The UCSF-SFGH Emergency Medicine Residency Program officially started on June 21, 2008 and welcomes its first stellar class of EM residents.
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RECENT NEWS
July 2008:
   
last updated 07-22-08
Stop the press! Our Department of EM, Department Chair Dr. Calllaham, and new intern class are highlighted in a major article in UCSF news. Dr. Beth Kaplan publishes an article in the open-access journal PLoS ONE on showing that simplifying consent process for HIV testing increases screening and detection. Reference Our first day of conference on July 3, 2008 was a huge hit. Great didactics, great company, great fun. Photos Dr. Susan Brim (PGY-1 resident) publishes in Pediatrics about the prevalence of asthma in unrepresented minority children. Pubmed
Dr. Robert Rodriguez publishes in Annals of EM about the Emergency Dept serving as a "welfare" safety net in that basic needs of the homeless impact ED visits. Dr. Robert Rodriguez joins the journal editorial board for Open Access Emergency Medicine. Dr. Sanjay Arora publishes in Western J of Emerg Med on Pacemaker Extrusion Causing Chest Pain. Reference Dr. Robert Rodriguez, President of Cal AAEM, publishes his President's Message in Western J of Emerg Med. Reference
       
June 2008:      
We had a great showing at the 2008 SAEM meeting. Dr. Susan Promes (didactic on Feedback), Dr. Michelle Lin (didactic on Crowding & Education), Dr. Renee Hsia (oral presentation on Elderly Patients and Trauma Centers), Dr. Robert Rodriguez (oral presentation on Predictive Factors in Endocarditis). Named to 2008-09 SAEM committees: Dr. Chris Fee (Crowding Task Force, Guidelines Committee), Dr. Michelle Lin (Nomination Committee, National Affairs Committee, Clerkship Directors of EM academy) Dr. Keith Loring is a cyclist for and one of the top fundraisiers for this year's AIDS LifeCycle (cycling event spanning 545 miles in California). Dr. Renee Hsia publishes an economic analysis of health measurements on child mental health in Internal Review of Psychiatry.
The Moodle educational management software site is finally built for the EM Residency. It houses the 2008-09 conference schedule, all the handouts and relevant pdf articles, discussion forum, and a wiki site for our residents/faculty. The inaugural Intern Welcome Party at Dr. Karl Sporer's Sonoma home was a huge hit! Photos of event and Orientation week Dr. Martha Neighbor is one of the finalists for the John Murray SFGH Excellence Award. Dr. Eric Silman (PGY-1 resident) gets highlighted on the UC Irvine website.
Dr. Rachel Chin officially launches her new textbook "Emergency Medicine of Infectious Diseases". Dr. Nima Afshar, Dr. Eric Isaacs, Dr. Ingrid Lim, Dr. Michelle Lin, Dr. Susan Promes, Dr. Jeff Tabas publish chapters in the new textbook-- Adams' Emergency Medicine. Dr. Jeff Tabas publishes a Femoral Line video in New England Journal of Med. Dr. Brian McBeth is named a Top Reviewer again this year for Annals of EM.
Dr. Renee Hsia receives a Strategic Opportunities Support grant from the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) to study socioeconomic disparities in access to emergency and trauma care. Dr. Christopher Fee publishes in Annals of Internal Med on the lessons learned from the flawed performance measure of 4 hours for time-to-antibiotics for pneumonia. Pubmed Dr. Eric Silman (PGY-resident) publishes in Western J of Emerg Med on imaging of a pediatric SCIWORA injury. Reference Dr. Prasha Ramanujam publishes in Prehosp Emerg Care about accuracy of stroke recognition by EM dispatchers vs paramedics. Pubmed
       
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