Monthly Newsletter | January 2024

We held our DHM Winter Gathering on Sunday, December 17 at the San Francisco Zoo. View more pictures in Box.

Meet DHM

Get to know our division by reading our faculty and staff interviews!

Anne Ritchie has been selected as the Director of Swing and Triage Services.

Sarah Apgar has been selected as the as the new Code CARE Medical Director.

James Harrison and Nynikka Palmer were awarded an IMPACT Last Mile Grant Supplement. This award provides funding to take research "the last mile" to the public and policy makers. They will disseminate HERE with Community recommendations supporting research partnerships with community health centers and farm working communities in the Central Valley. 

Welcome DHM New Hire - January 2024

Wesley Dev Sahadevan earned his medical degree from Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute and completed his residency from Kendal Regional Medical Center. In his spare time, he loves bowling and watching sports and comedy shows. Wesley currently resides in the Pacific Heights area and has one cat named Berry.

Service Coverage: HBC

DHM Social Activities

• DHM Staff/Faculty Retreat on Thursday, January 11 from 12-5 pm at City Lights & Golden Gate Room, Millbury Union.
• DHM Annual After-the-Holidays Holiday Party on Friday, January 12 from 6-10 pm at Vault Garden, Plaza Level (555 California St, San Francisco).

A "pearl" in promoting Equity and Belonging is a short, action-oriented, topic that aims to raise awareness, increase concern, and share strategies to mitigate our institutional inequities and promote inclusion.

In promoting antiracism in our institution and increasing the sense of belonging for all of our colleagues, let us begin 2024 in collective action towards justice. We will not excuse racism or oppression, together we will defend all our colleagues. Oppressive ideologies are fueled by violent rhetoric and censorship as ways control the narrative to dehumanize the Other. Click here to learn more.

To share an example of how you are building relational culture, provide feedback or comments, or to share pearls for the next DHM newsletter, please email yalda.shahram@ucsf.edu. 

Himali Weerahandi is a co-lead on a new study in JAMA applying methods developed by The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to create an equitable readmission standard. We have three main findings: (1) few hospitals achieve equitable readmissions, (2) many hospitals do not care for enough low-income and Black patients to even be eligible for the equitable readmissions measure, and (3) high quality hospitals do not necessarily confer equitable outcomes.

Nora Hutchinson was a first author on a study recently published in JCO Oncology Practice examining how the time of drug-indication exploration affects the likelihood of FDA approval in cancer drugs. 

Eric Ng

"Thank you, Eric Ng, for coordinating the SF Zoo event. Despite the unexpected rain, it felt like we had the zoo to ourselves! Thanks for braving the rain outside to distribute the tickets for our group. You're the best!"

– Rosemary Yau

Connie Li

"Thank you, Connie Li, for your awesome work on Goldman! I had been on for 12 days (2 days on jeopardy + 10 days on GMS4) and leaned on her. She's responsive, great at communicating and closing the loop on action items, and reliable. I could give her small and larger tasks and trust she would do her best and let me know if something wasn't possible (and mentally let go of keeping it on my plate to follow up).

What a huge help during a long and busy stretch over the holidays!"

– Salman Rahman