Kudos to Katherine A. Flores, MD, UCSF Fresno Family and Community Medicine, for receiving an Unsung Heroes Award from the Central California Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for her pioneering work in developing pathway programs to inspire and academically prepare students for careers in health and medicine.
Congratulations to the UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine Residency Program on its 50th anniversary. Visionary physicians recognized the need for dedicated emergency care and established one of the first Emergency Medicine programs in the United States in 1974 at UCSF Fresno.
Congratulations to Lourdes DelRosso, MD, PhD, UCSF Fresno Family and Community Medicine and medical director, Inspire Health Sleep Medicine, for being part of the task force that created important guidelines for treating Restless Leg Syndrome. The guidelines were recently published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and the National Library of Medicine National Center for Biotechnology Information.
Congratulations to Joseph Sanford, MD, UCSF Department of Neurology and Geetha Sivasubramanian, MD, FIDSA, UCSF Fresno Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, for being inducted into the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Class of 2024.
Congratulations to Elizabeth Black, MD, Pediatrics, and Mohamed Fayed, MD, Medicine, for receiving 2024 Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Awards
Kudos to Sujay Dayal, DO, Nam Huynh, MD, both third-year Internal Medicine residents, and Lourdes DelRosso, MD, PhD, for publication of their study “Is consuming red meat associated with obstructive sleep apnea? A systematic review.”
Kudos to Jennifer Camacho, Information Technology, for recently earning a Professional Certificate in Machine and Learning & Artificial Intelligence from UC Berkeley Executive Education.
Kudos to Virginia Coningsby, UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine, for successfully completing the requirements for recertification in Graduate Medical Education Training Administration (C-TAGME).
Congratulations to UCSF Fresno’s Stephanie Covacevich, Undergraduate Medical Education, and Sydney Farnesi, Office of Health Career Pathways, for being among the 2024 STAR Achievement Award recipients to date.
Kudos to the following UCSF Fresno staff for recently receiving Spot Awards: Ka Her, Department of Medicine; Stephanie Huerta-Alvarez, Office of Health Career Pathways; Kasan Jones, Interim Director of Administration; Marie Martinez, Undergraduate Medical Education; Rebecca Miller, Department of Surgery; Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Public Affairs, Communications and Government Relations; Jesus Pimentel, Department of Pediatrics; Alex Reyes, Campus Life Services; Denise Wells, Risk Management; Fue Xiong, Campus Life Services.
Congratulations to Eric Acuna for receiving a UCSF Facilities Services Spot Award for July 2024.
