Groundbreaking for the new home of DGIM

A Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new home of DGIM was held on September 10, 2008. When completed, the Osher Building will house the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the Division of General Internal Medicine. A building rendering and information sheet on the Osher Building has more information about DGIM's future location.

At the Osher Building Groundbreaking, from left to right, Emily Leang, Miriam Gonzalez-White, Bobby Baron, Dan Null, Don Ng, Alka Kanaya, and Eliseo Pérez-Stable.

Dr. Josh Adler named Chief Medical Officer of UCSF Medical Center

After a comprehensive national search, Dr. Josh Adler was selected as Chief Medical Officer of the UCSF Medical Center.

Full text of email announcement from UCSF CEO Mark Laret is below.

Dear Colleagues:

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Josh Adler as Chief Medical Officer of UCSF Medical Center, effective July 1, 2009 and subject to Regental approval.

Dr. Adler earned his medical degree from UC San Diego and completed his internal medicine residency and chief residency at UCSF. After his training, he joined the UCSF faculty, serving in clinical leadership positions at the Veterans' Administration Medical Center, including Chief Medical Officer for the Sierra Pacific VA Network. He later returned to Parnassus/Mount Zion to direct the ambulatory practices in the UCSF Department of Medicine. Dr. Adler has served as Associate Chief Medical Officer for ambulatory care since 2004, with overall responsibility for quality, patient satisfaction and strategic planning for the 95 UCSF ambulatory care practices. For the past year, Dr. Adler has filled the role of interim co-Chief Medical Officer with Dr. Adrienne Green.

After a comprehensive national search, we selected Dr. Adler because of his proven track record at UCSF, his ability to work across departments to solve problems, and his commitment to patient safety, quality and satisfaction. As CMO, Dr. Adler will direct the Medical Center departments of Medical Staff Affairs, Patient Safety and Quality Services and Risk Management. He will serve as the liaison between Medical Center Administration and the President of the Medical Staff and medical staff committees. He will oversee all medical directors, assist the CEO in evaluation and prioritization of requests for strategic support, and work with other UCSF Medical Center executives to evaluate and implement new clinical programs, assure a strong compliance program and develop the annual operating and capital budgets. Dr. Adler will also maintain a part-time primary care practice and continue to direct the Pathways to Discovery Program. In July, Dr. Green will return to her position as Associate Chief Medical Officer for inpatient services, continuing to play a central role in patient throughput, utilization and other important initiatives.

I would like to thank the CMO search committee, led by Dr. Nancy Ascher and Dr. Talmadge King, for its time and effort in assisting with this important recruitment. Please join me in acknowledging the outstanding work that both Dr. Adler and Dr. Green have done over the past year, and in welcoming Dr. Adler as our new Chief Medical Officer.

Sincerely,

Mark Laret
Chief Executive Officer
UCSF Medical Center

Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD recieves National Medical Fellowships Humanitarian Award
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable was given the National Medical Fellowships Humanitarian Award at the NMF 2009 San Francisco Awards Gala. Dr. Pérez-Stable was recognized for his extensive work in the Latino community that has led to culturally appropriate interventions to promote early detection of cancer among Latinos.

Mitchell Katz, MD awarded 2009 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize by APHA
The American Public Health Association has awarded the 2009 Milton and Ruth Roemer Prize to Mitchell H. Katz, MD. This prize is awarded in recognition of a health officer who has demonstrated creativity and innovation in public health work. More on this award is on the APHA website: http://www.apha.org/about/awards/09awardrecips/09RoemerPrize.htm

Rena J. Pasick, DrPH, receives the Robert F. Allen Symbol of H.O.P.E Award

Rena J. Pasick, DrPH, has received the Robert F. Allen Symbol of H.O.P.E Award (Helping Other People Through Empowerment), which honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to promoting cultural diversity within health promotion or who have demonstrated significant achievement in serving the health promotion needs of underserved populations. The award is presented annually by the American Journal of Health Promotion. Pasick is Adjunct Professor of Medicine and serves as the Cancer Center's Associate Director for Community Education and Outreach, as well as leader of the Society, Diversity, and Disparities Program.

Doug Bauer, MD, given Faculty Award for Resident Research Mentoring

The program directors of the Floyd C. Rector Research Symposium have recognized Doug Bauer, MD, as a faculty member who has made major contributions to support and facilitate the conduct of scholarly work by UCSF residents.

Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil named as co-editor of the Journal of General Internal Medicine

The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) is pleased to announce the five year appointment of Dr. Richard L. Kravitz, MD, MSPH and Dr. Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil as the next co-editors of the Journal of General Internal Medicine (JGIM). JGIM is the official peer-reviewed scientific publication of SGIM. As such, JGIM promotes improved patient care, research, and education in primary care, general internal medicine, and hospital medicine. Its articles focus on topics such as clinical medicine, epidemiology, prevention, health care delivery, curriculum development and numerous other non-traditional themes, in addition to classic clinical research on problems in internal medicine.

A .pdf file of the Society of General Internal Medicine's official press release is available for download.

2009 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 that comprised of last year's winners.

Winners of the 2009 Crede Awards went to the following faculty/staff:
Excellence in Teaching-Faculty: Radhika Ramanan, MD
Excellence in Clinical Care-Faculty: Miranda Dunlop, MD
Excellence in Clinical Research-Faculty: Anna Nápoles, PhD
Excellence in Nursing Care: Jennifer DeJesus
Administrative Excellence: Mai-Yen Giang
Excellence in Community Service: Connie Revell

Congratulations to the winners and nominees!

DGIM News Archive

Past DGIM news items can be found at http://dgim.ucsf.edu/news/newsarchive.html