UCSF Fresno announces new fellowships in maternal child health and medical education
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 16, 2013
FRESNO – The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program is starting two new fellowships this summer – one in maternal/child health and another in emergency medicine education – to give two talented physicians advanced training in the above sub-specialties. Valley High School Students Explore Biomedical Research at UCSF Fresno
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 08, 2013
FRESNO – Fourteen students will spend the coming weeks in hospitals, clinics and labs although they aren’t sick. For the 25th year, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program is offering Central San Joaquin Valley high school students the chance to experience hands-on biomedical research through its... UCSF Fresno Graduates First Hmong Psychiatrist
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 11, 2013
Awards named in memory of Steven N. Parks, MD, and Melissa Dowd, MD, will be presented
VALLEY VISIONS EVENT RAISES FUNDS FOR AND AWARENESS OF UCSF FRESNO
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 06, 2013
FRESNO – Approximately one-third of physicians practicing in the greater Fresno area were trained at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy Programs Celebrate Graduating Students
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 08, 2013
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Sixty-three students will graduate this June from the UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy programs at Caruthers, Selma and Sunnyside high schools. Thirteen students make up the graduating Doctors Academy class at Caruthers. Fifteen will graduate from the program at Selma and 35 will graduate from the... Young Fresno Family Physician Wins Statewide Leadership Award
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 03, 2013
San Francisco – The California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (CAFP-F) has named Raul Ayala, MD of Fresno the 2013 Family Medicine Resident of the Year. Dr. Ayala, chief resident at the University of California, San Francisco Fresno Family Medicine Residency, will accept the award in San... Fresno-area Family Physicians Win Statewide Award For Delivering Outstanding Medical Student Mentoring
By Contact: Catherine Direen 415/595-7050, [email protected] on May 03, 2013
San Francisco – The California Academy of Family Physicians Foundation (CAFP-‐F) has named Alex Sherriffs, MD and Joan Rubinstein, MD of Fowler its 2013 Preceptors of the Year in honor of their years of teaching the art and science of family medicine to medical students. Dr. Rubinstein and Dr.... Medical students with San Joaquin Valley focus to begin clinical training at UCSF Fresno
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on April 22, 2013
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The first five medical students in the UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (PRIME) will begin their clinical training this week in a program designed to bring more highly- trained health care practitioners to serve communities in the San Joaquin Valley.
WHAT: UCSF Fresno and Fresno State Conference To Motivate and Prepare Students for Health Careers
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on April 12, 2013
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Nearly 150 students, resident physicians and other health professionals are expected to attend the spring 2013 “Aspiring Health Leaders Conference.” The conference is for Fresno State Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) students and is intended to motivate, guide and prepare them to... UCSF Fresno is accepting applications from students for biomedical research internships
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 18, 2013
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno Medical Education and Research Program is accepting applications for its 26th Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program (SBI), which offers Central San Joaquin Valley high school students first-hand experiences with careers in medicine and biomedical research. Students... UCSF FRESNO PHYSICIANS PROVIDE CARE IN AND OUTSTIDE OF THE HOSPITAL
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on December 18, 2012
Medical residents to prepare and serve dinner to families at Terry’s House this evening
UCSF FRESNO OFFERS MINI-MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR THE PUBLIC
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 25, 2012
FRESNO – The public is invited to join leading experts in medicine and health sciences at Mini-Med School 101, presented by the Academic Senate at UCSF Fresno Medical Education and Research Program. Faculty physicians at UCSF Fresno will provide in-depth lectures on issues and advances in medicine... UCSF FRESNO PHYSICIANS PERFORM FREE PHYSICAL EXAMS FOR ROOSEVELT HIGH STUDENT-ATHLETES
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 13, 2012
FRESNO – Medical residents training in internal medicine at UCSF Fresno Medical Education and Research Program will provide free physical exams for Roosevelt student-athletes from 9 am to 1 pm on Saturday, Sept. 15 in the gymnasium at Roosevelt High School, located at 4250 E. Tulare St. in Fresno. JAMES W. DAVIS ANNOUNCED AS THE STEVEN PARKS ENDOWED CHAIR AT UCSF FRESNO
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on August 08, 2012
FRESNO – James W. Davis, MD, FACS, was recently appointed the Steven N. Parks Endowed Chair – Surgery at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. Dr. Davis currently is chief of surgery at UCSF Fresno. UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS TODAY
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 25, 2012
FRESNO – How does the air quality in the San Joaquin Valley affect children, and how can it be prevented? What factors contribute to Latino teens driving under the influence of alcohol? Are certain ethnic groups more susceptible to a misdiagnosis of epilepsy due to barriers that prevent patients... NEW MEDICAL RESIDENTS START TRAINING AT UCSF FRESNO
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 21, 2012
WHO: Eighty-one newly minted doctors who start their medical residency training at UCSF Fresno Medical Education program this month, will begin their studies with a clinical skills orientation. UCSF FRESNO GRADUATES CLASS OF 2012 MEDICAL RESIDENTS AND FELLOWS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 05, 2012
FRESNO – The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program will graduate 93 medical residents and fellows in a ceremony to be held Thursday, June 7, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at the William Saroyan Theatre (700 M Street) in Fresno. A social hour for the graduating fellows and resident physicians, their... UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY AT SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE 10th GRADUATING CLASS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 22, 2012
FRESNO - The UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy (DA) will celebrate its 10th graduating class on Wednesday, May 23 from 5:45 to 7:30 pm in the Performing Arts Theater at Sunnyside High School (1019 S. Peach Ave.) in Fresno. More than 450 people are expected to attend. UCSF Fresno and Fresno State honor some of the Valley’s future health care professionals
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 15, 2012
FRESNO - The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (LaCMER) and California State University, Fresno will host their annual recognition ceremony for students in the Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP) on Friday, May 18th from 4... DOCTORS ACADEMY AT CARUTHERS HIGH SCHOOL TO HOLD AWARDS NIGHT
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on April 30, 2012
FRESNO – The UCSF Fresno Caruthers High School Doctors Academy will celebrate its third graduating class Tuesday, May 1, from 5:30 pm to 7 pm in the gymnasium at Caruthers High School (2580 W. Tahoe Street) in Caruthers.
The 2012 graduating class consists of 18 students. Thirteen will attend four-... UCSF FRESNO BRINGS 79 NEW DOCTORS TO THE VALLEY
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on April 04, 2012
UCSF Fresno fills all medical resident positions for 2012 UCSF FRESNO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR HIGH SCHOOL MEDICAL RESEARCH INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 17, 2012
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is accepting applications for its 25th Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program (SBI), which provides Central San Joaquin Valley high school students an opportunity to gain first-hand experience with careers in medicine and valuable research skills. Students in their... UCSF FRESNO LATINO CENTER AND FRESNO STATE HOLD CONFERENCE FOR VALLEY’S FUTURE HEALTH LEADERS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 18, 2011
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (LaCMER) and the California State University, Fresno College of Science and Mathematics will host its third bi-annual “Aspiring Health Leaders Conference” tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 19, at the... UCSF FRESNO AND SELMA HIGH SCHOOL DOCTORS ACADEMY TO HOLD INFORMATION NIGHT FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 09, 2011
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research and Selma High School will host an information meeting regarding the Doctors Academy on Thursday, Nov. 30 from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Middle School library (1239 Nelson Blvd.) in... UCSF FRESNO RECEIVES FUNDS TO TRAIN PHYSICIANS TO PRACTICE IN UNDERSERVED AREAS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 01, 2011
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno Family Medicine Residency Program recently received nearly $155,000 from the Office of Statewide Health and Planning to train physicians to practice in underserved areas. The granting program is part of the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act (SongBrown Program).