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Medical Students Reach Out to Create a Healthier Valley

UCSF Fresno to graduate more than 100 physicians

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: