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Dr. Katherine A. Flores holds an award standing next to her husband Juan Flores

Kudos: UCSF Fresno Recognition (Fall 2024)

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on September 30, 2024
Katherine A. Flores, MD, and husband Juan Flores PhD
Dr. Christine Nelson

Christine Ann Nelson, MD, Named Interim Chief of Pediatrics at UCSF Fresno

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 28, 2024
Christine Ann Nelson, MD, has been named Interim Chief of the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF Fresno and Interim Vice Chair of
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UCSF Fresno Celebrates Class of 2024: Physicians Stay to Care and Teach

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 18, 2024
UCSF Fresno Class of 2024

UCSF Fresno Celebrates the Class of 2023, New Doctors for the Central Valley and California

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 22, 2023
It takes 11 years or more to produce a practicing physician after high school, depending on the specialty.
L-R: Diana Malancea, UCSF Fresno pediatric resident; Garrett Partain, RN; Victor Vargas, MD, UCSF Fresno pediatric intensivist and co-director of the PICU at CRMC; Christopher Prince, respiratory therapist

Up Close | Parents of Preemie Thankful for Care Shown by UCSF Fresno Pediatricians and Team at CRMC PICU

By Barbara Anderson, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 06, 2023
For three years, Jazmin and Phillip Walker had been trying to have a baby. Jazmin bought clothes and furniture for a girl, convinced she would have a daughter. She was elated and prepared for parenthood when she became pregnant, but the baby’s birth would be a surprise. At just 24 weeks and four...
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UCSF Fresno Celebrates SJV PRIME Students, All Incoming Residents

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on May 01, 2023
Match Day 2023: UCSF Fresno Celebrated First Class of UCSF SJV PRIME Students, All Incoming Residents

Up Close | 2022: The Year in Review

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on December 13, 2022
UCSF Fresno achieved new milestones and our faculty, trainees, learners, staff and partners, as always, demonstrated ongoing commitment to the communities we serve. Here is a look back at some of our shining moments in 2022 despite challenging times during the third year of the pandemic.     ...

UCSF Fresno Celebrates Match Day, Fills All Available Residency Positions for 16th Year in a Row

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on March 18, 2022
FRESNO – Today on Match Day (March 18), UCSF Fresno learned the identities of the 73 physician residents and four oral and maxillofacial surgery residents who will start training at UCSF Fresno later this summer. The San Joaquin Valley has one of the lowest physician-to-patient ratios in the state...

UCSF Fresno Celebrates Match Day, Fills All Available Residency Positions for 16th Year in a Row

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on March 18, 2022
FRESNO – Today on Match Day (March 18), UCSF Fresno learned the identities of the 73 physician residents and four oral and maxillofacial surgery residents who will start training at UCSF Fresno later this summer. The San Joaquin Valley has one of the lowest physician-to-patient ratios in the state...

UCSF Fresno Fills All Residency Positions During Match Day

By Brandy Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Office of Communications, [email protected] on March 18, 2022
UCSF Fresno Fills All Available Residency Positions During Match Day, Looks Forward to Welcoming Interns Including Many Valley Natives

Up Close | 2021: The Year in Review

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on December 08, 2021
Amid a challenging second year of a pandemic, UCSF Fresno achieved new milestones and our commitment to the communities we serve is unwavering thanks to the talents, skills, dedication and energy of our faculty, learners, staff and partners. Here is a look back at the year and some of our shining...

Up Close | UCSF Fresno Graduates to Care for Patients and Teach Future Physicians

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 30, 2021
One hundred medical residents and fellows along with four oral and maxillofacial surgery dental residents and five physician assistants completed training at UCSF Fresno this year for a total of 109 graduates. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UCSF Fresno celebrated the occasion for the second year in...

Up Close | UCSF Fresno Pediatricians Collaborating With Community Partners To Provide Trauma-Informed Awareness And Care

By By Barbara Anderson, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on April 12, 2021
The UCSF Fresno Department of Pediatrics is collaborating with community partners and leveraging grant funding to increase awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), pilot ACEs screening protocols, provide training in trauma-informed care (TIC) and develop a strong network of support for...

UCSF Fresno Fills All Available Residency Positions for the 15th Year in a Row During Match Day 2021

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on March 19, 2021
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno filled all available residency training positions for the 15th year in a row during Match Day, today (March 19).

UCSF Fresno Physicians Graduating During COVID-19 Pandemic

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 11, 2020
Many staying in the region to provide primary care

UCSF Fresno Announces Match Day Results, Fills All Available Residency Positions at a Time When Health Care Providers Are Needed Most

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on March 20, 2020
FRESNO – Today (March 20) medical school graduates in Fresno and across the nation received emails simultaneously that 

New Physicians Start Training at UCSF Fresno with Clinical Skills Boot Camp

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 19, 2019
WHO: More than 100 new physicians, who start residency and fellowship training at UCSF Fresno this week, will take part in a clinical skills orientation.  

Graduating UCSF Fresno physicians to care for patients and teach future doctors

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on June 12, 2019
Many staying in the region to provide primary care

UCSF Fresno Kicks Off May with Three Continuing Medical Education Events

By Brandy Ramos Nikaido, UCSF Fresno Communications, [email protected] on April 30, 2019
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Assemblymember Sarah Reyes Honors UCSF Fresno Physician With Outstanding Leadership Award

By Cara Peracchi Douglas, Director, Public Affairs and Communications, UCSF Fresno Phone: 559.243.3606 E-mail: [email protected], on September 23, 2003
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Assemblymember Sarah Reyes (D-Fresno) honored Katherine A. Flores, MD, director of the UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research, with an award for outstanding leadership in the area of medicine.