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

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.

In 2024, the emergency medical team at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights established a new model for psychiatric emergency care in partnership with the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. According to Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MS, vice chair and chief of emergency medicine at UCSF Medical Center, the model has been an unequivocal success.

In 2024, the Age-Friendly Emergency Department (AFED) at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) earned Level 3 accreditation from the Geriatric Emergency Department Accreditation program of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

When UCSF Health opened its Bayfront Medical Building in August 2024, the inclusion of an urgent care clinic presented an exciting new offering for the health system, the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, and the local community.