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🎉 Congratulations to everyone embarking on the next stage of their medical education!
#match2019
#UCSFproud
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Dean
@TalmadgeKing
announced today
@Jasosamd
@DukeSurgery
will be the next chair of the
@UCSF
@UCSFMedicine
Department of Surgery.
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Robert Wachter, MD (
@Bob_Wachter
) has been named as the new chair of the Department of Medicine.
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White coated & ready to learn. Let's do this, class of 2023! 🎉
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For the ninth year in a row, we are the *only* medical school ranked in the top five for research as well as for primary care training by
@usnews
#UCSFproud
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Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (
@KBibbinsDomingo
) appt'd as vice dean & chair of UCSF Dept of Epidemiology & Biostatistics.
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For the tenth year in a row, the
@UCSF
School of Medicine is the only medical school in the top five for both biomedical research and primary care education in the
@USNewsEducation
rankings! Read more here:
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.
@Gurpreet2015
: “In medicine, thinking is our most important procedure. When you step back and analyze your own thinking, you develop knowledge, wisdom, curiosity, and humility. We need doctors to have all of these in abundance.”
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SOM highlights from this year's
@usnews
grad school rankings:
➡️ only med school in the top 5 for both primary care & research!
➡️ only public med school in top 5 for research!
➡️ only med school ranked in the top 5 in all 8 specialty areas surveyed!
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🎵
@UCSF
, I want it, I got it 🎵
here's a snippet of
@UCSF
's music video for accepted students!!! friends and family please tag
@ArianaGrande
below 😂
full link:
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This year, we're the only medical school ranked in the top five for both research and primary care. And we were the only school ranked in the top five in all eight specialty areas covered by the
@usnews
survey!
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Congrats to
@bernielim
, one of just five recipients of the 2020 AAMC Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship, which recognizes efforts to eliminate inequities in med ed & health care and demonstrated leadership in addressing needs of minorities.
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🎉 Angela Phillips & Walter Gonzalez are among
@HHMINEWS
' first cohort of Freeman Hrabowski Scholars, tapped for their “potential to become leaders in their research fields and to create diverse and inclusive lab environments in which everyone can thrive.”
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Congratulations to the 2019 cohort of John A. Watson faculty scholars, pictured here with
@TalmadgeKing
, Dr. Watson, and Mrs. Watson! Learn more about their work and what they hope to achieve:
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🎉
@NeurosurgUCSF
's own Dr. Edward Chang (
@ChangLabUCSF
) has been awarded
@theNASciences
2022 Pradel Research Award! His research on the brain mechanisms of speech has revolutionized our understanding of the defining human behavior of language.
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Today,
@UCSF
&
@UCSFHospitals
recognize the dedication and service of our staff with a lovely breakfast. Our very own Dean
@TalmadgeKing
is on waffle duty–come say hello!
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We are honored to have Vivek Murthy as our 2017 commencement speaker. 👏
Thank you America for the privilege of a lifetime. I have been humbled and honored to serve as your
#SurgeonGeneral
.
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At San Francisco's largest homeless shelter,
UCSF medical students, nurse and nurse practitioner students, and physicians & residents deliver urgent health care and referral services to the people who live there.
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"The students held a mirror up to us and said, 'you have to do more than pronounce that you believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion – you actually have to do the work to unravel the consequences of structural racism in our society.'" -
@CatherineRLucey
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With 4,253 positive cases and 146 confirmed deaths reported as of May 20, Navajo Nation now has the highest per-capita case load in the nation, surpassing even New York State. 13 nurses and 6 physicians from UCSF will join 16 colleagues already on site.
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Congratulations to
@KyleLakatos
(MS3), whose work has been recognized with the U.S. Public Health Service 2022 Excellence in Public Health Award!
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How should doctors treat the lifelong harm of childhood trauma and toxic stress?
Listen to this broadcast with
@DrBurkeHarris
and
@UCSF
Dr. Joyce Dorado
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We thank all of our resident and fellow physicians for the outstanding work you do. Together, you have helped make our medical centers, children’s hospitals, and professional schools national leaders in discovery, patient care, and learning!
#ThankAResidentDay
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It's safety 1st here in the
@UCSFMedicine
Dean's Office. Try to stay indoors!
RT
@UCSF
: While the Bay Area
#airquality
is still in the red or higher: 1) Try to stay indoors, 2) Avoid bringing any air from outside, 3) Avoid any physical exertion.
#campfire
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Congratulations to
@UCSF
medical student
@TaraBenesch
who .received a 2018 U.S. Public Health Service Excellence in Public Health Award in recognition of her commitment to advocacy, education, and service for marginalized and underserved populations
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Congrats to Sharad Jain, MD, new
@UCDavisMed
associate dean for students! Thank you for being an incredible role model & teacher to many.
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With a shortage of CA doctors from diverse communities, now is the time to prioritize workforce diversity and
#healthequity
. Join
@UCSF
in asking legislators to support UC
#PRIME
to provide culturally accountable health care in underserved communities:
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Happening now:
@UCSF
faculty, staff, and students join a public demonstration outside
@ucsf_library
protesting changes in
#PublicCharge
& celebrating our immigrant families, colleagues, and patients.
#NoToPublicCharge
#MedicineforMigration
#MedicineforMigrationAtUCSF
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"The people in this room really care about the rest of humanity. It's up to us to make sure the things we do contribute to enhancing the lives of everybody, everywhere."
@UCSFMedicine
Dean,
@TalmadgeKing
, kicking off the
#RISEucsf
Symposium.
#diversity
#DifferencesMatter
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“The special genius of UCSF is that we are inquisitive, continually improving, and more collaborative. We are an engine of transformation.” -
@LowensteinMD
kicking off the inaugural
@UCSF
Alumni & Friends Symposium: Women in Health Care and Science
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Five years ago,
@UCSF
students sparked a movement among their peers in schools across the country, calling for institutional change to address health care disparities, structural racism, and police violence.
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"Universities need to be standing up for our researchers"
@UofCalifornia
President Napolitano in conversation with
@TalmadgeKing
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We are proud to be ranked as the top public medical school in the nation.
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Rapt audience
@UCSF
community discussion on women's health with
@DrLauraEsserman
@UCSFWomen
@CatherineRLucey
@cbrindis
@RFRedberg
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Congratulations to Drs. Carina Marquez, Nynikka Palmer, Mercedes Paredes, and Gabriela Schmajuk on this well-deserved award!
@CMangurian
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We are pleased to welcome Dr. Michelle A. Albert, MD, MPH, of
@UCSFNURTURE
, as the new Associate Dean for Admissions, beginning July 2020.
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“You were selected because you are relentlessly curious, driven to help solve health care challenges, understand the importance of interprofessional teams & committed to erasing health care injustices."
@CatherineRLucey
to the
@UCSFMedicine
Class of 2022
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Lively social media panel discussion with
@zusnews
@kathbader
@jbwax
@itsoliviadope
at the
@UCSF
#Communicators
’ Conference
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132 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 yesterday at San Francisco's first community vaccination site in the Mission District.
@MLNow
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Congratulations to the
@UCSF
School of Medicine Class of 2020 on their residency matches and welcome to those who will soon be joining us! Here are some of their reactions on social media.
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Our incredible doctors are caregivers, leaders, teachers and mentors. As integral members of health care teams serving on the front-lines, they provide testing, save lives, reassure patients, and train the next generation of physicians. Thank you all, and happy
#DoctorsDay
!
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Minorities are
#underrepresented
as participants across the
#research
spectrum. Available data indicate this is also the case
@UCSF
and in online-enabled research projects. Join the Chancellor's office in addressing this
#equity
issue!
#DifferencesMatter
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RT
@CatherineRLucey
: They’re here!!! New
@UCSFMedicine
Med students. 53% women 40% UIM. Diverse career interests from physician scientist to community based primary care. The future of medicine is bright!
#DifferencesMatter
#DiversityinMedicine
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This is the first time that the intention to say specific words has been extracted from brain activity and converted into text rapidly enough to keep pace with natural conversation.
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.
@UCSF
is joining a growing national movement to establish “anchor institutions” – universities and hospitals that are doubling down on their commitment to strengthen and support under-resourced populations – by hiring, buying and investing locally.
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"[Terrorists & violent white supremacists] are people who are resentful, angry, have some kind of grievance, feel that others have mistreated them, they can be jealous of others... but that's not the same thing as mental illness," says
@ReneeBinderMD
.
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Dr. Nancy Ascher, organ transplant surgeon & our Dept of Surgery chair
http://t.co/gDvp9k6Fmh
#ILookLikeASurgeon
http://t.co/rR2qCHPerc
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Welcome to
@UCSFMedicine
, Class of 2020! The future is bright.
#UCSFBacktoSchool
#BridgesCurriculum
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"Everyone take a deep breath...congratulations, you've made it to medical school!"
@CatherineRLucey
👏👏👏
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1.) Practice good hand and cough hygiene.
2.) Maintain social distancing.
3.) If you’re sick, stay home.
4.) Get your flu shot.
5.) Pay attention to what the CDC and California public health officials are saying.
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We are thrilled to welcome our new students into medicine to begin a lifelong journey.
#WhiteCoat2017
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Next Friday → Join us for a Twitter Q&A with
@KBibbinsDomingo
and members of the
@theNASEM
consensus committee, including
Dr. Laura Gottlieb and
@SIREN_UCSF
!
#UCSFSocialCare
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For the sixth year, the
@UCSF
School of Medicine is the top recipient in the country for
#NIH
grant support.
#UCSFproud
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Being a medical student
@UCSF
has its perks.
Our
@UCSFMedicine
clinical micro-clerkship team on break at the beautiful SFVA Medical Center!
@UCSF
#SanFrancisco
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"We are honored to receive this award from
@HRC
Foundation. It affirms
@UCSF
’s ongoing commitment to providing the highest quality health care for our LGBTQ patients, their families and our employees," said Mark R. Laret, CEO and president of
@ucsfhealth
.
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Take a look at how
@UCSF
neurosurgeon Edward Chang and his team used AI to reconstruct sentences from brain activity captured from speech and motor areas of people with epilepsy! What might this mean for people who have lost the ability to speak?
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UC PRIME students become doctors like
@MonicaHahnMD
who focus on community, leadership, and advocacy. CA's bold ambitions to expand access to care must include doctors from diverse backgrounds who have
#healthequity
leadership skills learned in
#UCPRIME
.
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Four
@UCSF
faculty are among the newest members of
@theNAMedicine
! Congratulations to Mark Anderson, Eddie Chang (
@ChangLabUcsf
),
@Bob_Wachter
, and
@Aleks_Rajkovic
on this honor. This election brings UCSF representation in the NAM to 114 members!
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Congratulations, Tejal Desai!
@UCSF_BioE
#WomenInScience
ICYMI: Tejal Desai featured in UN Int'l Day of Women & Girls in Science Celebration
@WomenScienceDay
#WomenInScience
@UCSF
@ucsfpharmacy
@UCSFMedicine
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Dr. Dorothy Lavinia Brown spent her childhood in an orphanage and grew up to become the first African American woman surgeon in the South and first African American woman fellow of the American College of Surgeons.
#looklikeasurgeon
#BlackHistoryMonth2018
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Happy
#UCSFDoctors
Day! We'd like to thank our amazing doctors for everything you do for patients, families, learners, and the communities you serve. You are a driving force behind our reputation as a national leader in discovery, patient care, and learning!
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This year, for the first time,
@usnews
also included a diversity ranking, and
@UCSF
was among 4
@UofCalifornia
medical schools to rank in the top 10.
@UCDavisMed
was fourth,
@UCRSoM
was sixth, and we tied with
@dgsomucla
for ninth!
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Now: UCSF United for Justice and Equality. Please join us for a discussion on these issues and to envision strategies to continue to fight to eliminate oppression in all social systems. Share your thoughts on social media using
#UCSFUnitedAgainstRacism
.
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RT
@UCSF_LCOE
:
@UCSFMedicine
announces the launch of the Latinx Center of Excellence under the direction of Dr.
@AliciaFMD
@UCSF_LCOE
@ucsfcvp
#UCSFLatinxcellence
#HispanicHeritageMonth
#DifferencesMatter
#DiversityinMedicine
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We're looking for our next cohort of Watson Scholars! Grants from the Dean's Diversity Fund provide critical support that allow faculty to develop their academic interests as well as pursue activities that contribute to the community. Apply by March 22.
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B.J. Miller, MD (
@bjmillermd
) on disability, recovery & a new model of palliative care at
@zenhospice
.
#longreads
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An exemplary leader:
@CatherineRLucey
has been appointed as the Executive Vice Dean for
@UCSFMedicine
.
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“What we don’t usually talk about are our failures, our disappointments. But we get through it because of the support of our family and the support of our institution that lets us keep trying."
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Congratulations to
@UCSFMedicine
professor, Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD, for his election to the Academia Sinica - the most preeminent academic institution in Taiwan. Dr. Kwok is the fourth
@UCSF
scientist to receive this honor!
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Four years ago, the class of 2024 joined the UCSF School of Medicine in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last Friday, they learned where they will be continuing their medical training journey in residency!
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Cancer biologist Alan Ashworth, PhD, structural biologist Yifan Cheng, PhD, and molecular physiologist Holly Ingraham, PhD, are among the 214 new fellows elected to the
@americanacad
's 2019 class!
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Integrating social care into health care delivery can be transformative for addressing the needs of patients and the needs of communities.
"However," says
@KBibbinsDomingo
, "we need the workforce, financing, and infrastructure to do this effectively."
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Fourth-year medical student Brittany Robinson will spend the next year in Malawi conducting research to identify the potential causes for in-hospital delays to emergency surgical care at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi. Congrats, Brittany!
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Thank you for highlighting
@UCSF
students role in co-founding the nationwide White Coats for Black Lives movement. We are proud of our students and their advocacy on behalf of health care for all.
@natlwc4bl
Opinion: Human beings are political animals. It's time that medical schools and medical students acknowledge that reality and do something about it.
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Today, our
@UCSF
students gathered in a peaceful vigil for the victims of the
#ParklandSchoolShooting
and all gun violence.
#EnoughIsEnough
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On
#MatchDayUCSF
, our students express commitment to advocacy for access and equity in health.
#Match2017
#UCSFProud
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A Class of 2020 group photo before the white coat ceremony.
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#UCSFProud
of MS3 Javier Galvan for joining the outstanding
@PDSoros
community.
#immigrantexcellence
#newamericans
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"We need policies and rhetoric that welcome diverse individuals who enrich our country through their talent and fortitude."
#Diversity
#DifferencesMatter
@UCSF
@WeillCornell
“The United States has always been a nation of immigrants, and it owes the next generation of medical and scientific leaders the opportunity to build a better future for themselves and for us all.”
@AugustineMKChoi
@WeillCornell
via
#AAMCNews
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"I'm grateful to
@UCSF
for having guided me along the way, and I'm grateful that each one of you is ready to enter the world of medicine in a way that's going to champion and fight for those who need care." - Priscilla Chan (MD '12, resident alum)
#UCSFgrads
@ChanZuckerberg
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.
@UCSF
once again only US medical school ranked in top five in both research and primary care training
@TalmadgeKing
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Congratulations to
@UCSFMedicine
Professor and Vice Chair of the UCSF Department of Dermatology,
@JackResneckMD
, for his appointment as the new chair of the
@AmerMedicalAssn
Board of Trustees
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“Projects led by learners and faculty in the School of Medicine are savings lives, helping children, and improving the experiences of patients and providers.”
@CatherineRLucey
@mguyblueMD
@Doc_JD_
@AnnaChangUCSF
@TalmadgeKing
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In CA, 63.5% of people have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE). ACEs increase nine out of the 10 leading causes of death in the US. “We have no other option but to tackle this issue head on,” says Nadine Burke Harris, MD.
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At the
@UofCalifornia
#GradSlam
finals,
@UCSF
PhD student Yiqi Cao earned second place for her intriguing research on improving stents.
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Congratulations to Dr. David Julius, recipient of the 2020 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience! Dr. Julius is being recognized for his work describing the molecular machines that allow us to feel heat, cold, inflammation and related physical sensations.
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