Congratulations to Dr. Jessica Fujimoto, who was elected Vice Chair of the AAEM Young Physicians Section!
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Dr. Rais Vohra and the Fresno Department of Public Health received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Fresno County Superintendent of Schools and the Fresno County Office of Education for the health department's partnerships with education leaders in keeping school children safe during COVID.
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A warm welcome to our new faculty! Pictured above, left to right: Drs. Stephen Haight, Walid Hamud-Ahmed, Kimon Ioannides, Scott Reichelderfer. Pictured below, left to right: Drs. Christopher Sweat, Katie Vuchkov, Maura Walsh.
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Dr. Rais Vohra (pictured above in Awards) was selected to be on the Board of Governors Pain and Addiction Care in the Emergency Department – PACED, an ACEP-governed national accreditation program which seeks to improve pain management for patients in the emergency department.
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The article, Self-obtained vaginal swabs are not inferior to provider-performed endocervical sampling for emergency department diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis, by Drs. Brian Chinnock, Mackensie Yore, recent graduate, Jessica Mason, former faculty, and clinical research coordinator Jannet Castaneda, published in Academic Emergency Medicine, was the June 2021 selection for the AEM Editor-in-Chief Pick of the Month, and was featured in the Skeptic's Guide to Emergency Medicine’s Hot off the Press section.
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Dr. Jessica Fujimoto (pictured above in Awards) served as Chair for the Young Physician Section Research Competition at American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly on June 20-24. She also developed and presented a virtual Simulation Day for the UCSF Doctors Academy students along with Drs. Courtenay Pettigrew, Lily Hitchner, Katie Vuchkov (pictured above), Charney Burk (R4), Steffani Campbell (R3), Jessica Martin Moreno (R3), Paloma Marin-Nevarez (R2), Enid Picart (R2), and Haylee Degrood, PA-R.
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Dr. Lily Hitchner spearheaded this year’s Intern Boot Camp during the week of June 21-25 for all the approximately 90 new interns at UCSF Fresno.
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EM had a great time at the Grizzlies game on July 21. Thanks to all who were able to attend and to everyone who worked in the department so the residents could have the day off together! |
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Drs. Ryan Ernst, Jessie Werner, former faculty Dr. Jess Mason (pictured above in Announcements and Activities) and UCSF Fresno alumna Dr. Whitney Johnson lectured at the Center for Medical Education EM & Acute Care Series in Kauai, HI, on June 22-26.
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Dr. Jessica Fujimoto (pictured above in Awards) was invited to speak at American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) Scientific Assembly 2021 in St Louis, MO on June 20, with her lecture “Five EM Docs Walk into a Shift Show.”
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Drs. Rais Vohra (pictured above in Awards) and Sukhjit Dhillon were invited to present on the state of Fresno County's COVID response for the Osher Life-Long Learning Institute at California State University, Fresno on June 17.
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Dr. Kenny Banh (pictured below in Media Coverage) was invited to speak at the virtual Theater of War for Frontline on May 27, 2021, an arts project dedicated to the healthcare professionals impacted by the pandemic.
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Dr. Kenny Banh was quoted in an April 28 Nature article entitled Inequality's deadly toll, examining income inequality and COVID-19, with a focus on the San Joaquin Valley.
Dr. Banh was quoted in several local news sources for his expertise and work in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Dr. Anneli von Reinhart was quoted in several local news sources about fireworks safety during the Independence Day holiday.
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Dr. Rais Vohra (pictured above in Awards) was quoted in New York Times on fake "cures" for COVID and other diseases being sold at Fresno area flea markets. This article has prompted an ongoing investigation by the California Department of Public Health.
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Dr. Rais Vohra (pictured above in Awards) has been awarded a MAT Access Points Grant from Sierra Health Foundation, for a project called SUSTAIN FRESNO. This project will help Community Regional Medical Center address stimulant use disorders in communities of color. SUSTAIN, which stands for "Stimulant Use Screening, Treatment, Advocacy and Info-sharing Network," will allow for the expansion of the successful Bridge program for substance use disorders. CRMC has been a Bridge Network site since 2018, where CRMC staff, administrators and clinicians have purposefully advocated for high-quality care for patients struggling with substance use disorders.
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Rodriguez R, Torres J, Chang A, 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.
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Teaching Observation Program in Fresno. TOP observers train faculty to provide peer feedback in a variety of teaching settings. December 8 from 1-4pm
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Register for upcoming DEI Champion trainings:
10/26/21
Session 1: 9:00 – 12:00
10/27/21
Session 2: 9:00 – 12:00
11/9/21
Session 1: 9:00 – 12:00
11/10/21
Session 2: 9:00 – 12:00
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