Monthly Newsletter | July 2025

Congratulations to our 2025 DOM Star Achievement Awardees!

The UCSF STAR Program Achievement Award recognizes staff members' significant contributions and sustained extraordinary performance over time.

DHM CME Courses in Hawaii June 16-20

DHM held its seventh "Point of Care Ultrasound for the Hospitalist" CME course on June 16-17 in Hawaii. Faculty for the course included current and recent-past DHM Faculty: Trevor Jensen, Matt Yocum, and Stephanie Conner — plus many from our partner institution Queens Hospital in Honolulu.

DHM held its fourth annual "Hospital Medicine – Evidence to Practice" CME course on June 18-20, which was organized by Brad Sharpe and featured lecturers from DHM and from Queens Hospital in Honolulu. Presenters for the course included Brad Sharpe, Brad Monash, Margaret Fang, Trevor Jensen, and Allison Bond.

More pictures available here.

Meet DHM

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

Bridget Foley was selected as Associate Program Director for UCSF Family Medicine Residency track.

Sujatha Sankaran was appointed Director for the Master of Science in Global Health program.

Sunny Kishore was interviewed by UCSF on AI, wearables, and chronic disease management in the future.

Marcia Glass has a book out with Oxford University Press that explores the use of psychedelic medications in palliative care and addiction medicine.

Tim Judson was named one of the Top 50 Value-Based Care Thinkers of 2025 by Pearl Health.

Teddy Peng and David Arboleda have accepted offers for the UM Physician Advisor Roles.

Meet Our Summer 2025 DHM Interns!

Please say "Hi!" to our A-Team Summer Interns – Audrey, Ashley, and Asal! These three incoming 2nd year medical students will be working with various DHM project mentors over the summer. Please join them for their closing presentations: August 4 at 12pm during DHM's Monday Meeting and August 8 at 12pm for their Special Grand Rounds Presentations.

Audrey Chow, QI Intern, incoming 2nd year at Drexel University College of Medicine. DHM summer projects include: SNF Discharge Preparation; CAUTI Provider Education; AVS Redesign; Care Delays Process Mapping; and Case Review.

Ashley Gordon, Joint Social Medicine/QI Intern, incoming 2nd year at University of Chicago Medical School. DHM summer projects include: What Matters Most to You Today; Improving Pain Assessments; Self-Directed Discharges; Tea House Series; and Case Review.

Asal Bastani, Social Medicine Intern, incoming 2nd year at Drexel University College of Medicine. DHM summer projects include: LEP Dot Phrase Pilot; Best Interpreter Practices Mnemonics; Procedures Infographics; Understanding Cultural Beliefs, Barriers to Care, and End-of-Life Preferences Among Hospitalized Elderly Limited English Proficiency Patients; Tea House Series; Co-Creating Care with PFAC; and Case Review.

All the interns are working closely with an amazing group on mentors. Learn more about each project's mentor(s) here.

Signed, the DHM Internship Team – Archna, Maddi, Martha, and Sarah

Community Corner

Welcome to the heart of DHM! This spot is all about keeping you in the loop on all things community — highlights from last month's events, snapshots of fun moments, and a heads-up on what's coming up next month. Keep an eye here for dates, details, and photos that celebrate our DHM community spirit! Reach out to Rosemary Yau to share yours.

Upcoming Events

• August 5: End of Onboarding Celebration @ Kirsten's House | 218 25th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94121

6:00pm – 8:00pm

• September 10: SF Giants Game (vs. Diamondbacks) @ Oracle Park | 24 Willie Mays Plaza | San Francisco, CA 94107

12:00pm – 5:00pm (12:45pm kick off)

• August 4: End of Internship Ice Cream Social in CSB 5th floor kitchen

1:00pm

Boba & Boss: Sip, Chat, and Connect Event on June 26

Join the CBC team or suggest an event here!

Equity & Belonging in Hospital Medicine

For this month's Equity & Belonging section, we have some timely information from the offices of Jasmin Siguenza and Lina Mendez of the Resource Centers (within ODO), regarding national and regional immigration enforcement happenings, and ways we can support students, staff, and faculty in this moment.

Some precautionary measures: 

• We encourage our campus to consider offering virtual or remote services to remain flexible as students navigate these challenges. 
• Place clear signage on building doors to clearly indicate events are "private."

At UCSF, if federal law enforcement officials, including ICE officers, visit any UCSF office, here are steps you could take:

Contact UCSF Police (Non-Emergency):  

• Call 415-476-1414 for guidance. They will initiate the triage process. 

If a student is detained:  

• Please reach out to UC Immigrant Legal Services Center (UCIMM)
• Point of contact, Staff Attorney: Grace Alano

Phone: 530-219-7816

Email: grace.ucimm@law.ucdavis.edu

Keep handy: 

• The contact number for UCSF's Chief Campus Counsel: 415-476-5003

Additionally, please make yourself aware of the following resources provided by UC: 

• Please visit our website for resources: https://undocu.ucsf.edu/resources-students
• Here is a UCIMM's Instagram Link Tree with more resources.
• An FAQ about immigration enforcement on university property.
• A "Know Your Rights" card that has been updated for 2025. 
• For students that would like to speak with a mental health specialist, please reach out to UCSF Student Mental Health and Wellbeing.

The PFAC: Updates

For our July Patient & Family Advisory Council update, we have some bittersweet news: James Harrison will be stepping aside as co-lead of the PFAC to focus on other patient experience projects. Since co-founding the PFAC in 2018, James has been humbled by our fantastic and committed PFAC member volunteers who consistently provide relevant and insightful patient perspectives on the projects presented. He looks forward to seeing continued engagement with PFAC and encourages all faculty and staff to bring their projects to the monthly PFAC meetings.

- Signed, the PFAC facilitator team, Jeannie, Martha, and Mia

Photo of James Harrison

James Harrison co-mentored Cecilia Hurtado a UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program student and they published work in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management describing how Community Health Centers responded and learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.