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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
August 2021
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More on Masks and Vaccines…
On July 27th, the CDC recommended that fully vaccinated people once again wear masks indoors in areas with high COVID transmission. Alameda County is now experiencing substantial spread. There is a new UC-wide COVID vaccination policy that delineates requirements for us all and you can read about the specifics for BCH Oakland here.
Though putting the mask back on indoors and in crowded outdoor settings (per new state and local guidance) feels like a minor step back, it is a must due to the delta coronavirus variant. The delta strain makes up a majority of the variants circulating in the US today but most vaccinated individuals are not susceptible to hospitalization. However, the increased transmissibility even among the vaccinated has got our attention. Protect yourself, your family, and your colleagues by wearing your PPE and taking care to minimize exposure both at work and in the community. Speaking of masks, make sure to put your figurative “oxygen mask” on first. Take some time off if you can. Fill your tank so we can regroup and see this thing through over the coming weeks. Hopefully, this will be a short surge.
Let’s celebrate Ted Chaconas who is retiring later this month after decades of valiant service to our hospital. After earning his undergraduate degree from UC Davis and his medical degree from UC San Diego, he completed his residency and chief residency in pediatrics at BCH Oakland. He has served as medical director of the hospitalist group, director of graduate medical education and the pediatric residency program, president of the Pediatric Multispecialty Medical Group, chair of the Medical Staff Department of Medicine, and since 2019 as chief medical officer for the Oakland campus. Please join me in congratulating our friend and colleague on a job well done. We wish him well in the next chapter.
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New UCSF Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at
BCH Oakland
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Dr. Marisa Gardner has been named the new UCSF Division Chief of Pediatric Neurology at BCH Oakland, effective July 1, 2021.
Dr. Gardner has taken over from Dr. Daniel Birnbaum who served with distinction as Division Chief on the Oakland campus for many years and is retiring.
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New Director of Pediatric Diabetes, Professor of Pediatrics and Benioff Chair
Dr. Eda Cengiz, has been named Director of Pediatric Diabetes, Professor of Pediatrics and Benioff Chair, effective September.
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Interim Division Chief of Oncology for the Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Benjamin Braun will assume the role of Interim Division Chief of Oncology for the Department of Pediatrics, effective September 1, 2021.
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Anders Newman, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Infectious Disease
Associate Fellowship Program Director
(Start August 16th)
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Michael Terry MD
Associate Professor
Plastics, Reconstructive & Hand Surgery. Dr. Terry will be at BCH Oakland
and ZSFG.
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David S. Panek, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Dr. Panek will be working in SF/Oak.
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Samantha Patil, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
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Maya Raman, MD
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
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New Pediatric Surgery Fellow | |
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Maria “Carmen” Mora, MD
Pediatric Surgery Fellow
Dr. Maria “Carmen” Mora attended the Texas A&M HSC-College of Medicine where she earned her MD. Carmen spent four years at Tufts University School of Medicine-Baystate Medical Center as a general surgery resident and surgery research fellow. She then completed her general surgery residency at the University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate. She moved to the University of Tennessee Memphis to serve as a surgical critical care fellow and is board-certified in this subspecialty. Before moving to San Francisco for pediatric surgery training, Carmen completed two fellowship years at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Pediatric Surgery Minimally Invasive Surgery and Research. She joined UCSF on August 1, 2021. Carmen comes to BCHSF/BCH Oakland highly accomplished. In addition to being board-certified in general surgery and critical care, Carmen won numerous awards including the Trauma Resident of the Year-Top Knife Award.
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Updated UCSF Event Policy | |
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Updated August 2, 2021
Guidance on Hosting Meetings and Events
UCSF's top priority is to ensure the safety of employees, learners, and patients. As such, please note that any event plan is conditional on UCSF's current policies in as well as public health orders.
Effective July 15, 2021, UCSF faculty, staff, and students must comply with the mandatory UC-wide vaccination policy, which requires everyone who comes to campus to be vaccinated or to get approval of an exception or deferral, by Sept. 1, 2021.
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Congratulations to Dr. Ellen Henderson on her retirement from the BCH Oakland Emergency Department after nearly 31 years of tremendous service to our hospital.
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The 40th Annual Summer Student Research Symposium | |
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The 40th Annual Summer Student Research Symposium Celebration will be held this Friday, August 6th, 2:00 - 5:00 pm outside in the MLK Building Courtyards (Formerly CHORI)
The Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) is a structured, one-on-one mentored research training experience designed to support under-represented students interested in health science. This symposium is the culminating experience for our students to share the results of their research with our local scientific community.
SSRP was founded in 1981 and cultivated by Dr. Bertram Lubin for 4 decades. In tribute to his legacy, the SSRP symposium is now named in his honor. As part of the celebration this year we will have a message from UC President Dr. Michael Drake, 2021 Student Poster Presentations, updates from our SSRP alumni, refreshments, and live music.
For more information about our students, their research, and this program, please visit our website: summerstudents.ucsf.edu
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50th Annual Monterey Conference 2021 | |
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We are ready to accept registrations for our 50th Monterey Conference,
November 5-7, 2021
Please take a moment to read the changes we've made to our program.
We are excited to announce that...
- Attendees can choose 2 or 3 Breakout Sessions;
- We will also collect evaluations electronically for CME/CEU credit;
- We will offer an online quiz for APB MOC Part 2 Points for 2022 and best of all
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We are offering a 22% discount for all attendees that register before AUGUST 26, 2021.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the Embassy Suites in person, in Monterey, in November!
Please review the attached brochure and visit the websites below to register for the conference AND to reserve your room at the Embassy Suites TODAY:
Conference: https://bit.ly/50monterey2021
Embassy Suites: https://bit.ly/EmbassySuites2021
A printed copy of the brochure will be sent by USPS later this month.
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Faculty Development Day 2021 | |
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Please save the date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (9am-4pm) is UCSF's Faculty Development Day, sponsored by the Campus Council on Faculty Life (CCFL).
More details on Faculty Development Day will be coming. If you have any questions, please contact Irené Merry at irene.merry@ucsf.edu
UCSF Event Calendar Link
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POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY | |
Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing | |
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The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing is a cross-bay entity based at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco and serves as the infrastructure for collective action to address the health of children in immigrant families.
To learn more visit: The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing.
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Webinar August 13th: Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Immigrant Families | |
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Webinar August 13th: Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Immigrant Families
The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health & Wellbeing in partnership with First 5 Alameda invites you to participate in the upcoming webinar: Supporting the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Immigrant Families on August 13, 2021.
Click here for more information and REGISTRATION
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION at UCSF BCH | |
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From Marsha J. Treadwell, PhD
DEI Co-Chair BCH Oakland
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine
Jordan Fund Endowed Chair, Department of Hematology/Oncology
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The focus of the BCH Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative is to dismantle systemic racism within BCH by taking action to insure that policies, institutional practices, cultural representations and other norms no longer reinforce and perpetuate racial group inequity for Blacks, Indigenous and People of Color. Patients and families and other groups in the workforce, including LGBTQ+ are negatively impacted within the current problematic climate. For more information, please feel free to reach out to me, our program manager Henry Ocampo at henry.ocampo@ucsf.edu, or visit our website https://diversitybch.ucsf.edu/.
Updated info on the DEI website.
Questions? Email Abdur Shemsu at abdur.shemsu@ucsf.edu
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UCSF Cultural Groups and Resources | |
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UCSF’s PRIDE Values and how they can be enacted through our daily lives are:
P - Professionalism: To be competent, accountable, reliable and responsible, interacting positively and collaboratively with all colleagues, students, patients, visitors and business partners.
R - Respect: To treat all others as you wish to be treated, being courteous and kind, acting with utmost consideration of others.
I - Integrity: To be honest, trustworthy and ethical, always doing the right thing, without compromising the truth, and being fair and sincere.
D - Diversity: To appreciate and celebrate differences in others, creating an environment of equity and inclusion with opportunities for everyone to reach their potential.
E - Excellence: To be dedicated, motivated, innovative and confident, giving your best every day, encouraging and supporting others to excel in everything they do.
Download a copy of the PRIDE Values
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COVID-19 & Vaccine Updates | |
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Oakland
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
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Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series | |
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The Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series
2nd and 4th Mondays, 12-1 pm, via Zoom
Please contact Eve.Wiston-Charbonneau@ucsf.edu for Zoom info.
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Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series | |
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Save the Date:
22nd "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics-Trainer” Conference (Virtual).
Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care [EPEC].
Sept 27-30, 2021. San Francisco
EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu
Virtual Education in Palliative & End-of-life Care (EPEC) Pediatrics.
Oct 25-28, 2021. Rome, Italy
LINK
12th Pediatric Pain Master Class (Virtual). San Francisco,
Dec 4-9, 2021. San Francisco
EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu
Registration LINK
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You can access the 2021 schedule HERE | |
Seminars are the 1st Thursday of every month 3:00-4:00pm
To receive a Zoom invitation for this virtual lecture series, please contact EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu
You must register in advance for each lecture.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining this webinar.
Tom McNalley, Alicia Heilman, Karen Sun & Stefan Friedrichsdorf
Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
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Congratulations to Angela Rivers on her recent prestigious Dean's Diversity Fund Award!
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Congratulations to Mark Walters on his CIRM award to find a cure for Sickle Cell Disease | |
New Director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research (IRM) | |
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CZ Biohub Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: October 1, 2021
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CZ Biohub Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: October 1, 2021
The Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, a nonprofit medical research organization in San Francisco, is once again recruiting for the Physician-Scientist Fellowship Program designed to train the next generation of physician-scientists dedicated to advancing medical knowledge and discovery.
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Learn more about this multidisciplinary program by checking out the attached flyer and visiting https://www.czbiohub.org/psfp/ . Applications are due October 1, 2021 and the program begins July 1, 2022.
If you have any questions, email physician-scientistfellowships@czbiohub.org.
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NIH Seminar and UCSF Initiatives | |
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SAVE THE DATE:
Fall 2021 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration!
Monday, November 1 –
Thursday, November 4
Registration is FREE
If you’re new to working with the NIH grants process as an investigator or administrator, then mark your calendar for a unique opportunity to learn, share and meet virtually with NIH and HHS experts.
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UCSF Research
Development Office
Special Strategic Projects SSP
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UCSF Initiative for
Digital Transformation in Computational Biology
and Health Data Science
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BCH Oakland CTSI Faculty Liaison
BCH Oakland CTSI Faculty Liaison
Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI)
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland
This is a part-time 10% position (5% CTSI, 5% BCH Oakland Dean’ Office) for the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Renewal for future years will depend on progress toward goals and support available
Recruitment Period:
Open date: June 21, 2021
Last review date: August 13, 2021
Final decision date: September 1, 2021
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Applications are sought from current BCH Oakland-based UCSF Faculty for the position of Faculty Liaison between the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland. This is an internal UCSF search.
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Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dean’s Office
UCSF School of Medicine
510-428-3726
Mailing Address:
747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609
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