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Conference Offers Information and Assistance in Spanish for People Caring for Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 16, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 10, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 09, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on April 18, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 15, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 14, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 10, 2016
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

By Source: Michelle Von Tersch (559) 324-4814 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.communitymedical.org on January 26, 2016
Collaboration Would Build on Foundation of Existing Relationship Between the Two Organizations

UCSF Fresno ushers in new year, new leader and celebrates 40th anniversary

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 15, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 13, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 11, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 06, 2016
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 24, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on October 29, 2015
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

By Contact person: Vijay P. Balasubramanian MD Medical Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Program Ph: 559-459-5713, Email: [email protected] on October 16, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 24, 2015
Participants will receive free blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose screenings

UCSF Fresno Latino Center Holds Leadership Conference for Future Health Care Professionals

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 17, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 14, 2015
Greg Hendey, MD, named first chair holder

UCSF Fresno Showcases its Clinical Skills Lab

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 10, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 03, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 13, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 24, 2015
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

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 17, 2015
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:

UCSF Fresno 2015 Graduation Marks 40 Years of Training Physicians for the San Joaquin Valley

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 10, 2015
WHO: Approximately 100 physicians, including medical residents and fellows in eight specialties and 11 sub-specialties and three oral and maxillofacial surgery dental residents will graduate on June 11 during a UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program ceremony. Nearly 30 percent of the graduating...

Congressman Jim Costa to recognize UCSF Fresno’s 40th anniversary with Congressional Resolution

By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 26, 2015
WHO: Congressman Jim Costa (D-CA16), a lifelong resident of the San Joaquin Valley and advocate for the region and for UCSF Fresno will present a Congressional Resolution to UCSF Fresno Interim Associate Dean Michael Peterson, MD, in honor of the medical education program’s 40th anniversary....

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