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UP CLOSE | UCSF Fresno Experts Perform Surgery for Rare Parasitic Disease
07/23/2019The first time, the young man felt an intense pain in his belly, the sudden attack lasted for five minutes.
The next attack came as unexpectedly as the first, and disappeared as quickly.
The south San Joaquin Valley resident knew something was wrong, but examinations by doctors and blood work at the local hospital had found nothing out of the ordinary.
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UP CLOSE | Graduating UCSF Fresno physicians to care for patients and teach future doctors
06/17/2019More than 100 medical residents and fellows, along with three oral and maxillofacial surgery dental residents and five physician assistants completed training at UCSF Fresno this year. Many are staying in the Central Valley to care for patients, teach future physicians or continue their medical education.
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UP CLOSE | UCSF Fresno and VA Partnership Makes Life-Saving Care Available Locally for Veterans
05/20/2019At the VA Central California Health Care System, new endoscopic equipment and the skills of Shreyas Saligram, MD, MRCP, director of advanced endoscopy at UCSF Fresno, are making minimally invasive procedures available to veterans that were unthinkable only a few years ago.
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UP CLOSE | UCSF Fresno Surgeons Perform Thyroid Surgery with No Tell-Tale Scar
04/01/2019Rita Locke of Coalinga had taken thyroid medication for eight years but this past winter a nodule had grown so large that at night she had to change sleeping positions to swallow.
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UP CLOSE | UCSF Fresno offers new testing and education for better diabetes management
03/06/2019Annette Simmons of Clovis had diabetes fatigue. She had pricked her fingers so many times to check her blood glucose that calluses had formed on her fingertips.
“You’re just tired,” Simmons said. “You’re tired of checking your blood and you need to because if you plan on living a long life you need to keep your blood sugar within certain ranges.”
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UP CLOSE | UCSF Fresno’s Gene W. Kallsen, MD, an EM trailblazer says goodbye
01/23/2019Three trauma teams had been activated at Community Regional Medical Center as UCSF Fresno’s Gene W. Kallsen, MD, completed his final shift of a 50-year medical career that paralleled the development of emergency medicine as a specialty.
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UP CLOSE | Looking Back on 2018
11/28/2018As 2018 winds down, now is an ideal time to look back. UCSF Fresno achieved many milestones aimed at improving health in the San Joaquin Valley, including expanding medical education and access to health care.
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2018: The Year in Pictures
UP CLOSE | Faculty at UCSF Fresno Demonstrate Innovation and Excellence in Medical Education
09/13/2018Congratulations to faculty at UCSF Fresno who were selected for and recently graduated from the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators’ Teaching Scholars Program (TSP). Participation is by competitive application.
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UP CLOSE | Lung Nodule Program Offers Faster Diagnosis, Emphasizes Care
07/30/2018When Kristina Alvarez started coughing up blood in April, she knew something was wrong. It wasn’t until she was seen at the UCSF Fresno and Community Regional Medical Center Lung Nodule Program that Kristina and her husband Randy had answers. She was referred to the program by her primary care physician.
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UP CLOSE | Graduating Physicians Care for Patients, Teach Future Doctors
06/19/2018More than 100 physicians graduated recently from UCSF Fresno. About half are staying in the Valley. Some of the graduates overcame obstacles, found love and planted roots, literally.