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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland

April 2023

April is here and Spring has sprung!  


April is also Autism Awareness Month. On March 30th

we celebrated Doctors' Day with a launch of “Getting Together” funds, and a special congratulations to all the BCH 2022-2023 Exceptional Physician award winners with an extra shout out to Coleen Sabatini, MD, MPH and Elizabeth Gibb, MD!

 

Effective April 3rd, wearing masks is now optional, but recommended, in all areas except those where patients are present, including elevators and lobbies where clinical services are provided. In a phased approach, UCSF is requiring masks for patient spaces. All other restrictions are lifted. One should complete COVID testing in the face of symptoms. As always- use common sense.  


The BCH All-faculty series will launch this month with an All-Faculty Meeting on April 27th from 5:00-6:00 PM focused on Academic Affairs. We will follow up with a launch of the monthly BCH Faculty Seminar Series beginning on May 11th to discuss "Space at BCH Oakland." 


Be well,

Kelley



ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome New Intern Class 2023-2024!

We are thrilled to announce the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Pediatric Intern Class of 2026! Read More

Intern Class Photo Roster 2023 to 2024

UCSF BCH Oakland Celebrated National Doctors' Day

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The cookies were a hit!

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Dermatology Updates

Renee Howard MD

After seven years of building a fantastic clinical group at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Renee Howard will be retiring from full time work at UCSF on April 2. She plans to return part time in the fall. More Info 

7th Annual UCSF Health Improvement Symposium: Call for Poster Submissions!

Electronic poster submission deadline is Friday, May 5th


We are thrilled to announce the 7th Annual UCSF Health Improvement Poster Symposium! It will be held on Thursday May 25th, 4-6pm at the Mission Bay Conference Center. Please save the date! 


More Info

COVID-19 Screening, Masking, and Testing Changes

Message from Josh Adler, MD, Chief Clinical Officer, UCSF Health.

UCSF is revising its masking policy to align with new public health orders. 

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SAVE THE DATE!

UCSF BCH Oakland All-Faculty Meeting

Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 5:00 - 6:00 PM

(This meeting is for UCSF faculty working in/at BCH Oakland)

 

UCSF BCH Oakland All-Faculty Meeting

"Who to Go to for What"

 

Thursday, April 27, 2023

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM


Hosted by the BCH Oakland Dean's Office 



Zoom details will be added in the calendar invite 

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More Info

New BCH Faculty Seminar Series! (Monthly)

Stay tuned for the new monthly:


BCH Faculty Seminar Series!

Beginning

May 11th | 5:00 - 6:00 PM - "Space at BCH Oakland"

Panelists: Matt Cook and Katie Walsh


Hosted by the BCH Oakland Dean's Office

More info coming soon!


AAP Northern California Chapter 1 Pediatric Spring CME

Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM 

Come out and show your support for:

Jen Matthews, MD and Vivien Nguyen, MD!

AAP Northern California Chapter 1
More Info

Compliance Trainings

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Dear School of Medicine Colleagues,

 

As winter starts to recede, thoughts turn to warmer days and the need to embark on the traditional “spring cleaning”. While that’s usually an at-home affair, it should also apply to our important employee engagement, data integrity, and compliance initiatives.

 

In that spirit, this week you will receive a series of emails from me and other members of the UCSF School of Medicine leadership team regarding surveys, data entry, and compliance training requests that require your attention and participation.

 

These requests are being made to help ensure that the School of Medicine is an inclusive, safe, and ethical environment, and to protect and advance our mission. Thank you in advance for your thoughtful participation and for helping drive positive change at UCSF.

  

Sincerely,

Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD

Dean, UCSF School of Medicine

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ICYMI - BCH Enterprise Town Hall on Tuesday, April 4th

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In case you missed the BCH Town Hall on April 4, 2023, you can access it here (UCSF login required).


The focus was on the investments being made in our facilities, both in Oakland and at Mission Bay, that will provide state-of-the-art patient care and research facilities, expand capacity, improve patient and family experience, and ensure the long-term viability of BCH.

 

Presenters included:

  • Matt Cook, President, BCH
  • Valerie Bednar, Director, Hospital Operations and Strategic Projects, BCH
  • Dr. James Huang, Executive Medical Director, Children’s Ambulatory Specialties & Pediatric Treatment Center, UCSF
  • James Pease, Executive Director, UCSF Real Estate
  • Dr. Angela Rivers, Professor, Pediatric Hematology, UCSF
  • Tonia Suber, Chief People Officer, BCH
  • Dr. Joan Zoltanski, Chief Medical Officer, BCH


Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators:

Call for Membership Nominations

More Info

POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY

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Easier and Cheaper Access to Data for Health Services and Population Health Research

 

The Population Health Data Initiative, which is a collaboration of the Institute for Health Policy StudiesSchool of Medicine TechPopulation Health and Health Equity programCenter for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME), and UCSF Library, has continued to enhance the data available to UCSF researchers for health services and population health research.

 

Their services provide low-cost access to many datasets, support for establishing data use agreements, data storage, and programming support.

 

If you are purchasing a dataset for your research, please email pophealth@ucsf.edu to explore an institutional license to make it available to all UCSF researchers.

Learn more


Release of the UCSF Changemaker Series

The UCSF Changemaker Series, created by Professor of Medicine Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS, is a four-part video series that seeks to build the capacity of UCSF researchers to generate scientific evidence that is responsive to the needs of real-world decision-makers. Each 10-15 minute video highlights a UCSF researcher in conversation with an interdisciplinary panel of non-academic experts discussing how investigators at all stages of their careers can more meaningfully inform policies, systems, and structures in order to create social or policy change.

 

Read more

Watch Videos here

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION, and

ANTI-RACISM 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

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

BCH DEI/AR COUNCIL UPDATES

See our webpage for the FY23 Action Plan 

Faculty Development

UCSF is an institutional member of the National Center on Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).


Follow these links for a full list of all NCFDD programs including additional Covid-19 Resources.


To gain access to these resources sign up for NCFDD membership by clicking here or contact Irené Merry –Coordinator for the Campus Council on Faculty Life.

News and Announcements from UCSF Office of Diversity & Outreach


Subscribe to the newsletter!

Visit the website

Foundations of DEI Trainings

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Training


See the upcoming sessions and register HERE



UCSF Cultural Groups and Resources

UCSF Multicultural

Resource Center


UCSF BCH

Heritage Month Celebrations


UCSF LGBT

Resources

Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA)


BCH Black Caucus

Oakland


Chicanx Latinx Campus Assocation (CLCA)

The Black Caucus

at UCSF

 

UCSF Committee on Disability Inclusion 

 

UCSF LGBTQ

Committee


UCSF Office of

Diversity Outreach


UCSF PRIDE Values

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



RESOURCES

COVID-19 & Vaccine Updates

UCSF COVID-19 Resources


Vaccine Information Hub


Messages and News

Office of the Chancellor


Updates from Josh Adler,

Chief Clinical Officer UCSF Health


UCSF Organisms of Interest (includes Monkeypox)



Wellness

Resources - Faculty Development Day 2022



UCSF Wellness Resources Hub


Useful Wellness and Mental Health Apps: https://psychiatry.ucsf.edu/coronavirus/apps


Coronavirus.ucsf.edu


Emotional Well-Being

EDUCATION

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Oakland

Oakland Grand Rounds


Pediatric Grand Rounds Oakland cover trending topics in medicine. Events are held every Tuesday from 8-9AM and everyone is welcome. 


Contact cristina.fernandez@ucsf.edu for registration and Zoom information

More Info

Did you miss Grand Rounds?

Visit http://vimeo.com/album/2238536 and use password CHRCO

to view recorded Grand Rounds presentations.

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Please contact the Chief Residents,

for Case Conference information: chochiefs@ucsf.edu 


Pediatric Grand Rounds

San Francisco

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SF Pediatric Grand Rounds Schedule


Speaker Disclosures

Evaluation


 For the full Pediatrics Grand Rounds schedule please visit the Wiki page: http://tiny.ucsf.edu/PedsGRWiki.

 

Pediatric Grand Rounds takes place every Thursday from 12-1 PM,

currently In person or live via Zoom


 For questions contact: Cherise.Masunaga@ucsf.edu


Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series

The Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series

Every 2nd and 4th Monday via Zoom only, from 12-1 PM



Presented by leading researchers from UCSF Department of Pediatrics, other departments at UCSF, and outside institutions, the Frontiers in Child Health Research seminars are meant to promote collaboration and stimulate new ideas. Zoom here.

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Link to previous recordings

 

For more info, please contact: Eve.Wiston-Charbonneau@ucsf.edu 

Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series

Seminars are the 1st Thursday of every month 3:00-4:00 pm


To receive a Zoom invitation for virtual lectures, 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

UPCOMING CONFERENCES:


  • 25th Become an "Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics Trainer" VIRTUAL Conference. San Francisco, May 22-24, 2023 plus optional EPEC – Pediatrics Virtual Professional Development Workshop. San Francisco, May 25, 2023 Info & Registrationhttps://virtualce.ucsf.edu/EPEC 
More Info

RESEARCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS

From the UCSF Research Development Office

More Info

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Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dean’s Office

UCSF School of Medicine

 

Email: bchdeansofcoakland@ucsf.edu

 

Mailing Address:

747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609


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