving What Is, Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, River out of Eden, The Wisdom of Insecurity, Untethered Soul, A Thousand Names for Joy, Audition: a Memoir by Barbara Walters, The Power Notebooks, The Death of Ilan Ilych, The Almanac of Naval Ravikant, The Good Life
Areas of Interest
Reshaping primary care
How can we use technology and innovation to bring back joy to the practice of medicine? How can we reshape the healthcare system to prioritize primary care and wellness?
Living a good life
What is the purpose of life? What are the ultimate truths of our reality? How do we live the best life we can? How do we maintain peace of mind while pushing ourselves daily?
Matchmaking
What makes two people potential lifelong partners? How can each person go about finding the right person for him/herself? Check out my matchmaking side project
Contact
I'm always eager to connect with other innovators, entrepreneurs, and idealists - send me a message here.
Santa Monica, CA