Awards
Congratulations to Dr. Kenny Banh who was awarded the 2021 School of Medicine Dean’s Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism and Community Service for his work with the COVID-19 Equity Project bringing free education, testing, and vaccines to the Fresno County community. Dr. Banh was also honored as Congressman Jim Costa’s virtual guest for President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress on April 28.
Dr. Michael Darracq and Fred Wu, PA had their poster, "Toxicology Education in Emergency Medicine PA Postgraduate Programs", accepted at the national American Academy of PAs conference, and were awarded the Association of Postgraduate PA Programs Poster Award.
Announcements and Activities
Congratulations to our Emergency Medicine faculty recently appointed to UCSF Fresno academic faculty positions:
 
  • Dr. Jessica Fujimoto, Co-Director of Simulation
  • Dr. Brian Chinnock, San Joaquin Valley PRIME Inquiry/ARCH Week Director
  • Dr. James McCue and Courtenay Pettigrew, Career Launch PRIME Workgroups
  • The Calaveras County Board of supervisors has appointed Dr. Rene Ramirez to serve as county health officer.
  • Dr. Brian Chinnock’s (pictured above) abstract, Self-Obtained Vaginal Swabs for ED Diagnosis of STIs, was highlighed in the May 2021 edition of Emergency Medicine Abstracts.
  • Fred Wu, PA (pictured above in Awards) served as conference chair of the Society of Emergency Medicine PAs annual conference. It was a virtual conference this year with over 550 attendees. Faculty members, Drs. Danielle Campagne, Sue Spano, Jessie Werner, and Jess Mason, also served as conference faculty.
  • Dr. Nate Dreyfus (R1), Chair-Elect of EMRA Research Committee, co-hosted a committee meeting at the CORD 2021 Academic Assembly. He also co-hosted a talk at CORD on review of PE management.
On May 21 the EM department gathered for the 2nd virtual paint night! The group showed off their talents painting a Desert Sunset.

EM staff created their own succulent terrariums on April 21 for Administrative Professionals’ Day!
Invited Presentations
  • Dr. Ryan Ernst co-chaired and co-hosted an online trauma conference for EM:RAP on April 14-15. Also featured were lectures and procedural videos from Drs. Jess Mason (pictured above in Announcements and Activities), Jessie Werner (pictured above in Announcements and Activities), and recent EM graduate, Dr. Whitney Johnson, now at University of Southern California. There were over 6000 registered.
  • Drs. Jess Mason (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) and Jessie Werner (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) spoke at SEMPA 360 on May 11, on the topic “Common Procedures in the Emergency Department”
  • Dr. Jessica Fujimoto (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) spoke at CORD Academic Assembly 2021 on April 14 on the topic, "MedTed DIY Workshop 560."
  • Dr. Nikhil Ranadive (R1) was one of the presenters at the SAEM presentation, "Adding a Climate Lens to Academic Emergency Medicine," on May 11.
Media Coverage
Grants
The UCSF Fresno COVID-19 Equity Project, headed by medical director Dr. Kenny Banh (pictured above in Awards) was awarded $4,444,020 by the Fresno County Department of Public Health in support of community vaccination efforts.
Publications
Freeman K, Miller Z, Herrington R, Dreyfus N, Buttaravoli, P, et al. An oropharyngeal device for airway management of conscious and semiconscious patients: A randomized clinical trial. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open. 2021 Apr 29;2(2):e12440. doi: 10.1002/emp2.12440. PMID: 33969347. PMCID: PMC8082718.

Ganti A, Pilkerton R, Falsgraf E, Vanwert E, et al. Retrieval of Additional Epinephrine from Adrenaclick-Style Epinephrine Autoinjectors. Wilderness Environ Med. Mar 2021;32(1):55-58. doi: 10.1016/j.wem.2020.09.004. Epub 2021 Jan 27. PMID: 33516624.

Ives Tallman C, Harvey C, Laurinec L, et al. Impact of providing a tape measure on the provision of lung-protective ventilation. West J Emerg Med. 1 Jan 2021;22(2):389-393. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2020.10.49104. PMID: 33856327

Maxmen A, Banh K. Will COVID force public health to confront America's epic inequality? Nature. 2021 Apr;592(7856):674-680. doi: 10.1038/d41586-021-00943-x. PMID: 33911280.

Tsyrulnik A, Gottlieb M, Coughlin R, Bod J, Della-Giustina D, Greenberger S, von Reinhart A, Heinrich S, et al. Socially Distance, Virtually Connected: Faculty and Resident Perceptions of Virtual Didactics. AEM Education and Training. 19 May 2021
SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS

Ranadive, N, Hess, J. Climate change health impact projections: looking into the future in Global Climate Change and Human Health: From Science to Practice. (eds. Sorenson, C., Lemery, J. & Knowlton, K.) (Wiley, 2021)
Commencement 2021
The following awards were announced at UCSF Fresno’s virtual commencement ceremony on June 10:
  • The Steven Parks Leadership Award was presented to Dr. Mackensie Yore. 

UCSF Fresno’s DEM award winners were announced during the department’s virtual ceremony:
  • Resident teacher of the year from medical students – Dr. Scott Reichelderfer 
  • Faculty teacher of the year from medical students – Dr. Brian Chinnock (pictured above in Announcements and Activities)
  • Faculty teacher of the year from residents – Dr. Patil Armenian
  • Faculty mentor of the year from residents – Dr. Anneli von Reinhart
  • R4 Choice Award – Dr. Jordan Beshore
  • Resident teacher of the year from residents – Drs. Scott Reichelderfer and Katie Vuchkov
  • Faculty Research Award – Dr. Mike Darracq (pictured above in Awards)
  • Resident Research Award - ​Dr. Nikhil Ranadive​ (pictured above in Invited Presentations)
  • Smarty Pants Award – Dr. Nick Black
  • Game Changer Award – Dr. Scott Reichelderfer
  • Robert Knopp Gold Humanism Award – Dr. Mackensie Yore
  • Melissa Dowd Community Service Award – Dr. Sophia Froelich
  • Mark Jacoby Top Gun Award – Drs. Nick Black and Katie Vuchkov
Please welcome our Fresno EM class of 2025!
Save the Date
  • Program event, July 31, Chukchansi Park

  •  Faculty retreat, October 1, TBD
 
Virtual Yoga: