Congratulations to the 2014 UCSF Cooke Award Winners!
Congratulations to Deena Bengiamin, MD; Stacy Sawtelle, MD; Stuart Maxwell, MD; Peter Anastopoulos, MD; Omar Guzman, MD; Jaime Antuna, MD, for their submission, Development of an Inter-professional Patient Safety Curriculum in Emergency Medicine using Simulation, and Ivan Gomez, MD; Alex Sherriffs, MD; Susan Hughes, MS; Rebeca Lopez, MPH, for their submission, Innovative faculty development using objective structured teaching exercises (OSTE).
Third Endowed Chair at UCSF Fresno Honors Life Work of Dr. Gene Kallsen
UCSF Fresno is raising funds for its third endowed chair, which honors the life work of Gene W. Kallsen, MD. Dr. Kallsen is well known and highly respected for his contributions to emergency medicine. He has dedicated nearly 40 years to UCSF Fresno - first as a medical resident and then as a physician faculty member, leader and ambassador for 35 years. During its 40-year history, the Emergency Medicine program at UCSF Fresno has graduated 277 residents. All but 20 have known Dr. Kallsen as a faculty member. The Gene. W. Kallsen, MD, Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine will support excellence in medical education at UCSF Fresno by permanently endowing the position and providing a stable source of funding to continue attracting highly skilled, talented and innovative emergency medicine physicians and educators. Thanks to lead donor Community Regional Medical Center and other key donors, including Central California Faculty Medical Group, American Ambulance, the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Department and individual donations, $593,000 has already been raised. For more information or to donate, please click here.
life work of Gene W. Kallsen, MD. Dr. Kallsen is well known and highly respected for his contributions to emergency medicine. He has dedicated nearly 40 years to UCSF Fresno - first as a medical resident and then as a physician faculty member, leader and ambassador for 35 years. During its 40-year history, the Emergency Medicine program at UCSF Fresno has graduated 277 residents. All but 20 have known Dr. Kallsen as a faculty member. The Gene. W. Kallsen, MD, Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine will support excellence in medical education at UCSF Fresno by permanently endowing the position and providing a stable source of funding to continue attracting highly skilled, talented and innovative emergency medicine physicians and educators. Thanks to lead donor Community Regional Medical Center and other key donors, including Central California Faculty Medical Group, American Ambulance, the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Department and individual donations, $593,000 has already been raised. For more information or to donate, please click