Dr. Felix L. Nuñez is the chief executive officer (CEO) of Gold Coast Health Plan (GCHP) providing strategic direction for the health plan.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Dr. Nuñez identifies as an Angeleno and second generation Mexican-American, who was raised in El Sereno, a Latinx community in northeast Los Angeles. He is a board-certified Family Physician with extensive clinical and administrative experience in both the private and public sectors.

Prior to joining GCHP in 2022 as associate chief medical officer (CMO), Dr. Nuñez served eight years at Molina Healthcare of California as Inland Empire regional medical director. He is formerly CMO and past interim CEO of the Family Health Care Centers of Greater Los Angeles, a Federally Qualified Health Center in southeast Los Angeles. His prior work has included serving as the vice president of clinical services for the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County, medical director of The South Central Family Health Center, assistant medical director with the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, and assistant clinical instructor in the Harbor-UCLA Family Medicine Residency Program.

Dr. Nuñez earned his Bachelor of Science in Biology from Loyola Marymount University, his Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School, and Master of Public Health from the UCLA School of Public Health. In 1998 he completed a residency in family medicine at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and in 2005 was a fellow in the Primary Health Care Policy Fellowship of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

He has held clinical appointments with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Keck School of Medicine. He served on the Primary Care and Prevention Subcommittee of the California Future Health Workforce Commission. He is a member of the California Medical Association, the California Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Los Angeles County Medical Association, the Massachusetts Medical Society, and the Association of Clinicians for the Underserved, where he completed two terms as president. He currently serves on the boards of Latinx Physicians of California, the Legislative Affairs Committee of the California Academy of Family Physicians, the San Gabriel Community Foundation, and the Ramona Convent Secondary School.