2021 Big Wins for DGIM-ZSFG

Here at the Division of General Internal Medicine at ZSFG we are surrounded by the best of the best! We have world class physicians, researchers, educators and advocates making waves in their careers. 2021 has proved to be a successful year for our division faculty! Join us in congratulating our faculty below on their wonderful achievements!

 

Beaman

Dr. Jess Beaman

Jessica Beaman MD MPH accepted as a 2021 Deans' Population Health and Health Equity (PHHE) Scholars

Proposal title: Understanding Barriers to Abortion Provision in the United States

Abstract: The inequities in access to abortion care have disproportionately affected individuals who live at or below the federal poverty level, those in rural communities, younger individuals, and communities of color and have left the vast majority of individuals in our country without access to local abortion services. This study seeks to identify the barriers and discriminatory practices that physicians encounter when seeking to integrate abortion care into their careers in an effort to identify solutions to mitigate these challenges. This understanding could lead to interventions aimed at increasing the number of physicians providing abortion care in our country so that the medical community can provide more equitable access to this timely and essential service.

DeFries

Dr. Triveni DeFries

Congratulations and much appreciation to Triveni and her colleagues leading the UCSF Human Rights Collaborative, the innovative clinic caring for people seeking asylum in the US! In acknowledgement of and appreciation for your volunteerism, extra effort, and contributions towards advancing social justice and anti-racism, we would like to recognize your group with a School of Medicine Dean’s Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism and Community Service. 

Fernandez

Dr. Alicia Fernandez

We are pleased to announce that Alicia Fernández, MD has been named Associate Dean for Population Health and Health Equity, effective July 1, 2021. Dr. Fernández is widely recognized for her extensive contributions and research on health care equity in chronic disease and racism in medicine. She is the founding Director of the Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE) and Director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations Program in Latinx and Immigrant Health. She is Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and a general internist at ZSFG, where she practices primary care medicine and attends on the medical wards.

It is my honor to share with you that you have been selected as the winner of the 2021 CA-HI SGIM Advocacy and Community Service Award. The Selection Committee received outstanding nominations from our entire region, but your nomination glowed above all and your accomplishments are truly phenomenal.

On behalf of Chancellor Sam Hawgood, I am pleased to inform you that you have been selected to receive the 2021 Dr. Thomas N. Burbridge Award for Public Service in the faculty category. Your selection recognizes your truly outstanding contributions toward the public service mission of UCSF.

Khoong

Dr. Elaine Khoong

Congratulations to Elaine on her NHLBI K23 starting 9/1/21: "Designing a Remote Monitoring Intervention for Value & Equity in Hypertension (DRIVE-HTN)"!

Ochoa-Frongia

Dr. Lisa Ochoa-Frongia

Dr. Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, MD will serve as interim Assistant Program Director of Categorical Ambulatory Affairs. This new position will focus on the overall experience of categorical residents during the ambulatory portion of their residency. The APD will focus on all aspects of ambulatory training including both primary care and subspecialty education as well as serve as a liaison with our 7 primary care clinic sites and work closely with our APD of Subspecialty Education to refine the ambulatory and subspecialty experiences for our categorical internal medicine residents. In addition, the position will have numerous general responsibilities within the residency program including participation in recruitment activities, curriculum and program development, resident mentoring/advising and involvement in committees dedicated to innovation in the residency as well as resident clinical competency. 

Dr. Doug Price-Hanson

Congratulations on your being selected as the 2021 recipient of the UCSF/ZSFG Department of Medicine's Jane Bailowitz, MD Volunteer Faculty Award! The Medicine Service established this award in 2010 to recognize a volunteer faculty for their outstanding contributions and assistance to the Medical Service at ZSFG. Candidates who would fall under this category include preceptors at community and ambulatory sites, volunteer attendings on the medical service, or any faculty not directly/fully appointed in the Department of Medicine but has made significant contributions to the service and/or to medical education. The ZSFG Medicine Education Committee solicits nominations from ZSFG-based Medicine faculty and all Medicine residents for candidates whom they feel exemplify these qualities.

Rosenthal

Dr. Anne Rosenthal

Congratulations on your being selected as the 2021 recipient of the ZSFG DOM Professional Altruism Award! This award is given annually to an “unsung hero” member of the faculty whose actions consistently demonstrate selfless collaboration and a commitment to the well-being of their colleagues.The ZSFG Medicine Education Committee solicits nominations from ZSFG-based Medicine faculty and all Medicine residents for candidates whom they feel exemplify these qualities.

Sarkar

Dr. Urmimala Sarkar

The 2021 Mid-Career Research Mentorship Award is presented to Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH. This award is given to an outstanding mid-career clinician investigator who is actively engaged in research and mentorship or junior investigators. https://connect.sgim.org/annualmeeting/2021-awards
Stern

Dr. Rachel Stern

Congratulations on your being selected as the recipient of the 2021 ZSFG Performance/Quality Improvement Award! The Medicine Service established this award in 2014 to recognize a medicine faculty member for his/her contributions to the service at SFGH in the area of Performance Improvement (quality, efficiency, access, etc.) that have influenced care in primary and/or specialty areas. The ZSFG Medicine Education Committee solicits nominations from ZSFG-based Medicine faculty and all Medicine residents for candidates whom they feel exemplify these qualities.