Saul Bautista

Army

Rutgers University

M.D.

“I want to build a healthcare system that empowers people to be active stewards of their own health.”

Saul J. Bautista is physician, Army veteran, and 2019 Tillman Scholar. He holds a bachelor’s in biology, a master of public health, and a doctor of medicine from Rutgers University. He currently directs medical education and community engagement at Ethos Farm to Health, a pioneering non-profit that merges healthcare with regenerative farming to educate physicians and farmers while addressing climate change.

Through Ethos Farm to Health, Saul has led the development of New Jersey’s first academic-community lifestyle medicine program and serves on the Newark federally qualified health center board of commissioners embodying his commitment to health, sustainability, and community well-being.