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As a participating site in the Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland helped conduct a landmark international trial that found similar outcomes with balanced crystalloid fluids and 0.9% saline in children receiving fluid resuscitation for suspected septic shock.

The UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine demonstrated its leadership and commitment to advancing emergency care at the 2026 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting from May 18 – 21.

The Department of Emergency Medicine was well represented at the 2026 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, held April 24 – 27 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dr. Nisa Atigapramoj joins EM Pulse hosts Drs. Julia Magaña and Sarah Medeiros of UC Davis to examine how structured clinical decision tools can help reduce bias while strengthening consistent, evidence-based care.

UC San Francisco-led study finds new percutaneous coronary intervention-capable hospitals improve access in underserved communities, but may increase discretionary procedures in already-served areas. 

Chair of the UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine, Peter Sokolove, MD, FACEP, is the recipient of the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine’s (AACEM’s) 2026 Distinguished Service Award.  

Three California emergency physicians, including Christopher Colwell, MD, vice chair and chief of Emergency Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, join KQED's Forum radio show to discuss how the HBO series has heightened public awareness of their daily work.

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has announced the launch of the UCSF Child Passenger and Pedestrian Safety (ChiPPS) Program, a new injury prevention initiative based in the Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco Emergency Department. The program is supported by a $250,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Mental health, substance use, and other behavioral health care made up 40% of all health expenditures for U.S. children in 2022, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco. That is almost twice what it was in 2011.  

Leapfrog lists UCSF medical centers at Parnassus Heights, Mount Zion, and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland among the nation’s best hospitals.

This year’s Innovation Award celebrates a multidisciplinary team led by Christopher Peabody, MD, MPH, for doing exactly that in this project dedicated to transforming patient triage