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Monthly Newsletter | August 2021
News
Rupa Marya published "Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice," along with Raj Patel. The book examines the social and environmental roots of poor health. If you are interested, please reach out to Michelle Cai for a copy and join us for a book discussion on September 16th from 12p-1p.
Anne Ritchie
Assistant Clinical Professor
James Harrison will be the inaugural Research Director of UCSF Health’s Age Friendly Health System (AFHS). UCSF was one of the first health systems nationally to commit to this initiative seeking to provide high quality, evidence-based care, to all older adults. In this role, James will provide strategic direction and support to facilitate age-friendly research within, and across, disciplines and sites of care at UCSF Health. He will work closely with the Medical and Nursing Directors of the AFHS, Stephanie Rogers MD and Sasha Binford RN, PhD. To learn more, or get involved in age-friendly research, please contact James.
Aline Zorian
Aline was named the new Medical Director of Moffitt-Long Nights and AHF Hospitalist Services.
Saj Patel
Saj was named the new Director for Quality and Safety.
Ari Hoffman
Ari was named the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) Associate Director for Training
Michelle Cai
Michelle was accepted into the UCSF’s Master of Science Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership (MS HAIL) program starting in Fall 2021. This graduate program provides healthcare administrators with opportunities to learn from expert faculty and leaders in healthcare, collaborate with interprofessional peers, contribute to their healthcare organization’s mission, and develop a network of colleagues committed to making healthcare accessible, affordable, and sustainable.
Check out the latest message from Margaret Fang and Brad Monash.
Publications
Margaret Fang, Priya Prasad, and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Kaiser Permanente Southern California published a study demonstrating that hospitalized patients with Covid-19 have more than 3x the risk of blood clots than comparable inpatients without Covid-19.
Priya Prasad, Margaret Fang, Sandra Martinez, and Kirsten Kangelaris published a study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine which evaluated how well bedside risk scores predict poor outcomes in patients with suspected sepsis.
Shradha Kulkarni and colleagues explore the hospital-level factors that may contribute to variability seen in outcomes of patients with COVID-19 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
More Publications from DHM
The DHM Quality Post
Christine Lam
"Thank you SO much to Christine for once again completing the impossible task of creating our annual clinical schedule! This is such a huge undertaking that manages to get more complex every year, but never ceases to amaze me with how closely she pays attention to detail and how hard she works to accommodate our growing list of faculty. I can’t tell you enough how lucky we are to have you!!"
- Annie Droste
Liz Dzeng
"Shout-out to Liz for her leadership in a patient's discharge. She was decisive and clear about the patient's criteria to discharge, and the rest of the multidisciplinary team rallied to check all the boxes for a safe transition back to her home. It was great working side by side with her — she’s an incredible partner to case management!"
- Ronald Wu
