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UCSF Fresno Presents Second Annual Medical Update in the San Joaquin Valley

WHO: UCSF Fresno’s Department of Internal Medicine and Community Medical Centers WHAT: The second annual “Medical Update in the Valley” is a continuing education program for physicians, nurse practitioners and others who provide primary care. More than 100 health care professionals are expected to...

UCSF Medical Center, Community Medical Centers Sign Letter of Intent to Increase Pediatric, Women’s Health Services in Fresno, Central Valley

Collaboration Would Build on Foundation of Existing Relationship Between the Two Organizations

UCSF Fresno ushers in new year, new leader and celebrates 40th anniversary

FRESNO – Established in 1975, UCSF Fresno, the San Joaquin Valley’s largest physician training program, is commemorating its 40th anniversary in 2015 and welcoming new leadership. UCSF Fresno will celebrate four decades of growing doctors for the San Joaquin Valley at its premier, biennial...

UCSF Fresno is Accepting Applications from Students for Summer Biomedical Internship Program

FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is accepting applications for its 28th 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 Selected to Participate in National Professional Development Program

FRESNO – UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program is one of only nine institutions selected to participate in an exciting, new national professional development program, Professionals Accelerating Clinical and Educational Redesign (PACER). PACER is a three-year, grant-funded program that will help...

UCSF Fresno receives funds to train physicians to practice in underserved areas

FRESNO – UCSF Fresno Family and Community Medicine Residency Program received $206,000 over three years 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 (Song-...

Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Gifts $1 million to Establish a Center on Aging at UCSF Fresno

FRESNO – The number of Californians aged 65 or older is expected to increase from 4.6 million in 2012 to more than 8.6 million in 2030, according to a report by the Public Policy Institute of California. As the number of older citizens continues to grow, so will the demand for physicians and...

Doctors Academy at Selma High School is recruiting students

FRESNO – The UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (LaCMER) and the Selma High School Doctors Academy are searching for eighth (8th) grade students interested in applying to the Doctors Academy program for admission in fall 2016. Eighth grade students interested in a medical...

Fourth Annual Fun Walk Aims to Increase Awareness of Little Known Lung Disease

FRESNO - The Fresno Pulmonary Hypertension Support Group will hold its 4th annual Fun Walk on Saturday, Oct. 17 at Railroad Park, 399 W. Alluvial in Clovis. Registration begins at 10 a.m. The opening ceremony takes place at 11 a.m. and the walk begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by a barbecue and live...

UCSF Fresno Focuses on Women at Free Heart Health Fair

Participants will receive free blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose screenings

UCSF Fresno Latino Center Holds Leadership Conference for Future Health Care Professionals

Junior Doctors Academy, Doctors Academy and Fresno State Students to Attend

Third Endowed Chair at UCSF Fresno Honors Life Work Of Emergency Medicine Physician and Educator Gene W. Kallsen, MD

Greg Hendey, MD, named first chair holder

UCSF Fresno Showcases its Clinical Skills Lab

FRESNO – Over the past decade, medical simulation has become an integral component of medical education. Simulation equipment and simulated patient care scenarios allow medical professionals the opportunity to enhance their procedural and critical thinking skills in a realistic and safe environment...

UCSF Fresno Offers Mini-Medical School for the Public

FRESNO – The public is invited to hear and ask questions of leading experts in medicine and health sciences at the fourth annual “Mini-Med School 101,” a series of lectures for the community presented by the Academic Senate at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program.

UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy Students Work Alongside Physicians This Summer

FRESNO – Nearly 70  high school seniors  from the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (LaCMER)  Doctors Academy (DA) are participating in the 2015 Doctors Academy Senior Summer Clinical Internship and Research Program.

UCSF Fresno Selects Students to Research Valley Health Issues This Summer

FRESNO – Ten students from the Central San Joaquin Valley were recently selected to take part in the 28th UCSF Fresno Summer Biomedical Internship Program (SBI). SBI pairs selected students who are going into their senior year of high school with faculty members at UCSF Fresno to work on research...

New Physicians Start Training at UCSF Fresno

WHO: About 90 new physicians, who start medical residency training at UCSF Fresno Medical Education program this month, will begin with a clinical skills orientation. WHAT:

UCSF Fresno 2015 Graduation Marks 40 Years of Training Physicians for the San Joaquin Valley

WHO: Approximately 100 physicians, including medical residents and fellows in eight specialties and 11 sub-specialties and three oral and maxillofacial surgery dental residents will graduate on June 11 during a UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program ceremony. Nearly 30 percent of the graduating...

Congressman Jim Costa to recognize UCSF Fresno’s 40th anniversary with Congressional Resolution

WHO: Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA16), a lifelong resident of the San Joaquin Valley and advocate for the region and for UCSF Fresno will present a Congressional Resolution to UCSF Fresno Interim Associate Dean Michael Peterson, MD, in honor of the medical education program’s 40th anniversary....

Third Class of Medical Students with San Joaquin Valley focus to begin clinical training at UCSF Fresno

WHO: The medical students who represent the third cohort of the UC Davis - UC Merced San Joaquin Valley Program in Medical Education (SJV PRIME) will begin their clinical training next week in a program designed to bring more highly-trained physicians to serve diverse communities in the San...

UCSF Fresno Celebrates 40 Years of Training Physicians for the San Joaquin Valley with Fundraising Gala

FRESNO - UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program will celebrate 40 years of training physicians for the San Joaquin Valley at its biennial fundraiser “Valley Visions.” The event will be held on Saturday, April 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Fresno Convention Center New Exhibit Hall, located at 848...

UCSF Fresno residency programs fill 100 percent of available positions for five years straight

100 new physicians will start training at UCSF Fresno this summer

UCSF Fresno Presents First Medical Update in the San Joaquin Valley

WHO: UCSF Fresno’s Department of Internal Medicine and Community Medical Centers WHAT: The first “Medical Update in the Valley,” a continuing education program for physicians, nurse practitioners and others who provide primary care. About 80 health care professionals are expected to attend....

UCSF Fresno Announces New Fellowship in Sleep Medicine

FRESNO – An estimated 50 to 70 million adults in the United States have a sleep or wakefulness disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program is pleased to announce a new fellowship in sleep medicine to train physicians in this important...

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