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Correctional Medicine with Drs. Hal Grotke, Adia Scrubb, and Tricia Bautista
41 minutes Posted Jun 26, 2026 at 7:03 pm.
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On this episode of the Family Docs Podcast, Dr. Cynthia Chen-Joea speaks with Dr. Hal Grotke, Dr. Adia Scrubb, and Dr. Tricia Bautista on correctional medicine. This is a part of family medicine where some of the most vulnerable, overlooked and complex patients in our healthcare system receive care. It's work that requires not just strong clinical skills, but incredibly deep empathy, resilience, and a commitment to justice and healing. We are so thankful and incredibly honored to be joined by three absolutely extraordinary family physicians who live this work every day. Each of them brings a different lens: clinical, policy, advocacy, and trauma informed care. Together, they provide a perspective on correctional medicine that every family physician absolutely deserves to hear. 

Guests:

  • Hal Grotke, MD, FAAFP

    • I'm a 28 year CAFP member since my second year of medical school. I was widowed nine years ago but I am happily married again. I'm a disabled Navy veteran from Operation Desert Storm. I love going for long walks in the mountains with my wife and our dog.

  • Adia Scrubb, MD, MPP

    • Adia Scrubb, MD, MPP grew up in Oakland, California and currently practices at the California Medical Facility in Solano County. Dr.Scrubb received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine/ PRIME Program at UCLA and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science in Los Angeles. She earned a Master of Public Policy degree from the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs and completed residency at John Muir Health. Her participation in the CAFP Susan Hogeland CAE Health Policy Fellowship helped her continue policy and advocacy work which included serving on the California Surgeon General's ACEsAware clinical implementation committee, joining the Family Medicine Initiative in Trauma Informed Care (FIT) team, as well as the CAFP JEDI Committee.

  • Tricia Bautista, MD, FASAM

    • Tricia Bautista, MD, FASAM is a native Southern Californian who trained in family medicine at Adventist Health Hanford and pursued an addiction medicine fellowship at Montefiore/Albert Einstein.  While a resident, she served on the CAFP Foundation's Student/Resident Council, was an active member of the Kings-Fresno-Madera chapter and advocated for substance use-related issues that have been formally adopted into CAFP policy.  During her training in Bronx, NY, she was exposed to correctional medicine and now serves as the Director of Addiction Medicine for one of the nation's largest correctional health services, primarily caring for incarcerated individuals in NYC jails (aka "Rikers Island") and providing transitional primary care upon re-entry within NYC Health + Hospitals.  

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