In 1975, UCSF Fresno was established with the support of the VA and the California legislature. The mission was clear: to address the physician shortage in the San Joaquin Valley and meet the region’s growing health care needs. Fifty years later, UCSF Fresno is the largest academic physician training program between San Francisco and Sacramento to the north and Los Angeles to the south — and the leading contributor to the regional physician workforce.
Forty percent of UCSF Fresno graduates stay in the region to provide care and 70% stay in California.
Elected officials, community leaders, partners, friends, faculty, residents, and staff gathered at the UCSF regional campus in Fresno on May 9 to mark three major milestones: the 50th anniversary of UCSF Fresno, to welcome UCSF Fresno’s new Vice Dean Dr. Jose M. Barral Sanchez, and to unveil the recently remodeled Clinical Skills and Simulation Center.
