NEW DEANS NAMED FOR UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on December 18, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, (UCSF) School of Medicine recently announced that Joan Voris, MD, has accepted the position of associate dean for UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program effective December 1, 2002. Voris succeeds Deborah Stewart, MD.
Latino Health Paradox in California—Challenges and Opportunities
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on December 10, 2002
On December 11, 2002, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno (UCSF Fresno) Latino Center for Medical Education and Research will host a lecture titled Latino Health in California—Challenges and Opportunities by David Hayes-Bautista, PhD, founder and director of the Center for the Study... Calling All Future Doctors—Mark Your Calendar for the Doctor’s Academy Informational Meeting
December 04, 2002
On January 8, 2003, Sunnyside High School will make applications available for the highly competitive Doctor’s Academy Program. The Doctor’s Academy Program is a four-year high school preparatory program geared for students interested in a career in the health services professions. UCSF Fresno Presents Air Pollution Data Contributing to Valley Citizens’ Morbidity Rates
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on November 15, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program’s (UCSF Fresno) Department of Internal Medicine, will present a panel discussion titled, Air Pollution: Is it Killing You? The discussion will take place on Monday, November 18, at 5 p.m. in the UCSF Fresno Rowell... Try Breathing Through a Straw—Experience How Kids with Asthma Cope
October 11, 2002
On Tuesday, October 15 from 7pm to 8pm, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) continues its Family Health Today medical lecture series at the Fresno Borders in River Park. The third part of the four part series is titled Take a Deep Breath—... LIVE BOTOX® DEMONSTRATION AT BORDERS BY UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 24, 2002
The month of October is National Family Health Month. During the first four Tuesdays in October, from 7pm to 8pm, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) will present Family Health Today, a medical lecture series open to the public. Mayor Welcomes UCSF Fresno’s First Endowed Chair to the City of Fresno
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 09, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) along with Mayor Alan Autry will welcome its first Endowed Chair, Michael W. Peterson, MD, to the City of Fresno tonight, September 9, 2002, at City Hall from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. Michael W. Peterson, MD, joins... UCSF FRESNO GRADUATES CLASS OF 2002 RESIDENT PHYSICIANS THIS THURSDAY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on June 05, 2002
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 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Copper River County Club (11500 North Friant Road) in Fresno.
About 30 of the doctors will... UCSF FRESNO CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND OTHER DEMENTIAS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on May 15, 2002
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 Research Center (ARC). The conference titled “Dementia: Translating Research into Practice” will be held Saturday... UCSF FRESNO CONFERENCE ENCOURAGES LOCAL STUDENTS TO BECOME THE VALLEY’S FUTURE DOCTORS
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on April 01, 2002
Of the roughly 1,500 physicians in Fresno County, only about 120 are Latino.
As part of larger efforts to help address the persistent shortage of Latino physicians in the Valley, UCSF Fresno’s Latino Center for Medical Education and Research will present a conference aimed at motivating local high... UCSF FRESNO ANNOUNCES ARRIVAL OF 56 NEW DOCTORS TO THE VALLEY
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on March 26, 2002
The University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) will introduce 56 new Valley doctors at the historic Match Day Celebration on March 28, at 4pm. The event marks the largest number of first-year residents entering UCSF Fresno’s seven residency programs to... Medical School Magnet Created in Fresno Unified—UCSF Fresno Docs Host Summer Med Camp
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on March 26, 2002
Just as Roosevelt High School is the official School of the Arts, McLane High School will be the official magnet school for medical education and research in Fresno Unified School District. Thanks to an approximate $9 million Federal grant, over 400 students from Fresno Unified School District can... UCSF Fresno Only California Program Named in Nationwide Model AAMC Study
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on February 25, 2002
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) will be sending a team to Fresno on March 6, 2002 to study the success of the University of California San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Programs’ regional medical school campus. The purpose of the study is to understand the structure,... UCSF Fresno accepting applications for paid high school summer internships
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on January 09, 2002
Do you know a high school junior interested in researching a diseased brain, learning about the human genome study, studying genetics through zebra fish, or mapping genes in plants? If so, be sure that he/she applies for the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Summer Biomedical Research... UC REGENTS APPROVE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH CENTER FOR UCSF FRESNO
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on November 16, 2001
The University of California Board of Regents handed down a unanimous decision late yesterday afternoon approving the building of the $26 million state-of-the-art medical education and research center for the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno). UCSF STUDY FINDS UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY PHYSICIANS MORE LIKELY TO PRACTICE IN CALIFORNIA FOLLOWING SCHOOL AND RESIDENCY HERE
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on November 08, 2001
A UCSF study of the migration patterns of underrepresented minority Californians in medicine found that those who attend medical schools in the state are more likely to enter residency programs in California and remain in the state to practice. However, a decreasing number of California minorities... 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 October 03, 2001
In a recent ceremony for the third annual Outstanding Leadership Awards in Honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Assemblymember Sarah Reyes honored Adriana Padilla, MD, director of undergraduate medical education for the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF... UCSF Fresno welcomes School of Pharmacy to the valley
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on October 03, 2001
Responding to the severe shortage of pharmacists in the Central Valley, the University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Medical Education Program (UCSF Fresno) welcomes UCSF’s School of Pharmacy program to Fresno. Plans are presently underway to help deliver a pipeline of pharmacists to the... Local Fowler High Student Completes UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Fowler High School student, Raman Muhar will start her senior year ready to pursue her dream of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno as a research intern in the prestigious Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program. The... Local Hanford High Student Completes UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Hanford High School student, Kiran Reddy will start his senior year ready to pursue his dream of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno as a research intern in the prestigious Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program. The... Local Kerman High Student Completes UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Kerman High School student, Paul Toste will start his senior year ready to pursue his dream of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno as a research intern in the prestigious Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program. The Summer... Local Clovis High Students Complete UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Clovis high school students, Scott Lichtenstein of Clovis West, Bryan Shieh of Clovis High, and Gary S. Wong of Clovis West will be starting their senior year ready to pursue their dreams of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno... Local Reedley High Student Completes UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Reedley High School student, Michael Jiang will start his senior year ready to pursue his dream of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno as a research intern in the prestigious Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program. The... Local Visalia High School Student Completes UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Redwood High School student, Kara Kuhn will start her senior year ready to pursue her dream of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of California San Francisco, Fresno (UCSF-Fresno) in the prestigious Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program. The Summer... Local Fresno High Students Completes UCSF-Fresno Summer Biomedical Program
By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on August 17, 2001
Local Fresno high school students, Elizabeth Harris of San Joaquin Memorial, Katherine and Phillip Harrison of Bullard, and Ben Porter of Central High-East will be starting their senior year ready to pursue their dreams of becoming a physician after spending the summer at the University of...