Dr. Liz Kwan (center) connects with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (right) at a pop-up vaccination site in North Beach.
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Starting in May and effective June 1 - December 31, Drs. Joe Graterol and Nancy Anaya (pictured below in Activities) will be serving as Physician Equity Liaisons and Co-Directors of the "Ask the Expert" program for community vaccination events in San Francisco. In these roles they will be coordinating with physician and clinical expert leads from across UCSF, SFDPH, and other health systems (e.g. Kaiser, etc.) to ensure experts are available at community vaccination events to answer questions for BIPOC community members.
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Drs. Starr Knight and Will Shyy wish to announce that our Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship has received Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC) Accreditation until 2024. EUFAC did not request any revisions for our application, which speaks towards the strength of our program. We're in the first group to be approved nationally.
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Dr. Aaron Harries wishes to announce that our Emergency Medicine CIEx has been selected for one of two CIEx of the Year Awards! This award is based on student nominations from the Class of 2021. Dr. Harries wishes to also acknowledge: Dr. Marianne Juarez (Asst. Clerkship Director), John Ye (MS Coordinator), Sandra Lieu (Education Manager), and all of the ED faculty and residents who do an outstanding job teaching the EM CIEx learners every shift.
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Dr. Emily Frank was elected to the Executive Board of the American Academy of Pediatrics' Council on School Health.
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Dr. Rosny Daniel (pictured below in Activities) was accepted into the Teaching Scholar Program for 21-22.
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Dr. Dina Wallin (pictured below in Invited Presentations) was accepted as a Bridges coach for 21-22.
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Dr. Aaron Kornblith (pictured below in SAEM) has accepted the role as Site Lead for PECARN studies in the ED. This role has many parts to it, including contributing input into the science of concepts submitted to PECARN, collaboration with stakeholders within UCSF and outside, oversight of all projects and how they impact our ED and his own research which will one day have a concept coming through the network.
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Dr. Hilary Ong (pictured below in Other Funding) has been appointed as Affiliated Faculty with the new UCSF Center for Climate, Health and Equity.
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Dr. Shruti Kant is a member of the steering committee which organized the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Emergency Medicine education subcommittee spring meeting on May 5.
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Dr. Kant was also appointed PEM Simulation Director. She will guide the skill development/maintenance program and set priorities for simulation project development such as outreach and cross disciplinary programs.
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Dr. Kant was appointed to a 5-year term as the Academy Chair in Emergency Medicine Education! She will create a curriculum to develop a workplace-based faculty development curriculum to equip our educators with the skills to create a safe, inclusive learning environment.
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Dr. John Brown was awarded the Sanctae Crucis Award by The College of the Holy Cross (Dr. Brown is an alumnus) to recognize those who have "demonstrated extraordinary commitment and leadership in response to the pandemic."
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On April 14, Dr. Mary Mercer was awarded a "Community Hero" award and asked to represent the San Francisco COVID Command Center Vaccine Team recognized by the Japanese Cultural and community Center of Northern California for services rendered to the San Francisco community during the COVID response. The event took place in the Peace Plaza of Japantown, in partnership with NBC Bay Area, to mark the 100 days to the Olympics in Tokyo. Dr. Liz Kwan also attended the celebration and snapped the above photo with Olympians past and present (including figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi).
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RESEARCH GRANTS
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Dr. Anita Vashi was awarded the Disrupted Care National Project by VA Health Services Research and Development (HSR&D) in the amount of $1,500,000 on which she is Co-Principal Investigator. Her team has been tasked with conducting a high-level national study of changes in all-cause mortality; directing a data and methods work group to identify data needs and promote use of common measures of pandemic impact, disrupted care, and disease outcomes; and providing partner coordination and communications leadership across individual studies to ensure alignment with other VA efforts and Federal initiatives.
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OTHER FUNDING
Faculty Development Grant Awardee:
Dr. Hilary Ong - Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare training - The grant will support attendance to CleanMed 2021 conference, a national conference for leaders in healthcare sustainability. Training and networking opportunities at this conference, will allow Dr. Ong to gain skills and knowledge to support sustainability efforts within our department as well as UCSF Health at large.
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Dr. Hemal Kanzaria: Physician Advocacy Boot Camp: Creating Change Beyond the Emergency Department (May 11)
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Dr. Hemal Kanzaria: From Bedside to Policy: Advancing Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health Through Research, Collaboration, and Education (May 11)
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Drs. Nick Stark (R3, pictured below in Resident and Fellowship Activities), Toff Peabody: SAEM Consensus Conference: Social EMterventions: Using Technology to Bring Care Coordination to Scale (May 11)
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Dr. Sojung Yi (R3): Developing a Health Disparities Dashboard in the Emergency Department (May 11)
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Dr. Vidya Eswaran (Research-NCSP Fellow): SAEM Consensus Conference: Health Systems Breakout, Examining the relationship between health and pre-trial detention in Harris County, TX (May 11)
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Dr. Meghan Hewlett (R2): Conducting a Cluster Analysis of High Users of Multiple Systems in San Francisco (May 11)
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Dr. Eric Isaacs: Didactic: Dreamland in the Emergency Department: Ethical Considerations in the Management of Opioid Addiction (Ethics Committee Sponsored) (May 12)
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Drs. Aaron Kornblith and Jackie Grupp-Phelan: Stress Testing the Predictability and Stability of a Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network Rule (May 12)
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Drs. Meghan Hewlett (R2, Presenter), Maria Raven, Hemal Kanzaria, Resesarch Associate Caroline Cawley: Cluster Analysis of High Users of Medical, Behavioral Health, and Social Services in San Francisco (May 12)
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Drs. Vidya Eswaran (Research-NCSP Fellow, Presenter), Maria Raven, Hemal Kanzaria, Research Associate Caroline Cawley: SAEM Lightning Oral Abstract Presentation: Frequent Use of the Emergency Department and Incarceration: Understanding the Association (May 12)
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Drs. Kavita Gandhi and Rosny Daniel (pictured below in Activities): Didactic: Did That Just Happen?!? How to Respond to Microaggressions in the Emergency Department (ADIEM and AWAEM Sponsored) (May 12)
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Dr. Kavita Gandhi: Point-of-Care Lung Ultrasound Findings Associated With Need for Intensive Care in COVID-19 Positive Patients (AEUS Sponsored) (May 12)
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Dr. Kathy LeSaint, Juan Carlos Montoy (pictured below in Media Coverage), Eric Silverman, Mary Mercer (pictured below in Invited Presentations): Implementation of a Leave-Behind Naloxone Program: A One-Year Experience (May 12)
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Dr. Rosny Daniel (pictured below in Activities): How to Give an Inclusive Presentation from Delivery to Content (May 12)
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Drs. Gurvijay Bains (EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellow, Presenter), Amelia Breyre, Chris Colwell, Mary Mercer (pictured below in Invited Presentations) and John Brown (pictured above in Achievements): Centralized Ambulance Destination Determination Impact on EMS Distribution, Surge Events, and Diversion (May 12)
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Dr. Peter Sokolove: Managing Up for Vice Chairs: How to Ensure Success for You and Your Chair (May 13)
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Dr. Dina Wallin (pictured below in Invited Presentations): "Otherhood" in Academic Emergency Medicine: How to Engage, Inspire, and Promote Your Nonparent Female Colleagues (May 13)
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Drs. Tomas Diaz (Medical Education Fellow, Presenter), Starr Knight: A Critical Race Theory Curriculum for Emergency Medicine Learners (May 13)
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Dr. Rob Inglis (R3): Understanding the basis of physician climate advocacy: Does climate and health framing correlate with US senators' voting behavior on climate? (May 11)
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Drs. Dina Wallin (pictured below in Invited Presentations) and Sara Leibovich: Joining Forces! Creating a Regional Pediatric Emergency Medicine Collaborative in Northern California (May 14)
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Dr. Maddy Grade (R2): "VotER: Helping Patients Vote Like Their Health Depends on It" (IGNITE) (May 14)
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Dr. Manny Quaidoo (R3, pictured below in Resident and Fellowship Activities): A Review of COVID-19-Related Emergency Medicine Journal Publications and Lag Times (May 14)
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Dr. Maddy Grade (R2): "VotER: Promoting Civic Health Through Voter Registration in Health Care Settings" (Lightning Abstract) (May 14)
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Dr. Renee Hsia was an Invited Keynote Speaker presenting “Social Emergency Medicine: Not Safe for Work?” on April 27 at the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Consensus (virtual) Conference “From Bedside to Policy: Advancing Social Emergency Medicine and Population Health Through Research, Collaboration, and Education.”
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Dr. Evelyn Porter was a panel member at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Emergency Medicine education subcommittee spring meeting on May 5 discussing “Mentorship in Medical Education: Finding Mentorship and Developing Careers in Education.”
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Dr. Tomas Diaz (Medical Education Fellow) presented virtually on April 28 a poster entitled "Structural Competency in Medical Education: A Scoping Review" at the Beyond Flexner national conference.
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On April 12 and 13, Dr. Diaz gave a lecture for undergraduates at UC Berkeley entitled "White normativity, racial exclusion, & constructions of merit in medical education."
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Dr. Diaz gave a COVID vaccine talk with Dr. Nancy Anaya (pictured below in Activities) at Rosa Parks Elementary School on April 16.
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Dr. Diaz spoke virtually to high school students in Ms. Tambuscio's class in New Jersey at New Milford High School's Leadership in Focus Session on April 28.
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Dr. Mimi Lu presented a lecture: "Cardiac Arrhythmias: Don't Care What it Is, Just Want to Treat It" at ACEP's Advanced Pediatric Emergency Medicine Assembly held virtually from April 19 through 21.
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On May 19, Dr. Mary Mercer represented the Project FRIEND (First Responder Increased Education and Naloxone Distribution) team as an invited speaker on best practices for leave behind naloxone programs and EMS-engaged harm reduction programs for the "Learning in Action Network (LAN)" of the California Opioid Prevention by EMS (COPE) Project.
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On May 12, Dr. Mercer presented a Grand Rounds lecture and interactive workshop with Dr. Gretchen Fuller (DEM alumna, not pictured) called: "Relationship Centered Communication for Conflict Engagement and Resolution" for Dell Children's Hospital Pediatric Emergency Medicine
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Dr. Rosny Daniel (pictured below in Activities) presented "How to Make an Inclusive Presentation" with Dr. Cortlyn Brown (DEM alumna, not pictured) at the Council of Residency Directors (CORD) annual conference on April 15 and the Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) annual conference on April 21.
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Dr. Daniel presented a curricular development and evaluation workshop at Wake Forest University on May 20 and for UCSF Faculty on May 23.
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Dr. Daniel ran a workshop with the Dr. Meghan O'Brien (Department of Medicine, not pictured) on April 21 entitled "Creating and Assessing Equitable Curriculum" at the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) annual conference.
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On April 13, Dr. Anita Vashi (pictured above in Research Grants) presented "Disruptions in VA Care due to COVID-19" as part of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)'s Health Services Research & Development (HSR&D) Career Development Award Enhancement Initiative Series.
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Dr. Chris Colwell (pictured above in SAEM) was the Course Director for Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EMRAP)’s Trauma Fundamentals podcast which was broadcast April 14 and 15 to over 10,000 people worldwide. He also gave lectures at the event on "Geriatric Trauma and Management of the Agitated Trauma Patient."
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Dr. Heidi Werner gave a mini-oral presentation entitled “A Joint Curriculum for Pediatric Hospital and Emergency Medicine Fellows” during the UCSF Education Showcase May 24-27, highlighting the work of the fellowship leadership of both PEM and PHM – Drs. Shruti Kant (pictured above in Achiements), Heidi Werner and Darren Fiore.
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Drs. Margaret Lin-Martore, Carol Chen, Sonny Tat (pictured below in Activities) and Dina Wallin taught the 'PEM Bootcamp' workshop at the 2021 Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants (SEMPA) national conference on May 10 to a sold-out audience.
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Dr. Chris Colwell (pictured above in SAEM) was interviewed by ABC News on April 3 regarding the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine
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On May 18, Drs. Andi Tenner, Liz Kwan, John Brown, Mary Mercer, and Amelia Breyre (EMS & Disaster Medicine Fellow), pictured above, along with all members of the SF Covid Command staff (including many other DEM faculty and fellows) celebrated the milestone of 1 Million doses of the Covid-19 Vaccine Administered in San Francisco (#SF1Million).
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On April 15, Dr. Rob Rodriguez (pictured above in Media Coverage) spoke as a panelist on the UCSF Alumni Weekend Panel: Building Stress Resilience to Withstand the Next Crisis.
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Dr. Dina Wallin (pictured above in Invited Presentations) and planning committee co-organized a successful NorCal PEM Collaborative Education event which took place April 21. The event focused on the evaluation and care of neonates in the general ED, and was attended by a large crew of residents, faculty and fellows from UCSF, BCH-Oakland, Highland, UC Davis and Stanford.
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Dr. Emily Frank (pictured above in Achievements) designed and implemented a COVID Vaccine Teach-In for over 300 Oakland teens. (One week later 44% had gotten their first vaccine and >70% talked to their families about what they had learned!)
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Dr. Shruti Kant (pictured above in Achievements) hosted a tabletop discussion, entitled “Simulation – Options for Remote Simulation” at the UCSF Education Showcase, May 24-27.
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On April 29 a training/exercise was held of the SF DPH Skilled Nursing Facility Stabilization Plan with the EM residents as a part of their regular Thursday didactic series. Dr. John Brown (pictured above in Achievements) reports that we transformed the Decon Shower at SFGH ED into the fictional “Wurthering Heights” extended care facility experiencing a sudden staff shortage due to the pandemic. Besides Dr. Chris Colwell (pictured above in SAEM), Dr. Brown was assisted by UCSF MS III Sierra Pierce and Rich Pekelney, Disaster Service Worker and Associate MHOAC, and Capt. Brandon Chatham of SF Fire Department, who led our (so far) only deployment of the plan to stabilize a facility last fall.
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Drs. Ellen Weber, Joe Graterol, Hemal Kanzaria and Maria Raven assisted on April 1 at the Tenderloin vaccination pop-up site at GLIDE Memorial Church, in partnership with the San Francisco Department of Public Health (DPH), UCSF’s Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI), Life Sciences Cares-Bay Area, and San Francisco Community Health Center (SFCHC). Dr. Nancy Anaya (pictured below) also provided support at the site that day.
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Dr. Daniel volunteered with the vaccine clinic at GLIDE Memorial Church on May 13.
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Dr. Daniel ran the EM Construction-Operations Building information exchange (COBie) Course for graduating 4th year med students with several volunteers from our faculty (April 27, May 3 and 4).
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In March, PEM had the highest percentage of calls to non-UCSF PCPs and referring providers for referred and admitted patients (58%) since the PCP callback initiative began. Dr. Sonny Tat played a major role in spearheading this progress through his ongoing efforts to incentivize the SAWs to increase outreach with our community providers.
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Badarch J, Harding J, Dickinson-Craig E, Azen C, Ong H, Hunter S, Pannaraj PS, Szepesi B, Sereenendor T, Davaa S, Ochir C, Warburton D, Readhead C. Winter air pollution from domestic coal fired heating in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is strongly associated with a major seasonal cyclic decrease in successful fecundity. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 9 Mar 2021;18(5):2750. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18052750. PMID: 33803108. PMCID: PMC7967474.
Brent DA, Grupp-Phelan J, O'Shea BA, Patel SJ, Mahabee-Gittens EM, Rogers A, Duffy SJ, Shenoi RP, Chernick LS, Casper TC, Webb MW, Nock MK, King CA for Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN). A comparison of self-reported risk and protective factors and the death implicit association test in the prediction of future suicide attempts in adolescent emergency department patients. Psychol Med. 5 May 2021;1-9. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001215. PMID: 33947480.
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Kyritsis N, Torres-Espín A, Schupp PG, Huie JR, Chou A, Duong-Fernandez X, Thomas LH, Tsolinas RE, Hemmerle DD, Pascual LU, Singh V, Pan JZ, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Burke JF, DiGiorgio AM, Weinstein PR, Manley GT, Dhall SS, Ferguson AR, Oldham MC, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS. Diagnostic blood RNA profiles for human acute spinal cord injury. J Exp Med. 1 Mar 2021;218(3). PMID: 33512429. PMCID: PMC7852457.
Mummaneni N, Burke JF, DiGiorgio AM, Thomas LH, Duong-Fernandez X, Harris M, Pascual LU, Ferguson AR, Russell Huie J, Pan JZ, Hemmerle DD, Singh V, Torres-Espin A, Omondi C, Kyritsis N, Weinstein PR, Whetstone WD, Manley GT, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Cohen-Adad J, Dhall SS, Talbott JF. Injury volume extracted from MRI predicts neurologic outcome in acute spinal cord injury: A prospective TRACK-SCI pilot study. J Clin Neurosci. Dec 2020;82(Pt B):231-236. Epub 2020 Nov 25. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.11.003. PMID: 33248950.
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Rose CC, Haas MRC, Yilmaz Y, Alvarez A, Mott SE, Landry AI, Gisondi MA, Ankel F, Lin M, Chan TM. ALiEM Connect: large-Scale, interactive virtual residency programming in response to COVID-19. Acad Med. 20 Apr 2021. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004122. PMID: 33883400.
Tsolinas RE, Burke JF, DiGiorgio AM, Thomas LH, Duong-Fernandez X, Harris MH, Yue JK, Winkler EA, Suen CG, Pascual LU, Ferguson AR, Huie JR, Pan JZ, Hemmerle DD, Singh V, Torres-Espin A, Omondi C, Kyritsis N, Haefeli J, Weinstein PR, de Almeida Neto CA, Kuo YH, Taggard D, Talbott JF, Whetstone WD, Manley GT, Bresnahan JC, Beattie MS, Dhall SS. Transforming Research and Clinical Knowledge in Spinal Cord Injury (TRACK-SCI): an overview of initial enrollment and demographics. Neurosurg Focus. 1 May 2020;48(5):E6. doi: 10.3171/2020.2.FOCUS191030. PMID: 32357323.
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DEM held its annual Medical Student Education Celebration on May 3. The event was held to congratulate our EM-bound UCSF medical students and also to thank our EM faculty, fellows, and residents who have contributed to medical student education throughout the year. Thank you to everyone who joined us for this virtual celebration!
The following awards were presented:
DEM Outstanding Medical Student Educator Awards (as chosen by our medical student rotators):
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Resident: Dr. Nicholas Mauricio (R4)
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Faculty: Drs. Marianne Juarez and Joseph Graterol (both pictured above in Achievements)
ACEP/EMRA National Outstanding Medical Student Award:
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Drs. Carolina Ornelas and Jaskaran (Karan) Bains (both UCSF EM R1s beginning June 2021, both pictured below in Resident and Fellowship Activities) were awarded the prestigious 2021 American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) / Emergency Medicine Residents' Association (EMRA) National Outstanding Medical Student Award. This is the fourth consecutive year that a UCSF medical student has received the award.
ACEP/EMRA Medical Student Professionalism and Service Award:
- Dr. Natalie Hernandez (not pictured)
SAEM Excellence in Emergency Medicine Medical Student Award:
- Dr. Beata Durcanova (UCSF EM R1 beginning June 2021, pictured below in Resident and Fellowship Activities)
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DEM held its annual Residency and Fellowship Graduation on June 8. Congratulations to all of our graduates and thank you to all of our faculty for their teaching, guidance, and mentorship of our residents and fellows!
Graduating Residents (not pictured): Drs. Ania Bilski, Erin Bowler, David Dillon, Edward Grom, Kevin Hanley, Paul Hausknecht, Timothy Hong, Jonathan Kobles, Shelby Legeros, Nicholas Mauricio, Emily Neill, Joseph Nelson, Saned Raouf, Grace Taylor
Graduating Fellows (not pictured): Drs. Gurvijay Bains, Amelia Breyre, Tomás Díaz, Christine Ju, Jacob Lebin, Anita Mudan, Mahnoosh Nik-Ahd, Kevin Padrez, Cecily Sotomayor, Jennifer Wiebelhaus
The following awards were presented:
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Faculty Teacher of the Year: Dr. Dan Repplinger
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Graduating Resident of the Year: Dr. Erin Bowler
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Intern of the Year: Dr. Elaine Hsiang
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ZSFG Krevans Awardee: Dr. Rasheed Alhadi
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Nurses of the Year (not pictured): Cornelius Carter, Cris Peña, & Juan Pablo Poncia
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Support Staff of the Year (not pictured): Drew Spinetti, Paul Takamoto, & Regina Mitchell Thomson
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Consultants of the Year (not pictured): Drs. Nausheen Mahmood & Sarah Stroud
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Residency and Fellowship Activities |
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Congratulations 2021-2022 Chief Residents!
Pictured above, left to right: Drs. Mindy Duong, Manny Quaidoo and Nick Stark
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Welcome Emergency Medicine Residency Class of 2025!
Pictured above, left to right: Drs. Yonathan Ararso (NYU), Jaskaran (Karan) Bains (Cornell), Fiona Chen (Brown University), Kaitlin (Katie) DeWilde (Albert Einstein COM), Beata Durcanova (UCSF), Demetri Euter (Mercer University), Keerthi Gondy (University of Michigan), Simson Hon (UC Davis), Gabriella Lopes (Temple University), Marin Olson (University of Michigan), Carolina Ornelas (UCSF), Adrian Rhodes (SUNY Upstate), Tianyu (Terri) Tang (University of Arizona), Rachel Tsolinas (University of Utah), Mark Wainwright (UCLA)
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Welcome 2021-2022 Incoming Fellows!
Pictured above, left to right: Drs. Adesuwa (Ade) Akhetuamhen (Research-NCSP), David Dillon (Research-StARR), Maytal Firnberg (Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound), Kevin Hanley (Medical Education), Melanie Molina (Research-NCSP), Emily Neill (Ultrasound), Timothy Hong (EMS & Disaster Medicine), Courtney Shay (EMS & Disaster Medicine), Alamelu (Amlu) Natesan (Pediatric Emergency Medicine), Vania Singleterry (Pediatric Emergency Medicine)
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Effective Monday, April 12, Cici Lara Chavez joined our DEM Staff team serving as our Inspire Study Clinical Research Coordinator. Cici will be working with Drs. Rob Rodriguez, Ralph Wang and Juan Carlos Montoy and will report to Robin Kemball. Cici was born in Guanajuato, Mexico and was raised in the Salinas Valley. She has experience working in the Emergency Department. Before joining UCSF, she worked at Natividad Medical Center and Salinas Valley Healthcare System. She hopes to one day care for patients as a Physician Assistant. She enjoys road trips, nature, traveling and spending time with family.
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Effective June 2, Chris Pathmanabhan will be joining our DEM Staff team and will serve as our PEM Clinical Research Coordinator. Chris will be working on several PECARN studies and will report to Robin Kemball. Chris graduated from Bryn Mawr College and recently completed a Masters in Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to coming to UCSF, Chris has worked as an EMT and pursued bench research for over four years. She also has prior experience volunteering in the Parnassus ED. Aside from work, she loves baking, traveling, and playing badminton. A fun fact about Chris is that she loves learning new languages — it helps her participate more fully in cultures as she travels.
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Virginia Chan was awarded a Wings grant in May for Introduction to Probability and Statistics for her MPH degree.
- The following individuals were selected as 2020-2021 DEM STAR SPOT Award Recipients, recognized and nominated by our faculty, trainees and fellow DEM staff members for their outstanding work and dedication toward advancing emergency medicine.
- Leesa Cantero
- Ronnie Chuorn
- Tito Lemus
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Sandra Lieu (pictured above in Achievements)
- Elaine Mayer
- Kimberly Smith
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