Monthly Newsletter | June 2023 | |
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Michael Chang: Operations Manager, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Nancy Huynh: Finance Manager, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Grace Krueger: Project Manager, Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research (CLIIR)
Christine Lam: Scheduler, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Jennifer Lee: Health Professions Education Specialist, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Tiffany Lee: Project Manager, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Connie Li: Clinical Assistant, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Natalya Maisel: Associate Director, Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research (CLIIR)
Martha Ockenfels-Martinez: Health Equity and DEI Project Manager, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Joseph Scarpelli: Program Director, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Varsha Subramanyam: Curriculum Officer, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Madison Sui: Quality Improvement Specialist, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Rosemary Yau: Assistant Division Manager, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
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Congratulations to our DHM SPOT Award recipients!
This award recognizes significant employee achievements and contributions, as they occur, for a specific project or task over a relatively short period of time.
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Natalia Loaiza: Faculty Development Coordinator, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Lena Loo: Administrative Officer, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Rachel White: QI Program Manager, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Sandra Oreper: Academic Research Coach, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Colin Hubbard: Senior Statistical Scientist, Division of Hospital Medicine, UCSF Health
Sangeeta Tripathi: Strategy and Operations Director, Heal Initiative, UCSF Health
Robert Thombley: Lead Data Scientist, Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research (CLIIR)
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Sirisha Narayana has a new role in the Bridges Curriculum as the Associate Director of Medicine's Acting Internship. | Sirisha Narayana has been appointed the Academy Chair for Excellence in Foundational Teaching through the Academy of Medical Educators. | |
Yalda Shahram has a new role as the Co-Director for the HS&I block in the School of Medicine. | |
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Lynnea Mills has been appointed the Academy Chair for Innovation through the Academy of Medical Educators. | |
Lev Malevanchik has been awarded the 2023 Floyd C. Rector Award for Excellence in Teaching. | |
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Benjamin Weia was selected by the IM residents as the Fellow of the Year for the Clinical Informatics Fellowship. | |
Ben Rosner was inducted as a Fellow of the American Medical Informatics Association at AMIA's Clinical Informatics Conference in Chicago on May 24. | Ben Rosner, in collaboration with expert contributors from around the United States, developed GoodDx.org, the nation's first free-to-use, searchable online library of implementable diagnostic performance feedback resources that can be filtered by specialty, clinical setting, electronic health record integration, resource details, and more. | |
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Ashraf Abugroun graduated from MPH-Quantitative Methods (QM) at Harvard on May 24. | Ashraf Abugroun received a grant from the UCSF Research Allocation Program/Clinical Translational Research Institute for his project "Predictors and Impact of Accelerated Biological Aging in Older Patients with Hypertension." | |
Phuoc Le, Jenna Lester, and Rupa Marya were interviewed on NPR about the recent apology from UCSF about the prison experiments that happened by dermatology faculty member Howard Maibach. This issue became one of the main things discussed at the first National Health Equity Grand Rounds hosted by the AMA that Rupa was invited to participate in this February. | |
DHM at UCSF Health Improvement Symposium and Happy Hour at Mission Rock Resort! More images available in Box. | |
Equity & Belonging in Hospital Medicine | |
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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.
For June, we are highlighting Anand Habib's reflection in his role as interim Social Medicine Core director, and the Pearl is sharing updates to raise awareness about the work toward health equity.
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It is hard to believe that the academic year is ending and, with it, my time as interim director of DHM's Social Medicine core. I have been inspired by the thoughtfulness, humility, and varied ways in which members of our community approach and incorporate DEI/anti-racism into their education, QI, research, and clinical work.
Within the Social Medicine core, we are making steady progress on several fronts:
- We have continued to nurture a community partnership with GLIDE and were awarded an RWJF grant through which we will hold community-based listening sessions to better understand the perception of and experiences of care at UCSF and to guide ongoing equity work through the creation of a new Equity Hub
- Our Anti-Racism Task Force is launching a new feedback initiative through which colleagues can invite input on how they might hone DEI-A components of their projects.
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We rolled out surveys to better understand opinions around FYI flags (with Dr. Zoe Kopp) and social needs screening among hospitalized patients (with Dr. Brandon Scott).
I am reminded of a quote attributed to MLK, Jr., "The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice." DHM is large and diverse, and while progress is slow, we are doggedly moving in the direction of ensuring an equity-first approach, even amidst budget challenges. As Archna returns and I bid adieu, I am grateful for the collegiality of Martha Ockenfels-Martinez, James Harrison, Liz Dzeng, GLIDE, and the members of the Anti-Racism Task Force from whom I have learned so much and who have served as a fount of support. Thank you!
| To share an example of collective action, provide feedback or comments, or to share pearls for the next DHM newsletter, please email yalda.shahram@ucsf.edu. | |
Karl Swanson, Akshay Ravi, and Benjamin Weia, from the Clinical Informatics Fellowship and DHM, partnered with Simone Arvisais-Anhalt, Director of Laboratory Medicine Informatics, recently had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR). This work delves into the impact of recent abortion legislation on Twitter user engagement, sentiment, and expressions of trust in clinicians along with privacy concerns regarding health information. | |
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Tim Judson, James Harrison, and colleagues were authors on a new study recently published in JMIR Aging, which evaluated older adults' perceptions of E-visits. | |
More Publications from DHM | |
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"As regards the doctors, I almost don't know where to begin. I've had a number of hospital experiences and dealt with a number of doctors, but this time, this experience at UCSF, was unlike any I've ever had before. An amazing array of clearly excellent doctors, all of whom seemed to know every detail of my situation, came to see me...every day. First, Dr. Matt Oertli is nothing short of being one of the best and most engaged doctors I've ever known. He gave generously of his time and when he discussed my situation and its treatment with me, his explanations were patient and perfect. I wish he were a PCP...I need a new one, at UCSF. The most Impressive part about the doctors was that It was very clear that they were working as a team, each contributing from within their specific expertise, but all fully aware of the whole treatment plan, and with that the whole human, me. I simply could not imagine a better overall experience with doctors during a hospital stay than that I had during this past hospital stay."
-a grateful patient
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If you have content you would like to share for an upcoming newsletter, please reach out to Tiffany.Lee@ucsf.edu.
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