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Monthly Newsletter | September 2021
News
James Harrison was awarded a 5-year K01 by the National Institute of Aging. His research "Placing patient preferences at the center of care plans for older adults transitioning from the hospital at a skilled nursing facility" will involved embedded research at UCSF Health and the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living.
Brieze Bell
Assistant Clinical Professor
Please welcome the September 2021 new hires to our DHM family! There are 13 new academic and clinical faculty members joining us this month: Brandon Scott, Emma Ye, Jasleen Kahlon, Katarzyna (Kasia) Kadela, Millie Arora, Omid Shah, Owen Huang, Sandeep (Sunny) Kishore, Sergio Torres, Jeannie Tran, Shiecca Madzima, Tianyu (Sissi) Chen and Tiffany Chang.
Equity & Belonging in Hospital Medicine
As we all work together to deliver equitable patient care, this month's equity pearl is to reflect upon our opiate prescribing practices. This study (NEJM, July 2021) explored opiate prescribing patterns in 310 health systems in the US, and found that white patients received 36% more pain medication by dosage than Black patients, even though both groups received prescriptions at similar rates.
A simple question to ask yourself when prescribing opiates on admission, cross-cover, or discharge, is "Is bias involved as I write this order?" It may change your next steps!
To learn more about anti-racist strategies, please note this faculty development opportunity: "Tea House Series: Striving Together To Be Antiracist". The Tea House Series consists of 5 unique sessions that will begin in Fall 2021 and end by Summer 2022. The sessions are on Wednesdays between 4:00pm-5:30pm.
- 10/27/21 - Session 1 Roots
- 12/08/21 - Session 2 Unlearn
- 02/09/22 - Session 3 Humility
- 04/13/22 - Session 4 Habits
- 06/29/22 - Session 5 Antiracist
Akshar Rambachan
Akshar was selected as a DEI recipient for the 2021-2022 UCSF Society of Hellman Fellows award. This fellowship is awarded to support additional research activities for early career faculty.
Stephanie Rennke
Stephanie was named the Associate Director in the Department of Medicine Program for Clinician Educator Success.
Benjamin Rosner
Benjamin was interviewed on Kaiser Health News about how health data from wearable devices is not yet widely adopted by health care providers.
Publications
Brad Sharpe, Bob Wachter, Adrienne Greene, Ari Hoffman, and Alex Kazberouk (UCSF Geriatric Fellow) published a case study in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst on the potential--and the challenges--involved in the transfer of patients from the Emergency Department to St. Mary's.
Shradha Kulkarni and colleagues in the HOMERuN collaborative explore the inpatient workforce adaptations implemented by medical centers during the initial surges of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Link to publication: Bracing for the Wave: a Multi-Institutional Survey Analysis of Inpatient Workforce Adaptations in the First Phase of COVID-19
Carmen Cobb was part of the Medical Student Global Health Study Group, which published an article in BMC Medical Education examining the impact of global health opportunities on medical student's residency selection.
Akshar Rambachan, Yumiko Abe-Jones, Alicia Fernandez (SFGH), and Yalda Shahram published a study in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities where they found higher rates of 7-day readmission for patients who identify as Black and Asian.
More Publications from DHM
The DHM Quality Post
Onboarding & Welcome Committee
"Just a short note to offer thanks to Kirsten, Emily, Natalia and Rosemary for the onboarding/orientation for September hires! I know a great deal of thought and intentionality went into ALL of it...just wanted to let you know that it was very helpful and we feel very welcome! I know this work can sometimes be tireless, but we are very grateful."
- Sandeep (Sunny) Kishore
Bassem Ghali & Zhenya Krapivinsky
"I wanted to recognize Bassem and Zhenya for creating and overseeing the ‘My Life, My story’ project. It is a truly tremendous effort that is so important in humanizing our patients and understanding where they are coming from as people, how their family, culture, faith, race/ethnicity have shaped their experience of illness, and highlighting their goals and what is important to them. I am deeply humbled when I read these notes, and they often bring tears to my eyes. I know it’s hard to measure the impact of work like this, but it has been tremendously impactful for me personally and I know it is a labor of love so I just wanted to express my gratitude."
- Molly Kantor
Natalia Loaiza
"Thank you SO much to Natalia for a truly remarkable job stewarding in more than 40 new hires these past few months. Managing where everyone was in the process and keeping leadership updated on things like licensing delays requires such a high-level of attention to detail and multi-tasking. Most importantly, we are so lucky to have such a warm and competent person as one of the first faces our new faculty members see coming into DHM. Thank you!!"
- Annie Droste
Rashmi Manjunath
"Rashmi is a straight up superhero at Mount Zion, I wanted to sing her praises."
- Dan Reiss
