Amy E. Liepert, MD, FACS, has dedicated her life to engaging primarily surgeons, but also all healthcare professionals, in health policy advocacy while pursuing her primary clinical passion of caring for critically ill surgical and trauma patients. Her research interests include multidisciplinary and surgical management of necrotizing pancreatitis, surgical health policy advocacy engagement, rural surgical care delivery, and healthcare worker violence prevention. She has championed a bill through the California legislature to place Stop the Bleed kits in all new public buildings in California. Her academic work has appeared in medical and research publications, including the American Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, JAMASurgery, and the Journal of the American College of Surgeons