Seven Californians Honored with 2010 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards
By Contact: Tamara Murray, 415.901.0111 ext. 241, [email protected] on April 29, 2010
$750,000 Total Awarded for Inspiring Work on Health Care, Education, Ranch Land Conservation, Solar Energy for Low-Income Homes, Foster Youth, Diversity in the Health Workforce
Elected and Appointed Officials to Honor Recipients at Sacramento Event
UCSF Fresno receives major boost for establishing Center for Clinical Research
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 10, 2010
FRESNO – The University of California, San Francisco Fresno Medical Education Program received a $150,000 gift from B.C. “Bing” and Wanda Bingham of Fresno. The donation is a significant boost to plans to establish the Center for Clinical Research at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and... UCSF Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research receives grant from the Union Bank Foundation
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on February 19, 2010
FRESNO – The University of California, San Francisco Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research received a $10,000 grant from the Union Bank Foundation to benefit its Doctors Academy. UCSF Fresno adds three new physician training programs
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 27, 2010
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is set to begin three new training programs in 2010. A fellowship in acute care surgery began this month. A residency in orthopaedic surgery will begin in June and a fellowship in psychosomatic medicine is scheduled to begin in July. The additions bring the number of... UCSF Fresno accepting applications for high school biomedical research program
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on December 15, 2009
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is accepting applications for its 23rd 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... Longtime chief of UCSF Fresno surgery residency program honored with endowed chair
By Brandy Ramos Nikaido on November 02, 2009
FRESNO – Steven Parks, MD, longtime chief of surgery and program director of the surgery residency at UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program, was recently recognized by his colleagues with an endowed chair named in his honor.
“UCSF Fresno has been a major part of my life for the past 33 years,”... Children’s Hospital Physician Honored for Research
By Micheline Golden (559) 353-7049 [email protected] on October 30, 2009
Madera, CA (October 30, 2009) – Dr. Aaron Reitman, a pediatric resident at the UC San Francisco-Fresno program at Children’s Hospital Central California, recently won the American Academy of Pediatrics’ (AAP) “Best Abstract for Physician in Training Award.” His research focused on procalcitonin as... Twin efforts to increase student support announced
By Contact: University of California Office of the President Phone: (510) 987-9200 on October 23, 2009
Seeking to help keep the University of California accessible and affordable for California students, UC President Mark G. Yudof today (Oct. 23) announced an ambitious fundraising effort that aims to raise $1 billion for student support over the next four years. UC President to announce financial aid initiatives at Sunnyside High School in Fresno
By NEWS MEDIA ADVISORY University of California Office of the President (510) 987-9200 on October 21, 2009
During a visit to Sunnyside High School in Fresno the morning of Friday, October 23, University of California President Mark G. Yudof will announce two initiatives to ensure that UC campuses remain accessible to students with financial need. Yudof will speak at 10:45 a.m. to an assembly of hundreds... UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA VIDEOS PROVIDE TIMELY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION
By Contacts: Alison Gang, (858) 822-5060, [email protected] on September 29, 2009
LA JOLLA, CA— Earthquakes, fires, floods, pandemics. The public relies on health professionals, emergency responders and trained volunteers to react appropriately to a range of disasters, big or small. But does everyone understand the systems that are in place to respond to these dreaded events? UCSF Fresno celebrates 35 years of training pediatricians
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on September 24, 2009
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program celebrates 35 years of training pediatricians this year. Many of the pediatricians trained at UCSF Fresno – about 42 percent - remain in the Valley to care for local infants, children, teens and young adults.
The 35-year anniversary will be recognized... University of California San Francisco, Fresno in partnership with California State University, Fresno receives $50,000 Award for Innovative Program Committed to Latino Student Success
By Contact: Alanna Sobel, 202.822.5200, [email protected] on September 08, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. –University of California San Francisco, Fresno in partnership with California State University, Fresno will receive a $50,000 grant to implement a program to increase retention rates and academic success of Latino, low-income and firstgeneration pre-health students, the non-profit... UCSF Fresno Latino Center inspires, prepares students for careers in health at sixth annual “Medical Mania” event
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on August 20, 2009
University of California, San Francisco, Fresno Latino Center for Medical Education and Research (UCSF Fresno LaCMER) will host its 6th Medical Mania event, Saturday, August 22, 2009, at the California State University, Fresno, Satellite Student Union from 8 a.m. – noon. “Ride to Remember” charity event increases awareness of dementia, raises funds for UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s and Memory Center
By Contact: Sandy Sandoval Volunteer Event Coordinator (559) 347-7170 on August 11, 2009
FRESNO - The second annual “Ride to Remember,” a charity ride benefiting the UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s & Memory Center (AMC), will be held Saturday, September 19, 2009. On-site registration begins at 9:15 a.m. at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research, located at 155 N. Fresno... UCSF LAUNCHES MEDICATION CONSULTATION SERVICE IN FRESNO
By Source: Kristen Bole (415) 476-2557 E-mail: [email protected] on July 27, 2009
The UCSF School of Pharmacy has launched a Medication Management Service in Fresno to address the urgent need among California Central Valley residents and their health care providers for assistance in managing their prescriptions.
The service will start scheduling appointments this week and will... UCSF Fresno begins training gastroenterologists for the San Joaquin Valley
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 17, 2009
FRESNO – As of July 1, 2009, UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program added another fellowship to its portfolio of training programs - bringing the total number of fellowships offered in Fresno to eight. Fellowships offer specific training in an area of expertise beyond residency training and... UCSF Fresno partners with UC Irvine to provide medical students with learning opportunities in the Latino community
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on July 16, 2009
FRESNO - Nine students who are part of the UC Irvine Program in Medical Education for the Latino Community (PRIME-LC) will arrive in Fresno on Sunday, July 19, 2009, to participate in a rural health and health policy curriculum in conjunction with the Office of Undergraduate Medical Education at... UCSF Fresno graduates class of 2009 resident physicians and fellows
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on June 04, 2009
Parlier farmer, Fresno sports enthusiast and Laotian physician are among the graduates 2009 UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy graduating class to be honored
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on May 19, 2009
The UCSF Fresno Sunnyside High School Doctors Academy will celebrate its seventh graduating class tonight, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.
The Doctors Academy (DA) class of 2009 is comprised of many amazing individuals who have much to be proud of, including completing multiple honors and Advanced... UCSF Fresno program offers treatment for Valley patients with complex lung diseases
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on March 11, 2009
FRESNO – Pulmonary hypertension (PH), which is high blood pressure in the lungs, and interstitial lung disease (ILD), commonly referred to as “lung scarring,” represent a complex and diverse group of lung diseases that have many potential causes. They demand specialized expertise for both... UCSF FRESNO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PAID HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on January 21, 2009
FRESNO – UCSF Fresno is accepting applications for its 22nd Summer Biomedical Research Internship Program, which provides Central San Joaquin Valley high school students an opportunity to gain firsthand experience with careers in medicine and valuable research skills that will give them a... UCSF Fresno hosts only California showing of traveling exhibition honoring women physicians
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on December 09, 2008
FRESNO – Women doctors are in the spotlight in a new traveling exhibition on display at the UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research. "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians" tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice... UCSF Fresno to host "Changing the Face of Medicine" traveling exhibition
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on November 19, 2008
Fresno is only city in California to display the exhibit, which features two UCSF Fresno faculty members
Dr. Katherine Flores of Fresno wins Maybelline New York Beauty of Education Award
By Robin Zucker or Nickia Williams Zucker Public Relations 315 E 70 Street New York, NY 10021 212 535.1616 [email protected] on November 18, 2008
After an exhaustive nationwide search, Katherine Flores, MD, has been named one of ten national recipients of the 2008 Maybelline New York Beauty of Education Awards, an award that recognizes women who motivate, mentor and make a difference in their communities through the power of education. UCSF Fresno faculty members honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards
By Media Contact: Brandy Ramos Nikaido, Cell (559) 313-6539 [email protected] on October 28, 2008
FRESNO - Alex Sherriffs, MD, and Joan Rubenstein, MD, faculty members at UCSF Fresno, were recently honored with the 2008 Excellence in Teaching Award from the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine.
Sherriffs and Rubenstein...