Danielle Campagne, MD, Named Chief of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno

Danielle Campagne, MD, FACEP, has been named Chief of Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno and Vice Chair of Emergency Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine. Dr. Campagne has adeptly served as Interim Chief of Emergency Medicine since August 2022. Her appointment as Chief is effective Oct. 16, 2023. 

Danielle Campagne, MD

Dr. Campagne, Professor in Clinical Emergency Medicine, is a Sanger Native. Prior to becoming Interim Chief, she served as Vice Chief of the UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine. She joined UCSF Fresno as a Health Sciences Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine in 2008. She became an Assistant Health Sciences Clinical Professor in 2010 and an Associate Professor in 2016. She was named Vice Chief in 2017.  

In addition, Dr. Campagne was the Program Director of the UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine Wilderness Medicine Fellowship from 2013-2015 and has served as medical director for both American Ambulance and the Department of Emergency Medicine’s Physician Assistant Residency Program since 2019 and 2018, respectively.   

She is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the UCSF School of Medicine’s Henry J. Kaiser Teaching Award for Excellence in 2015; UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Medical Student Educator of the Year in 2011 and 2016; Society of Critical Care Medicine Gold Snapshot Award in 2018; UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty Research Award in 2019 and Innovations in Emergency Medical Services Award in 2021. She was inducted as a member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators in 2023. Most recently, she was awarded Fresno State’s Top Dog Distinguished Alumni Award, where she and colleagues saved the life of another award winner at the event. She also was recognized by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors with a day in her honor.  

Dr. Campagne earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from California State University, Fresno, and a medical degree from the USC Keck School of Medicine. She completed residency training in Emergency Medicine at UCSF Fresno and served as chief resident.