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Welcome to the Department of Medicine
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Welcome to our new faculty members! We have 116 new faculty members: 90 at UCSF Health, 17 at ZSFG, and nine at the VA. Our faculty are a vital source of energy and innovation, and we are confident that they will take UCSF and our department to even greater heights. View new faculty members and orientation dates.
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John A. Watson Faculty Scholars
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Other Honors and News
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DOM Cohort Grant
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Shoshana Zha was awarded the Department of Medicine’s Cohort Grant for 2024. Her project entitled, “DISCOVER-BeNTM: discovery and innovation to improve therapy for bronchiectasis and pulmonary NTM disease,” will receive $100,000 in support.
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Faculty Retirements
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Join us in honoring our recently retired faculty members: Top row, left to right:
Paul Blanc (Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine);
Laura Bull (Gastroenterology, ZSFG);
Michael Crawford (Cardiology, UCSF Health);
Lloyd Damon (Hematology and Oncology, UCSF Health);
John Fahy (Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, UCSF Health);
William Grossman (Cardiology, UCSF Health).
Bottom row, left to right:
Mary Ellen Kleinhenz (Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine, UCSF Health);
Robert Kosnik (Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine);
Tom Ports (Cardiology, UCSF Health);
Melvin Scheinman (Cardiology, UCSF Health);
Anne Thorson (Cardiology, UCSF Health);
Arthur Weiss (Rheumatology, UCSF Health).
Not pictured:
Gabriele Beck-Engeser (Experimental Medicine, ZSFG).
Some individuals will return to UCSF for continued part-time work (“recall appointment”) after formally retiring. Read more about their careers here.
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Staff Milestones
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DOM in the News
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Muriel Babey diagnosed a rare, typically-overlooked condition known as pregnancy- and lactation-associated osteoporosis (PLO) (Washington Post).
Peter Chin-Hong warned that we haven’t contained the H5N1 virus within dairy cows yet (KQED). He also explained why we can be a little less concerned about this summer’s rise in COVID cases (ABC News) and how to spot the lesser-known gastrointestinal symptoms (New York Times).
Triveni DeFries and Marlene Martin promoted the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence’s Program for Education in Drugs and Alcohol for Latine (PEDAL) (KQED).
Sanket Dhruva and Rita Redberg advised that more randomized trials are needed before liquid biopsy tests can reliably detect cancer. (Stat News).
Margot Kushel found that homeless populations have a substantially higher mortlaity rate than housed individuals (New York Times). She warned a recent Supreme Court ruling on encampent removal could aggravate homelessness (US News & World Report) and advised against punitive measures for symptoms of addiction (San Francisco Chronicle).
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Liong Bing Liem correctly diagnosed a young father whose symptoms had been ignored by multiple hospitals (Today Show).
Edward Machtinger underscored the importance of preventing trauma in childhood (San Francisco Chronicle).
Michael Peluso discussed new imaging techniques to understand the full impact of long COVID throughout the body (Stat News).
Gina Solomon warned that broad heat waves expose thousands to illness or worse (San Francisco Chronicle), and that the longer the heat wave, the more our kidneys and cardiovascular systems are stressed (KQED).
Eric Widera explained how the Alzheimer’s Association's new diagnostic criteria are controversial and will overdiagnose the disease when applied across the entire population (CNN).
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Recent Grants of Note
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Recent Publications of Note
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Durstenfeld MS, Wilson MP, Jankowski CM, Ditzenberger GL, Longenecker CT, Erlandson KM. Chronotropic incompetence among people with HIV improves with exercise training in the exercise for healthy aging study. J Infect Dis. 2024 May 28. Epub ahead of print. PubMed Citation
Kwong YD, Hsu RK. Antivirals in herpes zoster and AKI: old foes, new insights. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024;19:685-687. PubMed Citation
Litt HK, Greenstreet-Akman E, Trejo E, Florez N, Velazquez AI. Quality and accessibility of liquid biopsy information. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7:e2410171. PubMed Citation
Mehtani NJ, Strough A, Strieff S... Gandhi M. Feasibility of implementing a low-barrier long-acting injectable antiretroviral program for HIV treatment and prevention for people experiencing homelessness. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2024;96:61-67. PubMed Citation
Moran L, Ondocsin J, Outram S... Arnold EA. How do we understand the value of drug checking as a component of harm reduction services? A qualitative exploration of client and provider perspectives. Harm Reduct J. 2024;21:92. PubMed Citation
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Pugashetti JV, Wolters PJ. The next best thing. Chest. 2024;165:1033-1034. PubMed Citation
Rotenstein L, Melnick ER, Iannaccone C... Virtual scribes and physician time spent on electronic health records. JAMA Netw Open. 2024;7:e2413140. PubMed Citation
Silverstein J, Goyal N, Tsai KK. For the long haul: management of long-term survivors after melanoma systemic therapy. Curr Oncol Rep. 2024;26:804-817. PubMed Citation
Widera E. Thinning evidence for thickened liquid diets in dementia and dysphagia. JAMA Intern Med. 2024;184:786-787. PubMed Citation
Zheng W, Chang IC, Limberis J... Mycobacterium tuberculosis resides in lysosome-poor monocyte-derived lung cells during chronic infection. PLoS Pathog. 2024;20:e1012205. PubMed Citation
View all 215 DOM-authored publications from last month.
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Featured Events
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UCSF at AIDS Walk San Francisco
Join UCSF for AIDS Walk San Francisco in the Golden Gate Park to raise funds for HIV/AIDS programs and services in the Bay Area and beyond.
Sunday, July 21 | 8:00 am-2:00 pm
Click here more for information.
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Faculty Resource Fair and Development Day
Faculty – at all career stages – are encouraged to attend this highly acclaimed event hosted by Campus Council on Faculty Life (CCFL).
Monday, September 9 | 4:00 pm-6:00 pm
Click here more for information.
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