UCSF AND NATIONAL GROUNDHOG JOB SHADOW DAY ENCOURAGE FUTURE VALLEY PHARMACISTS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 26, 2005
FRESNO – According to legend, if Punxsutawney Phil, the famous weather forecasting groundhog, sees his shadow in early February, six more weeks of winter weather will follow. When local pharmacists see their shadows next month, a new generation of Valley pharmacists could follow. UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY RECEIVES GIFT FROM SUNRISE ROTARY CLUB
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on December 17, 2004
FRESNO – The Fresno Sunrise Rotary Club recently recognized the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research with a $2,000 contribution for its Doctors Academy Program at Sunnyside High School. John Marinovich, principal of Sunnyside High School, and Bertha Dominguez with the Latino... UCSF FRESNO RESIDENT RECEIVES AMERICAN COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AWARD
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 30, 2004
UCSF Fresno third-year-resident Shamsuddin Alamgir, MD, has received second place in the California Chapter of the American College of Physicians annual research competition.
Alamgir’s project is titled “The Prognostic Role of Hypoglycemia in E. coli Sepsis.” He will now compete with other first-... FUNDRAISER BENEFITS UCSF FRESNO ALZHEIMER’S & MEMORY CENTER
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 12, 2004
FRESNO – The seventh annual Senior Living Network’s fashion show and luncheon, “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” will be held Thursday, Nov. 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Casablanca Banquet & Social Hall (2317 Tuolumne Street) in Fresno.
Tickets are $25 per person or $250 for a table of 10. All... UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY HOLDS INFORMATION NIGHT FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 12, 2004
FRESNO – Eighth-grade students from Fresno County who are interested in enrolling as freshmen in the Doctors Academy Program at Sunnyside High School are encouraged to attend an information night with their parents on Monday, Nov. 15, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in the performing arts theater at... UCSF FRESNO FACULTY RANK AMONG BEST DOCTORS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on October 27, 2004
Fifteen faculty members from UCSF Fresno are among local physicians named in an article on “Fresno’s Best Doctors” in the October issue of Fresno Magazine. UCSF FRESNO PRESENTS NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 22, 2004
FRESNO – Top experts in the field of neuroscience will present the latest information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of dementias at a conference sponsored by the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s & Memory Center.
The conference titled “New Developments in Alzheimer’s and Other Dementias” will be... SIGN GOING UP FOR NEW UCSF FRESNO MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on August 30, 2004
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno will move one step closer to opening its new Medical Education and Research Center (MERC) with the installation of the building signage on Tuesday, August 31.
Installation will take place between 10:00 AM and 3:00 PM at 155 N. Fresno Street at Divisadero, adjacent to Community... VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS EXPLORE MEDICAL RESEARCH WITH UCSF FRESNO FACULTY
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 16, 2004
FRESNO – Some Valley students will spend the next few weeks in the hospital although they aren’t sick. For the 17th year, UCSF Fresno is offering Central San Joaquin Valley high school students the chance to experience hands-on medical research through its Summer Biomedical Research Internship... UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY STUDENTS PRESENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 14, 2004
FRESNO – Are infants whose mothers have gestational diabetes at an increased risk for birth defects? How does the utilization of traditional versus Western medicine differ among first-generation Hmong? What is the optimum age for a patient with osteoarthritis of the knee to have a total knee... UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY RECEIVES SUPPORT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 18, 2004
FRESNO – The Doctors Academy at Sunnyside High School in Fresno, which is sponsored by the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, recently received a grant for more than $198,000 from The California Endowment. UCSF FRESNO TO GRADUATE CLASS OF 2004 THIS THURSDAY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 08, 2004
FRESNO - The University of California San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno MEP) will graduate more than 60 physicians in a ceremony to be held Thursday, June 10, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Copper River County Club (11500 North Friant Road) in Fresno.
According to the... UCSF FRESNO AND KAISER JOIN FORCES THIS SUMMER TO TRAIN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BECOME CULTURALLY SENSITIVE DOCTORS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on May 17, 2004
UCSF Fresno’s Latino Center’s Doctors Academy Program at Sunnyside High School encourages students to pursue careers in health care while becoming aware of the cultural climate involved with carrying out a successful career as a future health care professional. This summer, Kaiser Permanente Fresno... UCSF FRESNO SENDS DOCTORS’ ACADEMY GRADUATES TO THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, STANFORD, AND COLUMBIA
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on May 14, 2004
UCSF Fresno’s Sunnyside High School Doctors’ Academy Program will graduate its second ever class of students on Monday, May 17, 2004. All of the graduates will attend college. Several of the graduates will attend California State University, Fresno and the University of California. Others will... MEDICAL MANIA CONFERENCE FOR HIGH SCHOOLERS ON APRIL 24
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on April 06, 2004
The fourth annual Medical Mania conference for Doctor’s Academy high school students is set for Saturday, April 24. IS PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL TAKING HIS MEDICINE? GROUNDHOG JOB SHADOW DAY ATTRACTS FUTURE PHARMACISTS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 29, 2004
On February 6, the UCSF Fresno Pharmacy Education Program and students from the Doctor’s Academy at Sunnyside High School will team together for the seventh annual National Groundhog Job Shadow Day. The event focuses on attracting area students to the pharmacy profession.
UCSF Fresno Offers 17th Summer Biomedical Research Internships for High School
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 14, 2004
Applications are now available online at http://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/sbi/ for Valley high school juniors to apply to the 17th Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program of the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. UCSF FRESNO’S MEDICAL LECTURE SERIES AT BORDERS IN OCTOBER FEATURES BREAST HEALTH, ADHD, VASCULAR DISEASE AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on October 01, 2003
UCSF Fresno will present its medical lecture series “Family Health Today” at the Fresno Borders in River Park, on Tuesdays during October, from 7pm to 8pm. The October 2003 series will feature four health issues. UCSF Fresno faculty members are presenting the lectures as part of the University’s... FIRST UCSF FRESNO FACULTY INDUCTED INTO ACADEMY OF MEDICAL EDUCATORS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 25, 2003
Michael W. Peterson, MD, CCVMC Endowed Chair in Medicine of UCSF Fresno, is the first faculty member from Fresno to be honored with induction into the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators of the UCSF School of Medicine. Assemblymember Sarah Reyes Honors UCSF Fresno Physician With Outstanding Leadership Award
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 23, 2003
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Assemblymember Sarah Reyes (D-Fresno) honored Katherine A. Flores, MD, director of the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, with an award for outstanding leadership in the area of medicine. UCSF FRESNO PRESENTS MEDIA PANEL SEMINAR ON CROSS-CULTURAL HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 15, 2003
The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, is hosting a panel discussion featuring some of the Valley's most familiar Latino voices titled Cross-Cultural Health Issues in the San Joaquin Valley. UCSF Fresno Receives $511,000 Grant to Institute Diabetes Management Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 30, 2003
The University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) has received a three-year, $511,000 residency training grant to institute a comprehensive diabetes management program in California’s Central Valley. The Health Resources Services... UCSF Fresno Faculty Member to Receive Prestigious Kaiser Teaching Award
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 05, 2003
Bjorn Nilson, MD, director of pediatrics for the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, has been named a 2003 recipient of the prestigious Kaiser Teaching Award from the UCSF School of Medicine. UCSF FRESNO ANNOUNCES FIRST CLASS OF GRADUATES FROM SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL DOCTOR’S ACADEMY PROGRAM
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on May 02, 2003
“We are extremely proud of our first class of graduates,” said Katherine Flores, MD, director of the UCSF Fresno Latino Center. “These students serve as our measure of how successful the Doctor’s Academy Program has been for helping disadvantaged youth in our community to gain support and direction... UCSF Fresno Center for Consciousness Presents Renowned Author James Waller, PhD
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on April 09, 2003
Renowned author James Waller, PhD, Whitworth College Edward B. Lindaman Chair and Professor of Psychology, will present a lecture titled "Human Nature and Inhuman Evil: The Psychology of Genocide and Mass Killing" on Thursday, April 10 in Fresno.
The lecture will be held at 4 pm in... 
