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A monthly newsletter of honors and accomplishments
June 2023
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Join us in welcoming our 2023-2024 chief medical residents: top row, left to right: Brittany Abel (ZSFG); Catherine Gordon (SFVAHCS); Kristie Hsu (UCSF Health); Tyrone Johnson (UCSF Health); bottom row, left to right: Jack McGregor (ZSFG); Madison Malone (UCSF Health); Sheyla Medina (SFVAHCS); Max Pillsbury (SFVAHCS); and Marcela Zhou Huang (ZSFG).
We also wish to thank our awesome 2022-2023 chief medical residents: Shirley Chan, Cati Crawford, Anna Fretz, Viridiana Garcia, Jessie Holtzman, Bao Le, Veronica Manzo, Diana Partida, and Amy Pugh.
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DOM RANKED THIRD IN INTERNAL MEDICINE
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In the 2023-2024 U.S. News & World Report annual rankings, the Department of Medicine was ranked third in the nation in internal medicine. The UCSF School of Medicine was the only school ranked in the top five for both research and primary care. Read more here.
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FELLOW AWARDS
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Our fellows make extraordinary contributions to our department. Each year, our internal medicine residents honor a fellow in every division. This year,
Hope Caughron (top left) was selected as the overall Fellow of the Year. Awardees in each of the divisions were: (top row, left to right):
Kwame Adjepong,
Monica Cheng,
Mai Dao,
Stacey Howell,
Charlotte Hurabielle Claverie,
Ilana Krumm;
(bottom row, left to right):
Howard Lee,
Samuel Lee,
Shawn Li,
Emily Lydon,
Amrita Mahesh,
Robert Weber, and
Benjamin Weia.
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RESIDENT FACULTY AWARDS
Our internal medicine residents have honored our faculty members with the following awards:
David Chia: Residency Advising & Development (RAD) Advisor of the Year Award
Jaya Mallidi: Patricia Cornett Subspecialty Faculty Teaching Award
Lev Malevanchik: Floyd C. Rector Award for Excellence in Teaching
John Penner: Harry Hollander Award for Clinical Reasoning
Abigail Phillips: Clinic Preceptor Award
Lekshmi Santhosh: Research Mentoring (Rector Symposium)
Katy Tsai: Longitudinal Subspecialty Clinic Preceptor Award
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HOLLY SMITH AWARD FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE
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Rochelle Blanco received the Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine. Winners of this award exhibit qualities exemplified by Holly Smith: dedication to the SOM, diversity in roles played, commitment to sustaining UCSF's position as a world-class institution, and accomplishing all of the above with humor and grace.
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FACULTY RETIREMENTS
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Join us in honoring our faculty members retiring this academic year (top row, left to right): Robert Baron (General Internal Medicine, UCSF Health), Douglas Bauer (General Internal Medicine, UCSF Health), Maria Ekstrand (Prevention Science), Sam Goldman (Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine), Rick Hecht (General Internal Medicine, UCSF Health); (bottom row, left to right): Kristen Hege (Hematology & Oncology, UCSF Health), Patti Katz (Rheumatology, UCSF Health), Harry Lampiris (Infectious Diseases, SFVAHCS),
Thiennu Vu (Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy & Sleep Medicine, UCSF Health), and Leslie Zimmerman (Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, SFVAHCS).
Read more about them.
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STAFF MILESTONES
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Congratulations to our staff who have achieved UC Service Milestones!
25 years:
Amy Akbarian,
Lingjing Chen,
Caycee Cullen,
Maxine Davis,
Celeste Eng,
Ana Fernandez Lamothe,
John Hamiga,
Charles Le,
Alyse Miluck,
James Nix,
Vivian Robinson
30 years: Teresa Moeller, Viva Tai, Jennifer Thomas
45 years: Peyton Jacob
See the list of all FY23 staff service milestones.
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DOM IN THE NEWS
Peter Chin-Hong spoke to ABC News supporting the FDA’s decision to remove all blood donation restrictions for gay and bisexual men. He was also quoted by the LA Times discussing his personal Covid-19 precautions and spoke at the STAT Breakthrough Summit debating what’s next with Covid-19.
Matt Durstenfeld was quoted by the Washington Post explaining how Long Covid affects the heart during exercise.
Monica Gandhi spoke to STAT explaining the racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities in HIV. She was also quoted by the LA Times asserting that data shows masking does not change the course of the pandemic.
Sam Goldman was featured in the Wall Street Journal and Science discussing his recent study that shows exposure to trichloroethylene, common in soil and groundwater, increases the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
Nisha Parikh was quoted by SF Gate explaining how high blood pressure and pregnancy complications can impact a woman’s future cardiovascular health.
Michael Peluso spoke to NPR explaining the hypothesis that viral persistence explains many cases of Long Covid.
Rita Redberg was quoted by STAT discussing the use of liquid biopsies to catch cancer.
Hope Rugo was quoted by STAT providing feedback on a study about the risks of breast cancer recurrence for women who interrupt endocrine therapy to become pregnant.
Priya Shete spoke to NBC News providing insight as to why tuberculosis cases are on the rise.
Diana Thiara appeared on KTVU discussing Tirzepatide being fast tracked for weight loss. She also spoke to the Wall Street Journal about insurance coverage for GLPA1 receptor agonists and to Vox about the risks of GLPA1 receptor agonists for pregnant women.
Jeffrey Tice spoke to the New York Times answering questions about breast cancer risk and prevention tactics.
Bob Wachter was quoted by the Washington Post and spoke to the SF Chronicle about the Biden administration’s decision to end the public health emergency for Covid-19. He also spoke to USA Today discussing patient safety and why medical errors are difficult to eradicate.
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RECENT GRANTS OF NOTE
Jason Satterfield and team: a grant of $5M over 5 years from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for a project entitled, “The UCSF SBIRT Collaborative Care Program.”
Sara Suliman and team: a grant of $2.5M over 5 years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled, “The role of tyrosine metabolism in tuberculosis pathogenesis.”
Michael Peluso and team: a grant of $1M over 2 years from the PolyBio Research Foundation for a project entitled, “Long-term Impact of Infection with Novel Coronavirus: A Clinical Core to Support Long COVID Collaborative Research.”
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF NOTE
Albert MA. Economic adversity and health care: synopsis of American Heart Association presidential address. Circulation. 2023 Apr 4;147(14):1115-1117. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.063726. >> PubMed Citation
Ammirati E, Moslehi JJ. Diagnosis and treatment of acute myocarditis: A review. JAMA. 2023 Apr 4;329(13):1098-1113. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.3371. >> PubMed Citation
Benowitz NL, Warner KE, Myers ML, et al. How the FDA can improve public health — helping people stop smoking. N Engl J Med. 2023 Apr 27;388(17):1540-1542. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp2301700. >> PubMed Citation
Kadakia KT, Rathi VK, Ramachandran R, Johnston JL, Ross JS, Dhruva SS. Challenges and solutions to advancing health equity with medical devices. Nat Biotechnol. 2023 May;41(5):607-609. doi: 10.1038/s41587-023-01746-3. >> PubMed Citation
Kelley RK, Ueno M, Yoo C, Finn RS, Furuse J, Ren Z, Yau T, Klümpen HJ, Chan SL, Ozaka M, Verslype C, Bouattour M, Park JO, Barajas O, Pelzer U, Valle JW, Yu L, Malhotra U, Siegel AB, Edeline J, Vogel A; KEYNOTE-966 Investigators. Pembrolizumab in combination with gemcitabine and cisplatin compared with gemcitabine and cisplatin alone for patients with advanced biliary tract cancer (KEYNOTE-966): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2023 Apr 14:S0140-6736(23)00727-4. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00727-4. >> PubMed Citation
Kushel M. Involuntary displacements — making a bad situation worse. JAMA. 2023 May 2;329(17):1455-1456. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.4644. >> PubMed Citation
Luetkemeyer AF, Donnell D, Dombrowski JC, Cohen S, Grabow C, Brown CE, Malinski C, Perkins R, Nasser M, Lopez C, Vittinghoff E, Buchbinder SP, Scott H, Charlebois ED, Havlir DV, Soge OO, Celum C; DoxyPEP Study Team. Postexposure doxycycline to prevent bacterial sexually transmitted infections. N Engl J Med. 2023 Apr 6;388(14):1296-1306. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2211934. >> PubMed Citation
Mick E, Tsitsiklis A, Kamm J, Kalantar KL, Caldera S, Lyden A, Tan M, Detweiler AM, Neff N, Osborne CM, Williamson KM, Soesanto V, Leroue M, Maddux AB, Simões EA, Carpenter TC, Wagner BD, DeRisi JL, Ambroggio L, Mourani PM, Langelier CR. Integrated host/microbe metagenomics enables accurate lower respiratory tract infection diagnosis in critically ill children. J Clin Invest. 2023 Apr 3;133(7):e165904. doi: 10.1172/JCI165904. >> PubMed Citation
Molofsky AB, Locksley RM. The ins and outs of innate and adaptive type 2 immunity. Immunity. 2023 Apr 11;56(4):704-722. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.03.014. >> PubMed Citation
White JS, Basu S, Kaplan S, Madsen KA, Villas-Boas SB, Schillinger D. Evaluation of the sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Oakland, United States, 2015-2019: A quasi-experimental and cost-effectiveness study. PLoS Med. 2023 Apr 18;20(4):e1004212. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004212. >> PubMed Citation
See all 152 DOM-authored publications last month, and DOM-authored coronavirus-related publications.
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FEATURED EVENTS
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SPIRIT of DOM Award Ceremony
Attend the virtual SPIRIT of DOM Award ceremony, recognizing staff members who exemplify the UCSF PRIDE Values and make the DOM and UCSF a better place to work.
• Friday | June 23, 12:30pm-1pm
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Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
To address the rapidly evolving issues surrounding Covid-19, Medical Grand Rounds will focus on the pandemic once every month and alternate with more traditional content.
• Thursdays | 12pm-1pm
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UCSF Health and Campus Covid-19 Response Town Hall
Join UCSF leaders to hear the latest about our response to Covid-19.
Every other Friday | 4pm-5pm
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