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Dr. Molly Cooke Receives UCSF Holly Smith Award
Dr. Molly Cooke has recieved the 2012 Holly Smith Award for exceptional service to the School of Medicine. The 13th Annual Holly Smith Awards will be presented on May 30th at the UCSF Salute to Excellence.
Read more about the Holly Smith Awards.
Dr. Edward Machtinger Publishes Results of Study of Trauma and HIV
Edward Machtinger, MD, Director of the Women's HIV Program at UCSF, has recently published 2 papers on the association between trauma and HIV in the journal AIDS and Behavior.
The San Francisco Chronical featured Dr. Machtinger's work on the front page of the March 23 edition. An online version of the article is available on the SF Gate website: http://sfgate.com
Pam Ling, MD, is guest on KQED Forum Radio Program.
Dr. Pam Ling was a guest on the KQED Forum program entitled "Preventing Youth Smoking". The program aired on Friday, March 9. An audio file of the show can be heard on the KQED Forum website: http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/
Molly Cooke to be Director of Education at UCSF Global Health Services
Molly Cooke, MD, FACP, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, has been appointed the first GHS Director of Education. Dr. Cooke, will begin her transition to GHS in March and officially step down from her role as the director of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators in June.
To read more, please see http://globalhealthsciences.ucsf.edu
Marynieves Diaz-Mendez is LIVESTRONG's 2011 Promotora of the Year
The LIVESTRONG foundation has named Marynieves Diaz-Mendez as their 2011 Promotora of the Year. Marynieves was recognized for her wealth of knowledge and commitment to LIVESTRONG. She also singlehandedly completed the highest number of online intakes submitted directly to the LIVESTRONG Cancer Navigation Center in 2011.
As part of her prize, Marynieves will attend the 2012 LIVESTRONG Assembly this March in Austin, Texas.
Read more about the LIVESTRONG Promotores: LIVESTRONG Promotores Program
Yvonne Kwok named one of UCSF's Great People
Yvonne Kwok has been given the UCSF School of Medicine's Great People Award. Yvonne was recognized for her excellent work and dedication to the University. For more information about the Great People Award, please visit http://medschool2.ucsf.edu/great/awarding-great-people
Michael Rabow, MD Receives 2012 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Awards
Dr. Mike Rabow has been awarded the mid-career 2012 Hastings Center Cunniff-Dixon Physician Award, a national award given for excellence in end-of-life care. Dr. Rabow was recognized for having developed the Symptom Management Service at the UCSF Hellen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Care Center, which is one of the first outpatient palliative care services in a comprehensive cancer center in the United States.
http://www.thehastingscenter.org/PhysicianAwards/
Presentation by Irene Yen, PhD, MPH distributed on the University of California Television (UCTV) network
Dr. Irene Yen spoke at the 2011 Forum on Breast Cancer Prevention and Younger Women at UCSF Mission Bay on October 15, 2011. Her talk "Taking Charge: Physical Activity, Neighborhood Environments, City Planning and Health" can be viewed on UCTV at http://www.uctv.tv/search-details.aspx?showID=23068
Rena Pasick, DrPH re-appointed as Scholar, Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Dr. Rena Pasick's appointment as a Komen Scholar has been renewed for a third year. The Komen Scholars are an advisory group of distinguished scholars and leaders in breast cancer research and advocacy who have made significant contributions to advancing the field and are committed to furthering Komen's mission. Scholars receive grants to conduct the breast cancer research of their choice, and assist Komen in its programs. Dr. Pasick is using the research funds to develop an educational program on hereditary breast cancer tailored for the African American faith community. Her leadership role involves expansion of Komen's Post Baccalaureate Training in Disparities Research program. More information on Komen Scholars: http://ww5.komen.org/ResearchGrants/ScientificAdvisoryCouncil.html
Ning Tang, MD, selected as a 2012 CHQI Fellow
Dr. Ning Tang has been selected as a 2012 Health Care Policy Fellow by the University of California Center for Health Quality and Innovation. For more information please visit: http://health.universityofcalifornia.edu/2011/12/20/innovation-center-awards-health-fellowships/
Maria Wamsley, MD has publication accepted to Med Ed Portal "with acclamation"
Dr. Maria Wamsley's recent publication is the current Featured Resource on Med Ed Portal: Wamsley M, Treit K, Satterfield J, Levitt D, McCance-Katz E, Moreno-John G, et al. "Three Standardized Patient Cases to Measure Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Skills in Primary Care Residents."
The publication is available at: https://www.mededportal.org/publication/9005
Dr. Wamsley photo courtesy of Victoria Ruddick
Tung Nguyen, MD appointed to President's advisory Commission
Dr. Tung Nguyen has been appointed to the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. He and the other members of the Commission will provide advice to President Obama and the co-chairs of the White House Initiative to help improve the quality of life and expand opportunities for AAPIs.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/07/
Molly Cooke Awarded ABIM Foundation Professionalism Article Prize
Dr. Molly Cooke has been named a winner of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Foundation Professionalism Article Prize. Dr. Cooke's article "Cost Consciousness in Patient Care-What Is Medical Education's Responsibility?" was named the winner in the Medical Education and Training category. For more information, please visit the ACP website: http://www.acpinternist.org/weekly/archives/2011/8/2/index.html#8
The article can be read here: http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMp0911502
Please join DGIM in welcoming new Faculty members for 2011-2012.
Laura Fejerman, Arti Shah, Nathaniel Gleason, Seth Berkowitz have joined DGIM as new faculty members.
For more information see the New DGIM Faculty Page
DGIM Faculty Promotions
DGIM Faculty members who will receive promotions in Academic Year 2012–2013.
Congratulations to:
Paul Nadler, MD, Kathy Julian, MD, and Leah Karliner, MD.
DGIM Faculty members received promotions in Academic Year 2011–2012.
Congratulations to:
Tina Sindwani, MD, Steve Gregorich, PhD; Rena Pasick, DrPH, and Doug Bauer, MD.
For more information see the DGIM Faculty Promotions Page
2011 Robert H. Crede Awards
The annual DGIM Robert H. Crede Awards provide the faculty and staff of DGIM an opportunity to recognize their co-workers for their dedication and service to the Division, our students, our patients and the community. Nominations for each of the categories were submitted by DGIM faculty and staff and the winners were selected by the Crede Award Committee composed of last year's winners.
Winners of the 2011 Crede Awards went to the following faculty/staff:
Excellence in Teaching-Faculty: Gina Moreno-John, MD, MPH
Excellence in Clinical Care-Faculty: Edward Machtinger, MD
Excellence in Clinical Research-Faculty: Leah Karliner, MD, MAS
Excellence in Nursing Care: Diana Zasimczuk
Excellence in Clinical Administration: Kristine Castro
Excellence in Academic Administration: Yvonne Kwok
Excellence in Community Service: Robert Baron, MD, MS
Congratulations to the winners and nominees!
For more DGIM News, please visit the DGIM News Page
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DGIM Grand Rounds
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
1545 Divisadero Street, 1st Floor, Room 103
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
May 2012
Date: Thursday, May 3, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Primary Care, the next 5 years: better, harder, more or all of the above?
Joshua Adler, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Chief Medical Officer, UCSF Medical Center
Interim Medical Director, Ambulatory Care
Director, Executive Health Practice
Director, Pathways to Discovery Program
University of California, San Francisco
DGIM Primary Care Grand Rounds
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
1545 Divisadero Street, 1st Floor, Room 103
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
May 2012
Date: Thursday, May 10, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
No event scheduled due to SGIM 2012
DGIM Research Conference
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
1545 Divisadero St., 1st Floor, Room 103
May 2012
Date: Thursday, May 17, 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Statewide Communication to Reach Diverse Low-Income Women at Risk for Hereditary Breast Cancer
Speaker: Rena Pasick, DrPH
Professor in Residence
Division of General Internal Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Faculty Development Program Lecture Series
For information about Faculty Development Program lectures, please view http://dgim.ucsf.edu/facultydevelopment/presentations.html"
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