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UCSF Fresno begins training gastroenterologists for the San Joaquin Valley

FRESNO – As of July 1, 2009, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program added another fellowship to its portfolio of training programs - bringing the total number of fellowships offered in Fresno to eight. Fellowships offer specific training in an area of expertise beyond residency training and...

UCSF Fresno partners with UC Irvine to provide medical students with learning opportunities in the Latino community

FRESNO - Nine students who are part of the UC Irvine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) will arrive in Fresno on Sunday, July 19, 2009, to participate in a rural health and health policy curriculum in conjunction with the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education at...

UCSF Fresno graduates class of 2009 resident physicians and fellows

Parlier farmer, Fresno sports enthusiast and Laotian physician are among the graduates

2009 UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy graduating class to be honored

The UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy will celebrate its seventh graduating class tonight, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. The Doctors Academy (DA) class of 2009 is comprised of many amazing individuals who have much to be proud of, including completing multiple honors and Advanced...

UCSF Fresno program offers treatment for Valley patients with complex lung diseases

FRESNO – Pulmonary hypertension (PH), which is high blood pressure in the lungs, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), commonly referred to as “lung scarring,” represent a complex and diverse group of lung diseases that have many potential causes. They demand specialized expertise for both...

UCSF FRESNO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PAID HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is accepting applications for its 22nd Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program, which provides Central San Joaquin Valley high school students an opportunity to gain firsthand experience with careers in medicine and valuable research skills that will give them a...

UCSF Fresno hosts only California showing of traveling exhibition honoring women physicians

FRESNO – Women doctors are in the spotlight in a new traveling exhibition on display at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research. "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians" tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice...

UCSF Fresno to host "Changing the Face of Medicine" traveling exhibition

Fresno is only city in California to display the exhibit, which features two UCSF Fresno faculty members

Dr. Katherine Flores of Fresno wins Maybelline New York Beauty of Education Award

After an exhaustive nationwide search, Katherine Flores, MD, has been named one of ten national recipients of the 2008 Maybelline New York Beauty of Education Awards, an award that recognizes women who motivate, mentor and make a difference in their communities through the power of education.

UCSF Fresno faculty members honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards

FRESNO - Alex Sherriffs, MD, and Joan Rubenstein, MD, faculty members at UCSF Fresno, were recently honored with the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Sherriffs and Rubenstein...

Information night provides insight for prospective Doctors Academy students

FRESNO – Eighth-grade students interested in careers in health and medicine should plan on attending the Doctors Academy information night set for Thursday, November 6 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sunnyside High School Cafeteria at 1019 S. Peach Avenue in Fresno.

Innovative facilities sign up to remove language barriers and improve access to health care

FRESNO, CA – Filled with a plethora of signs and directories, health facilities can be challenging places to navigate, particularly for people who don’t speak English. Federal law requires health facilities to display signs that all patients, even those unable to read or speak English, can...

“Ride to Remember” increases awareness of dementia, raises funds for UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s and Memory Center

FRESNO - The first annual “Ride to Remember,” a charity poker run benefitting the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s & Memory Center (AMC), will be held Saturday, September 20. The event will begin at 9 a.m. at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research, located at 155 N. Fresno Street at...

UCSF Fresno and Hinds Hospice present a conference for international healthcare providers

FRESNO – UCSF Fresno and Hinds Hospice are presenting a two-day educational opportunity for healthcare professionals interested in serving in developing countries. The conference, “Hospice and Palliative Care in Developing Countries,” takes place today, Tuesday, Aug. 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m....

New UCSF Fresno fellowship focuses on wilderness medicine and emergency medical services

FRESNO – On August 1, UCSF Fresno added another fellowship to its medical education program. The new fellowship in emergency medicine focuses on wilderness medicine and emergency medical services (EMS).

UCSF Fresno starts infectious disease fellowship training program

FRESNO – UCSF Fresno recently began a new internal medicine fellowship training program. The fellowship, which began July 1, will provide physicians with specific training in the treatment of infectious diseases.

MEDICAL STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN UCSF FRESNO’S SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM

FRESNO - Two medical students, Casey Fox and Jose-Rafeal Zuzuarregui, both from the San Joaquin Valley, were selected to take part in the UCSF Fresno Summer Research Program. The program provides medical students with an opportunity to work along side UCSF Fresno faculty members during the summer...

UCSF Fresno graduates class of 2008 resident physicians

FRESNO – The UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program will graduate more than 60 resident physicians in a ceremony to be held Thursday, June 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m., at Copper River Country Club (11500 North Friant Road) in Fresno. A social hour for the graduates, their families and friends and...

Doctors Academy graduates sixth class of future healthcare professionals

The UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy (DA) will celebrate its sixth graduating class on Tuesday, May 20, 2008.

UCSF FRESNO LAUNCHES NEW, INNOVATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS

WHO:                Seven medical students from diverse backgrounds, including three with ties to the San Joaquin Valley, are set to take part in a new and innovative UCSF Fresno clinical training program called “Model Madres.” Valley students participating in the program include Jaime Antuna of...

UCSF Fresno Physician Receives Volunteerism and Community Service Award

FRESNO - Dominic Dizon, MD, a faculty member with the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, recently received the volunteerism and community service award from the American College of Physicians, California Northern Region.

UCSF Fresno hires director to develop support for medical residency programs

FRESNO - Cynthia D. Harris has been appointed Director of Development for the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program.

UCSF FRESNO FIRST TO IMPLEMENT NEW FETAL MONITOR AIMED AT REDUCING BRAIN DAMAGE

FRESNO - The University of California, San Francisco Fresno Medical Education Program and Community Regional Medical Center have collaborated to be the first in the nation to offer patients a new, advanced type of fetal heart rate monitor geared to reducing brain injury in newborns.

UC MERCED SET TO IMPROVE VALLEY HEALTH AND CONNECT LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH E-HEALTH

AT&T, California Emerging Technology Fund, California Partnership for San Joaquin Valley provide nearly $1 million in funding

HUNDREDS VIE TO BECOME VALLEY’S NEXT GENERATION OF HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

FRESNO – The UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research will host its sixth annual Medical Mania event on Saturday, August 25 from 8 am to noon at the Satellite Student Union (2485 E. San Ramon) on the California State University, Fresno campus. This year's theme is "Medical Idol...