UCSF DEM Newsletter - Fresno

Awards

We are very proud to celebrate Drs. Patil Armenian, Brian Chinnock, Jessica Fujimoto, Lily Hitchner, and Xian Li, incredible faculty members who won this year's Excellence in Teaching Award from the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. The Excellence in Teaching Award is a peer-nominated award that highlights outstanding frontline teachers at UCSF.

Announcements and Activities

Congratulations to Dr. Sue Spano who has been elected to the California ACEP board of directors.

Drs. Danielle Campagne and Scott De Shields who have been elected to the Central California Faculty Medical Group Board of Directors. Congratulations!

Dr. Lily Hitchner has been chosen as an SJV Prime Coach. Coaches provide mentorship in professional development of approximately 12 medical students starting with Foundations 2 and continuing through Career Launch and helping to develop the SJV PRIME component of the coaching program.

Class was in session from August 30 – September 10 at Yosemite National Park for our Wilderness Medicine Elective! Led by course director Dr. Michelle Storkan, along with Wilderness Medicine fellows Drs. Ari Filiberti and William Bunzel, and residents Drs. Gayle Kouklis (R3), Erika Falsgraf (R4) and Marie Lutz (R4), students honed their skills with courses in water safety, altitude medicine, animal attack treatment, and more!

The Fresno County Department of Public Health has partnered with UCSF Fresno, UC Merced, and the Fresno-Madera Medical Society to create the working group, Central California Climate Change Clinical Collaboration (C6). The vision for C6 is to be a robust and supportive network of stakeholders, who can partner on several focus areas such as research, data surveillance, disaster preparedness, policy advocacy and environmental resilience in and around Fresno County. Founding members of C6 from our department include Drs. Rais Vohra, alumna Mackensie Yore, Gayle Kouklis (R3), and Nikhil Ranadive (R2). New members are welcome!

Dr. Sam Williams (R4) was in action September 13 during her AOC in EMS education leading paramedics through simulation lab procedures.

A few of our R3s enjoyed a day kayaking on the San Joaquin River on September 23 as a thank you from the department for their hard work, leadership, and extraordinary dedication during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are some of them pictured with a duck they rescued from the side of Highway 41 on the way to the kayak trip!

Dr. Rais Vohra has been selected as an Affiliate Faculty for the UC Center for Climate, Health, and Equity.

Developed by Program Director, Dr. Sukhi Dhillon, this year’s Mini Med School, which ran from September 9 – September 30, was a success with over 400 attendees! Dr. Charney Burk (R4), led “Trauma in the ED,” a simulation lab demonstration, and Dr. Jessica Martin Moreno (R3), hosted the San Joaquin Valley Prime student panel. Dr. Kenny Banh presented on “Growing Physicians for the Future.”

Invited Presentations

Dr. Kenny Banh (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) was invited to speak at the Delta Epsilon Mu National Convention in Merced, CA on the topic "Growing Physicians from Underserved Regions/Pandemic Response" on August 8. He also spoke at the Project Management Institute California Central Valley Professional Development Day in Fresno, CA on August 13 on the topic, "UCSF Fresno COVID-19 Equity Project.”

Dr. Rais Vohra (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) presented “Climate Health in Central California and the Need for Clinical Collaboration” to the California Medical Leadership Forum for Public Health and Preventive Medicine on September 2021.

Media Coverage

Drs. Danielle Campagne (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) and Kenny Banh (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) were interviewed by both Valley Public Radio News and The Guardian about the current state of Valley hospitals during the most recent surge of the pandemic. Dr. Banh was also interviewed by several local news sources for his work in the community during the pandemic.

Dr. Sue Spano (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) was interviewed by MedWatch today about all there is to know about bug bites.

Drs. Rais Vohra (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) spoke at a press conference by the California Climate and Agriculture Network, where he called for federal action to combat climate change. He was also interviewed by MedWatch Today regarding the Narcan Distribution Program by Community Health System.

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Staff Announcements

Jannet Castaneda was awarded a Wings grant in June for Phlebotomy Training in order to more efficiently support our patient population and research labs. She has also been accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles' Master of Applied Statistics Program. She will continue serving as Clinical Research Coordinator Emergency Medicine. Congratulations, Jannet!

Marie Martinez received a UCSF SPOT Award on September 29 for her support of the department’s academic affairs activities over the past year. This included assisting with interviews, appointments, onboarding and orientation for 16 new faculty members. Even when Marie transferred to a new position earlier this year, she offered to continue supporting the new faculty hire process and wrap up loose ends. Marie has embodied the UCSF PRIDE values since starting at UCSF Fresno in August 2020. She is helping us fulfill our mission and inspiring us to be our best through her professionalism and commitment to excellence.

Publications

Ganti A, Davis H, Musi M, Spano S. Epidemiology of ice climbing injuries among recreational ice climbers at the 2019 Ouray Ice Climbing Festival. Wilderness Environ Med. 8 May 2021;32(2):181-186. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2021.01.010. PMID: 33972162.

Ives Tallman C, Harvey C, Laurinec S, et al. Impact of Providing a Tape Measure on the Provision of Lung-protective Ventilation. West J Emerg Med. 11 Jan 2021;22(2):389-393. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2020.10.49104. PMID: 33856327. PMCID: PMC7972369.

Kopec K, Vohra R, Santos C, Kazzi Z, Wong A. The Global Educational Toxicology Toolkit (GETKIT): A 1-Day Course for Teaching Poisoning Essentials in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC): Course Development and Pilot Data Analysis. J Med Toxicol. July 2020;16(3):255-261. doi: 10.1007/s13181-019-00745-8. Epub 2 Jan 2020. PMID: 31898153. PMCID: PMC7320081.

Kumar A, Weng I, Graglia S, Lew T, Gandhi K, Lalani F, Chia D, Duanmu Y, Jensen T, Lobo V, Nahn J, Iverson N, Rosenthal M, Gordon AJ, Kugler J. Point-of-Care Ultrasound Predicts Clinical Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19. J Ultrasound Med. 2021. PMID: 34468039.

Nowadly C, Kelley K, Crane D, Rose J. Evaluation of high altitude interstitial pulmonary edema in healthy participants using rapid 4-view lung ultrasound protocol during staged ascent to Everest base camp. Wilderness Environ Med. Sep 2021:S1080-6032(21)00065-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2021.03.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34175211.

Pilishvili T, Gierke R, Fleming-Dutra K, Farrar J, Mohr NM, Talan DA, Krishnadasan A, Harland K, Smithline H, Hou P, Lee L, Lim S, Moran G, Krebs E, Steele M, Beiser D, Faine B, Haran J, Nandi U, Schrading W, Chinnock B, Henning D, et al. Vaccine Effectiveness among Healthcare Personnel Study Team. Effectiveness of mRNA Covid-19 Vaccine among U.S. Health Care Personnel. N Engl J Med. 22 Sep 2021. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2106599. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34551224. PMCID: PMC8482809.

Pilishvili T, Fleming-Dutra KE, Farrar JL, Gierke R, Mohr NM, Talan DA, Krishnadasan A, Harland KK, Smithline HA, Hou PC, Lee LC, Lim SC, Moran GJ, Krebs E, Steele M, Beiser DG, Faine B, Haran JP, Nandi U, Schrading WA, Chinnock B, Henning DJ, LoVecchio F, Nadle J, Barter D, Brackney M, Britton A, Marceaux-Galli K, Lim S, Phipps EC, Dumyati G, Pierce R, Markus TM, Anderson DJ, Debes AK, Lin M, Mayer J, Babcock HM, Safdar N, Fischer M, Singleton R, Chea N, Magill SS, Verani J, Schrag S; Interim Estimates of Vaccine Effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines Among Health Care Personnel — 33 U.S. Sites, January–March 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 May 21;70(20):753-758. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7020e2. PMID: 34014909; PMCID: PMC8136422

Rodriguez R, Torres J, Chang AM Haggins A, Eucker S, O'Laughlin K, Anderson E, Miller D, Wilkerson R, Caldwell M, Lim S, Raja A, Baumann B, Graterol J, Eswaran V, Chinnock B; REVVED UP Investigators. The Rapid Evaluation of COVID-19 Vaccination in Emergency Departments for Underserved Patients Study. Ann Emerg Med. 31 May 2021:S0196-0644(21)00436-4. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2021.05.026. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34272104. PMCID: PMC8165082.

Vohra R, Huntington S, Fenik Y, et al. Exposures to Single-Use Detergent Sacs Reported to a Statewide Poison Control System, 2013-2015. Pediatr Emerg Care. Dec 2020;36(12):e690-e694. PMID: 29757892.

Wu F, Darracq M. Comparing Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Practice in U.S. Emergency Departments, 2010-2017. West J Emerg Med. 21 Aug 2021;(5):1150-1155. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2021.5.51988. PMID: 34546892. PMCID: PMC8463052.