Medical Students with Valley Ties Get Set for Clinical Training at UCSF Fresno
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno, Communications, [email protected] on April 21, 2017
Group includes students from Fresno, Modesto and Visalia and graduates from the UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy and UC Merced
UCSF Fresno Names Jim Comes, MD, as Chief of Emergency Medicine
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on April 12, 2017
Dr. Comes also appointed the Gene W. Kallsen, MD, Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine
UCSF Fresno-CRMC Partnership Offers Life-Saving Technology
April 02, 2017
Technology known as extracorporeal membrane oxygenation or ECMO, coupled with a special, high level care medical team, is giving patients with life threatening respiratory or cardiac failure new hope for life. The team launched at CRMC last August. Timothy Evans, MD, PhD, professor of medicine at... UCSF Fresno Discusses Health Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change at Second Annual Symposium
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on March 20, 2017
FRESNO – Air pollution and climate change are closely related topics. Both present serious health implications, particularly in the San Joaquin Valley where air is some of the most polluted in the United States and significant health disparities exist. UCSF Fresno Wraps Up Successful Recruitment Period
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on March 16, 2017
Residency programs fill 100 percent of available positions for seven years in a row
In Memory of Dr. Joan Voris
By Michael W. Peterson, MD, Associate Dean, UCSF Fresno on March 13, 2017
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Joan Voris, MD, former Associate Dean for UCSF Fresno. Dr. Voris spent her entire career at UCSF Fresno as a practicing pediatrician, Director of the Ambulatory Clinics and Associate Dean. She was the longest serving Associate Dean in Fresno history... Fresno’s Newest Food and Beverage Tasting Event Benefits UCSF Fresno
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on February 27, 2017
FRESNO – Las Vegas fun is coming to Fresno! Sip & Savor “Las Vegas Style” will be held on Saturday, March 18 from 6:30 to 11 pm at the Save Mart Center at 2650 E. Shaw Ave. on the Fresno State campus. Sip & Savor is the Valley’s newest food and beverage tasting event benefiting the UCSF... UCSF Fresno Holds Free Heart Fair For Women in Honor of American Heart Month
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on January 30, 2017
FRESNO – February is American Heart Month and an ideal time to make changes to improve one’s heart health. To help educate women of all ages on heart health, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, along with Central California Faculty Medical Group and Community Regional Medical Center, will hold a... Graduate from the Summer Biomedical Internship Program Returns 17 Years Later to Fill Key Role at UCSF Fresno
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on January 23, 2017
FRESNO – In 1999, Robin L. Whitney, PhD, RN, participated in a program, sparking an interest in public health that would guide her educational and career goals. The program was the UCSF Fresno Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program (SBI). As an Edison High School student, she worked under... Inaugural Central California O2 Breathe Walk to Increase Awareness of Little Known Lung Disease Set for Saturday
By Contact person: Vijay P. Balasubramanian MD Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Ph: 559-459-5713, Email: [email protected] on October 26, 2016
FRESNO - The Pulmonary Hypertension Association will hold its first O2 Breathe Walk on Saturday, Oct. 29 at Railroad Park, 399 W. Alluvial in Clovis. Registration begins at 9 a.m. The opening ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. and the walk begins at 10:30 a.m., followed by the closing ceremony at 11:... UCSF Fresno Associate Dean Michael W. Peterson, MD, Awarded Mastership in American College of Physicians
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on October 17, 2016
FRESNO – Michael W. Peterson, MD, associate dean at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, has been awarded Mastership in the American College of Physicians (ACP), the national organization of internists. New Training Programs Available
October 02, 2016
UCSF Fresno recently launched two new training programs, a Hematology/Oncology Fellowship in Internal Medicine and an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant Residency Program. The Hematology/ Oncology Fellowship will enhance cancer care and reduce the need for patients to travel outside the Valley... University of California and Fresno State Team Up to Help Aspiring Doctors, Health Professionals and Researchers
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 23, 2016
WHO: UCSF Fresno, UC Merced, Fresno State, Central Valley Higher Education Consortium, CalViva Health, California Health Sciences University and many other partners are teaming up for the second Reaching Out to Aspiring Doctors (ROAD) for the San Joaquin Valley conference. This year’s conference... UCSF Fresno Launches Two New Training Programs
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 07, 2016
Programs include Hematology/Oncology Fellowship and Physician Assistant Emergency Medicine Residency UCSF Fresno Offers Mini Medical School for the Public
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 05, 2016
WHO: The Academic Senate at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program will present a series of health-related lectures for the community.
WHAT: The public is invited to hear and ask questions of leading experts in medicine and health sciences at the fifth annual “Mini-Med School 101,” a series of... UCSF Fresno Selects High School Students to Research Valley Health Issues This Summer
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 05, 2016
New Physicians Start Training at UCSF Fresno with Clinical Skills Bootcamp
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 20, 2016
WHO:
More than 80 new physicians, who start medical residency training at UCSF Fresno Medical Education program this month, will begin with a clinical skills orientation. Medical Students Reach Out to Create a Healthier Valley
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 07, 2016
UCSF Fresno to graduate more than 100 physicians
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 06, 2016
About 40 percent are staying in the San Joaquin Valley Conference Offers Information and Assistance in Spanish for People Caring for Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 16, 2016
FRESNO – Latinos are greatly impacted by Alzheimer’s disease. For example, Latinos are 1 ½ times more likely than non-Latinos to have Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and they are usually diagnosed during later stages, which greatly impacts those living with the disease, their caregivers and... UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy Programs Celebrate Graduates
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 10, 2016
WHO: Sixty-nine Doctors Academy students will graduate this June from the University of California, San Francisco Fresno Doctors Academy programs at Caruthers, Selma and Sunnyside high schools. Twenty five students make up the graduating Doctors Academy class at Caruthers, 15 students will graduate... UCSF Fresno Presents 11th Annual Cardiology in the Valley Symposium
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 09, 2016
FRESNO – Heart disease is the leading cause of death in California and the San Joaquin Valley has some of the highest rates of heart disease in the state. UCSF Fresno’s Department of Internal Medicine and Community Medical Centers will present the 2016 11th Annual “Cardiology in the Valley... UCSF Fresno Addresses Air Pollution and Climate Change at First Annual Symposium
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on April 18, 2016
FRESNO - Air in the San Joaquin Valley is some of the most polluted in the United States. While everyone is harmed by air pollution, older citizens, those with heart and lung disease and children among others are most at risk. In fact, one out of six children in the San Joaquin Valley has asthma.... UCSF School of Medicine Names Michael W. Peterson, MD, as Associate Dean at UCSF Fresno
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 15, 2016
FRESNO – Michael W. Peterson, MD, has been appointed associate dean of the UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, effective April 1, 2016. In his role as associate dean, Dr. Peterson will oversee the continued development of the clinical and academic programs of UCSF Fresno. UCSF Fresno Celebrates Match Day and Second Graduating Class of Medical Students from San Joaquin Valley PRIME
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 14, 2016
Clovis resident and UC Merced alumna who at birth was delivered by a UCSF Fresno doctor
is among the medical students who will be matching with residency programs