A monthly newsletter of honors and accomplishments
August 2019

UCSF Medical Center was ranked 7th best hospital in the U.S. in the 2019-2020 U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey. Many DOM divisions’ specialty ranking contributed significantly to our health system’s overall success (our divisions make up 8 of the 17 specialties that are ranked) — particularly diabetes and endocrinology (#3), geriatrics (#5), nephrology (#6), rheumatology (#7), pulmonology (#8), GI (tied #11), and cancer (tied #12). See the announcement here.

 WELCOME NEW FACULTY

Welcome to our new DOM faculty members! There are 103 of them, with 66 based at UCSF Health, 17 at ZSFG, and 20 at the VA. Our new 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. See the list of new faculty and orientation dates here.

 DOM FACULTY ORIENTATIONS FOR NEW OR 2ND YEAR FACULTY

If you are a new or second-year faculty member who has never attended a DOM orientation, please attend one of the New Faculty Orientation sessions listed below. For more information, contact Aaron Tabacco, our new DOM Staff and Faculty Experience Specialist.

Monday, September 16 | 8:30am-12pm
530 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143
Lange Reading Room, 5th Floor of the Parnassus Library

Friday, September 27 | 8:30am-12pm
1001 Potrero Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110
ZSFG Building 3, 5th Floor Conference Room

Friday, October 4 | 8:30am-12pm
530 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143
Lange Reading Room, 5th Floor of the Parnassus Library

 HONORS AND NEWS

 INTERVIEW WITH DELPHINE TUOT

Each month, we interview a member of the DOM community. Delphine Tuot is Associate Professor and Director of the UCSF Center for Innovation in Access and Quality at ZSFG. Read her interview to learn what led her to specialize in nephrology and primary care management of chronic kidney disease.

 FIRESIDE CHAT

The next Fireside Chat will be held on Friday, August 9, 12-1pm, in room M989 at Parnassus. Bob Wachter will interview Daniel Lowenstein, UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost. Past Fireside Chats, including interviews with Talmadge King and the late Holly Smith, can be seen here.

 DOM IN THE NEWS

Soraya Azari was quoted in a KQED article discussing how self-stigma poses a dangerous risk to opioid-addicted patients.

Timothy Henrich was interviewed on ABC7 News about the possibility of a cure for HIV.

Margot Kushel co-wrote a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed and was interviewed on KQED Forum about the increase in California's homeless population and how we can fight senior homelessness.

Carmen Peralta explained in a Polito podcast "Pulse Check" the history of end-stage renal disease care and the Trump administration's plan to change how kidney disease is treated.

 NEWLY AWARDED GRANTS

Salomeh Keyhani and team: a grant of $3.0M over 5 years from the National Institute on Aging for a project entitled, “Marijuana use in older adults: Health, function and fall-related injury."

Jimmie Ye and team: a grant of $2.8M over 3 years from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative for a project entitled, “Human immune variation across genetic backgrounds, gender and time.”

Chloe Atreya and team: a grant of $2.1M over 5 years from the National Cancer Institute for a project entitled, “Kinome-guided targeting of cooperative dependencies in BRAF and KRAS mutated colorectal cancer.”

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training
All faculty members are encouraged to take the training!

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Past DOM Fireside Chats
Atul Butte
Interviewed by Bob Wachter

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 RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Bensing BA, Li L, Yakovenko O, Wong M, Barnard KN, Iverson TM, Lebrilla CB, Parrish CR, Thomas WE, Xiong Y, Sullam PM. Recognition of specific sialoglycan structures by oral streptococci impacts the severity of endocardial infection. PLoS Pathog 2019; 15(6):e1007896.
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Blanc PD, Annesi-Maesano I, Balmes JR, Cummings KJ, Fishwick D, Miedinger D, Murgia N, Naidoo RN, Reynolds CJ, Sigsgaard T, Torén K, Vinnikov D, Redlich CA. The occupational burden of nonmalignant respiratory diseases. An official American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society statement. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2019; 199(11):1312-1334.
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Somsouk M, Rachocki C, Mannalithara A, Garcia D, Laleau V, Grimes B, Issaka RB, Chen E, Vittinghoff E, Shapiro JA, Ladabaum U. Effectiveness and cost of organized outreach for colorectal cancer screening: A randomized controlled trial. J Natl Cancer Inst 2019; doi: 10.1093/jnci/djz110. » PubMed citation

Wachter RM, Judson TJ, Mourad M. Reimagining specialty consultation in the digital age: The potential role of targeted automatic electronic consultations. JAMA 2019; doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.6607. » PubMed citation

Wilson MR, Sample HA, Zorn KC, Arevalo S, Yu G, Neuhaus J, Federman S, Stryke D, Briggs B, Langelier C, Berger A, Douglas V, Josephson SA, Chow FC, Fulton BD, DeRisi JL, Gelfand JM, Naccache SN, Bender J, Dien Bard J, Murkey J, Carlson M, Vespa PM, Vijayan T, Allyn PR, Campeau S, Humphries RM, Klausner JD, Ganzon CD, Memar F, Ocampo NA, Zimmermann LL, Cohen SH, Polage CR, DeBiasi RL, Haller B, Dallas R, Maron G, Hayden R, Messacar K, Dominguez SR, Miller S, Chiu CY. Clinical metagenomic sequencing for diagnosis of meningitis and encephalitis. N Engl J Med 2019; 380(24):2327-2340. » PubMed citation

Zikherman J. GC B cells 'AKT' to blunt BCR signaling. Nat Immunol 2019; 20(6):671-674. »PubMed citation

See all 193 DOM-authored publications last month here.

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