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.
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.
Emergency departments nationwide are overcrowded and overtaxed, but a new study suggests artificial intelligence (AI) could one day help prioritize which patients need treatment most urgently.
A national cross-sectional survey study led byMelanie 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.
2025 Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award recipient Theresa Cheng, MD, JD, reflects on her care philosophy, humanistic medicine, and her unconventional path to emergency medicine in a Q&A with the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine.
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!
UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center* has again been named to the national Honor Roll in U.S. News & World Report's 2025-2026 Best Hospitals rankings for adult care, a distinction earned by only 20 medical centers nationwide and four in California.
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.
A comprehensive assessment of older adults entering the emergency department can help reduce hospital admissions, according to a study published in Annals of Emergency Medicine.
Chair of the UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine, Peter Sokolove, MD, FACEP, has been named a recipient of the School of Medicine's 2025 Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service.
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.
The UC San Francisco Department of Emergency Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Craig D. Newgard, MD, MPH, FACEP, as Director of the Center for Emergency Care Research.
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.
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
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals now have dedicated neonatal transport vehicles and teams in Oakland and San Francisco, reaching patients across the San Francisco Bay Area, the East Bay, Central Valley, and broader Northern California region.
