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Doctors Academy Students to Get First-Hand Look at the Real World of Health and Medicine

WHAT: Doctors Academy students at Caruthers and Selma high schools will tour the University of California, Merced, meet with medical residents and medical students at UCSF Fresno and tour Community Regional Medical Center during a daylong look at professional careers in health and medicine and the...

Valley Fever Lecture Series to Bring Attention to ‘Silent Epidemic’

Discussions include the impact of the illness on farmworkers, children and the economy, its biological basis and misconceptions, and challenges detecting and treating valley fever

UCSF Fresno to host the California ALS Research Summit

WHAT: Leading scientists and clinicians from nearly all of the major medical centers in California will meet at UCSF Fresno for the fourth annual California ALS Research Summit to discuss advances in research aimed at treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease....

UCSF Fresno’s Selma High School Doctors Academy receives support from Selma Healthcare District

FRESNO - The Doctors Academy at Selma High School, which was founded by the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, received a $50,000 grant from the Selma Healthcare District to support tutoring services for subjects such as math, science, and English. This is the second...

UC Merced, UCSF Fresno and Fresno State Join Forces to Address Valley Fever

An upcoming forum will generate more discussion about the disease and aid in developing a plan to improve healthcare, research and community interventions

UCSF FRESNO AND FRESNO STATE HOLD CONFERENCE FOR ASPIRING HEALTH LEADERS

FRESNO - 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 hold the fall 2013 “Aspiring Health Leaders Conference” on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013, from 8...

UCSF FRESNO DOCTORS ACADEMY TO HOLD INFORMATION NIGHTS

FRESNO - The University of California, San Francisco Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (UCSF Fresno Latino Center) will hold informational meetings about the Caruthers and Selma Doctors Academy programs:

UCSF FRESNO OFFERS MINI-MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR THE PUBLIC

FRESNO – The public is invited to join leading experts in medicine and health sciences at the second annual Mini-Med School 101, presented by the Academic Senate at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program. Faculty physicians at UCSF Fresno will provide lectures on issues and advances in medicine and...

UCSF Fresno Clinical Research Center offers new treatments and improved patient care

For nearly 40 years, faculty at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program have conducted research aimed at better understanding and enhancing treatments for a wide variety of health conditions, particularly those that impact San Joaquin Valley residents.

UC Merced San Joaquin Valley PRIME Announces Third Class of Students

Six students with close ties to the San Joaquin Valley are on track to becoming physicians as part of the UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (PRIME). The group, which began their medical studies recently in Sacramento and represents the third cohort in the program, includes:

UCSF Fresno announces new fellowships in maternal child health and medical education

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

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

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

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

WHO: 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

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

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

WHO: 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

WHAT: 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

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

Medical residents to prepare and serve dinner to families at Terry’s House this evening

UCSF FRESNO OFFERS MINI-MEDICAL SCHOOL FOR THE PUBLIC

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

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

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

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...