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Dean Deas cuts the ribbon to open Ed II

SOM Celebrates Grand Opening of Education II Building with Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

The UC Riverside School of Medicine celebrated the grand opening of the new School of Medicine Education Building II with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesday, September 26, 2023. More than 300 guests attended event, which was held in conjunction with the year-long celebration of the school's tenth anniversary. See...

By Erika Klein | September 26, 2023 | 10th Anniversary
Panel of speakers at the WIMS 2023 event

Celebration of Women in Medicine and Science 2023

The School of Medicine hosted the 2023 Celebration of Women in Medicine and Science on September 12 with Shirley Malcom, PhD, the senior advisor and director of SEA Change at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), delivering the keynote address. It was the first event held in...

By Erika Klein | September 21, 2023 | Medical Education
Evita Limon Rocha

Limon-Rocha Named Chair of SOM Admissions Committee

Evita Limon-Rocha, MD, MPH has been named the new chair of the UC Riverside School of Medicine's Admissions Committee. Limon-Rocha, a community-based faculty member and UCR alumna, has volunteered on the committee for the past two years. She works as a bilingual child, adolescent, and adult psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente...

By Ross French | August 30, 2023 | Medical Education
Djurdjica Coss in lab

Coss Named Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development

The UC Riverside Office of Research and Economic Development (AVC-RED) has named School of Medicine Biomedical Sciences researcher Djurdjica Coss, PhD as associate vice chancellor. Her official start date is slated for September 1, 2023. With a profound dedication to advancing knowledge, Coss currently leads an NIH-funded laboratory at UCR...

By UCR SOM Staff | August 23, 2023 | Biomedical Sciences
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Serving the Community through UCR Health

Growing up as a lifeguard in Long Beach, Timothy J. Collins, EdD, MHA, FACHE, EMT, always wondered what happened to people after he rescued them from the water. This curiosity led to his lifelong medical career, including serving as an emergency medical technician and other roles that focused on improving...

By Erika Klein | August 15, 2023 | UCR Health
Brushfire on a California hillside in 2020 - photo by Ross French

The Role of Academic Medicine in Fighting the Climate Crisis

With concerns about the climate crisis and its escalating impact on the health of people around the world, a recent commentary co-authored by the dean of the UCR School of Medicine gives three compelling reasons for optimism. The article titled "Reasons for Optimism About Academic Medicine’s Actions Against Climate Change"...

By UCR SOM Staff | August 14, 2023 | Research
Dr. Khiet D. Ngo

School of Medicine Appoints Khiet D. Ngo, DO, MS, as Associate Dean of Clinical Skills Education and Innovation

The UCR School of Medicine has announced the appointment of Khiet D. Ngo, DO, MS, as the new associate dean of clinical skills education and innovation, effective September 5, 2023. Ngo comes to UCR from the Loma Linda University School of Medicine, where he was most recently the associate dean...

By UCR SOM Staff | August 7, 2023 | Medical Education
stage at the 2023 White Coat ceremony

White Coat Ceremony Welcomes the Class of 2027

This year’s White Coat Ceremony saw 86 medical students and four biomedical sciences students at the UC Riverside School of Medicine receive their white coats, symbolizing their entry into the medical profession. The 2023 event was held Friday, August 4 at the Student Recreation Center on the UC Riverside campus...

By Erika Klein | August 4, 2023 | Medical Education
Anne M. VanGarsse

Anne M. VanGarsse, MD to Become New Associate Dean of Clinical Medical Education

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has announced that Anne M. VanGarsse, MD, FAAP, CHCEF, CPE, FAAPL, will join the school as the new associate dean of clinical medical education, effective September 18, 2023. In her new position, VanGarsse will be responsible for ensuring the integrity and quality of the...

By UCR SOM Staff | July 27, 2023 | Medical Education
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Inaugural SOM Staff Awards Announced

The UC Riverside School of Medicine announced the winners of its inaugural staff awards at the annual Staff Retreat on Wednesday, July 19, 2023. The awards are presented to staff members of the School of Medicine and UCR Health in the categories of clinical, education, administrative, and research. The criteria...

By UCR SOM Staff | July 19, 2023 | Awards
triptych of Kathy Buckner and Teresa Luther

Financial Aid with a Personal Touch at the UCR SOM

Laughter is often found in an unexpected place at the UCR School of Medicine: the Office of Financial Aid. Kathleen Buckner, the director of financial aid, and Theresa Luther, the assistant director, converse in undertones and long glances before suddenly breaking into giggles. Both women started at the UCR central...

By Erika Klein | July 12, 2023 | Profiles
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Martinez Named Associate Dean of DEI

Denise A. Martinez, MD has been appointed as the new associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine. Her position, which includes a faculty appointment in the Department of Family Medicine, begins on August 21, 2023. "We are thrilled to welcome Dr...

By Ross French | July 12, 2023 | Medical Education
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SOM's Response to the SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a decision in two cases that ruled that consideration of race in college admissions violates the equal protection clause of the US Constitution. As Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, I echo the concern and disappointment in this decision...

By Deborah Deas, M.D. | June 30, 2023 | News
Dr. Leila Magistrado Martinez

UCR SOM Alumna Makes a Life-Saving Assist

UC Riverside School of Medicine alumna Leila Magistrado Martinez, MD (UCR SOM Class of 2017), proved her dedication to saving lives when she sprang into action during the Doctor’s Corner Woman’s Symposium at the Riverside Woman's Club on May 27, 2023. According to Desiree K. Reedus, MD, MS, FACC, the...

By UCR SOM Staff | June 15, 2023 | Community
Cristina Gonzalez at her graduation ceremony in Washington, DC

Returning to School with Support from the SOM

For the past four years, Cristina Gonzalez, now a project analyst in the Department of Social Medicine, Population, and Public Health (SMPPH) at the UC Riverside School of Medicine, would rush to make progress on homework assignments during her lunch break, stay up until 11 pm to take proctored exams...

By Erika Klein | June 12, 2023 | Profiles
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The LACE Program: Creating Physicians to Serve the Community

The Longitudinal Ambulatory Care Experience is the core UCR SOM medical program that helps medical students serve local patients beginning in their first year while building their foundation as physicians.

By Erika Klein | June 9, 2023 | Medical Education
Lisa Fortuna in front of a blue background

Fortuna Named Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at UC Riverside School of Medicine

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has announced the appointment of Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH, MDiv as the chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. Fortuna is a triple board-certified psychiatrist in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and addiction medicine.

By Ross French | June 5, 2023 | Faculty
SOM Commencement 2023

SOM Celebrates Class of 2023 Commencement

Sixty-two medical students took the Hippocratic Oath and received their degrees at the seventh commencement ceremony for the UC Riverside School of Medicine on Friday, June 2, 2023 at the Student Recreation Center in Riverside. The recording of the ceremony can be seen here. The keynote address was delivered by...

By Ross French & Erika Klein | June 2, 2023 | Medical Education
Hayden Schill, elected president of the UCGPC, UCR Chancellor Kim Wilcox, and Dr. Evelyn Vázquez

Vázquez Hosts Gallery Highlighting Mental Health Experiences of Underrepresented Graduate Students at Regents Meeting

A photovoice gallery and exhibit that sheds light on the unique mental experiences and needs of historically marginalized graduate and professional students (HMGPS) was presented at the UC Board of Regents meeting at UCLA from May 16-18, 2023. The exhibit, titled “The Trajectories of Underrepresented Graduate Students While in Graduate...

By UCR SOM Staff | June 1, 2023 | Research
Dean Deas speaking at Graduation Awards Dinnner

School of Medicine Announces End-of-Year Awards

With the end of the 2022-23 academic year now upon us, the UC Riverside School of Medicine hosted several awards ceremonies for students, faculty and staff members. Listed below are the award recipients. Congratulations to all of our honorees. Staff and Faculty Awards Lunch These awards were presented at the...

By UCR SOM Staff | May 31, 2023 | Awards
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