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US News & World Report lists UCSF Health pediatric care as tied for best in Northern California, with three specialties among the top 10 nationwide.

Ashley Foster, MD, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics in the UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine and and Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, is the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies' Faculty Spotlight Conversation of the month! 

The UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce that Aaron Kornblith, MD, MS, has been named the inaugural appointee of the Michael L. Callaham, MD, Endowed Professorship in Emergency Medicine. 

The Department of Emergency Medicine at UC San Francisco had another strong year at the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP's) Scientific Assembly, held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City from September 7 – 10.

Annual quality and accountability study assesses performance in safety, efficiency, clinical effectiveness, and patient centered care.

Eighteen members of the Department of Emergency Medicine have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to teaching and mentorship through awards conferred by the UCSF School of Medicine.

All-in-one care setting designed for convenient, patient-centered experience.

UC San Francisco-led study shows that despite efforts to standardize stroke care, Black patients are not seeing the same treatment gains as White patients – even when being treated in the same hospital.

Shih-Chuan (Andrew) Chou, MD, MPH, SM, an assistant professor of Emergency Medicine at UC San Francisco and an affiliate member of the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS), is the IHPS' Faculty Spotlight Conversation of the month! 

Findings from a UC San Francisco study led by Renee Y. Hsia, MD, MSc, showed that while disadvantaged communities gained the most access to newly certified stroke centers, they saw significantly fewer improvements in treatment and outcomes.