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The Department of Emergency Medicine had strong representation at the 2025 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Meeting, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from April 24 through 28.

Three UCSF Health hospitals received “A” ratings in the spring 2025 Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit watchdog focused on patient safety.

A national cross-sectional survey study led by Melanie Molina, MD, MAS, found that fewer than one-third of United States emergency departments (EDs) screened for adverse social determinants of health (SDOH) and one-fifth lacked policies requiring a response to positive screens, despite the high prevalence of unmet social needs in ED populations.

How 20 acres of railroad tracks and vacant lots became the home of world-class care and health-sciences research.

On July 1, 2025, all Benioff Oakland staff will transition to University of California employment, enabling more than 2,800 Oakland employees to participate in UC’s benefits plans and take advantage of resources available to UCSF and UCSF Health employees.

Leapfrog honors UCSF medical centers at Parnassus Heights, Mission Bay and Mount Zion as among the nation’s best teaching hospitals.

myRGV.com profiles Robert Rodriguez, MD, who is being honored with the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP's) 2024 Award for Outstanding Contribution in Research. The feature profiles Dr. Rodriguez's prominent and impactful research career.

Trace the transformation of UCSF's Parnassus Heights from desolate sand dunes into pioneering medical campus. 

Mass shootings devastate us all, including the health professionals who spring into action to save the victims. Christopher Colwell, MD, FACEP, discusses the impact mass shootings can have on health care workers in this AAMC multimedia production.

The Department of Emergency Medicine had strong representation at the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP's) Scientific Assembly, held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from September 29 to October 2.

Kishan Patel, MD, a third-year emergency medicine resident at UCSF is a contestant on the new season of “Survivor” on CBS. Read about his journey from the emergency department to the television show.