American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) has awarded a $24,000 grant to the UCR School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in support of the 2023-2024 Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (FMIGS) program. The fellowship trains physicians in advanced endoscopic procedures, including advanced laparoscopy, operative hysteroscopy, vaginal surgery...

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has announced a pair of new appointments to its leadership team: Joel Maurer, MD, will become the associate dean for admissions and career advising on January 15, 2024 and Michelle Porche, EdD, will become the director, clinical faculty research development and scholarly activities on...

The Center for Healthy Communities (CHC) has announced that the Inland Empire Street Medicine (IESM) is the recipient of $5,000 as part of their annual mini grant program. In its fifth year, the program has disbursed more than $40,000 to community medicine and population health projects. IESM's program, "Changing the...

The UC Riverside School of Medicine has announced the appointment of a pair of senior leaders. Sherif Hassan, MD, PhD will join the school as the executive associate dean for pre-clerkship education and Naveen Raja, DO, MBA will join as the new chief medical officer for UCR Health. Hassan joins...

Recently, someone pulled aside Cynthia Carolina, the UCR School of Medicine’s director of facilities and operations, to let her know that cars weren’t stopping at a stop sign in the parking lot. “At first I was thinking, that's totally not me,” Carolina recalled, laughing. “But then I started thinking, you...

For Jason Hasegawa, class of 2025, being the first on the scene of a medical crisis or inserting an emergency chest tube was just another day in his roles as a first responder and, later, an army medic. Completing his first UC Davis undergraduate course, algebra 1, however, terrified him...

Shortly after the founding of the UCR School of Medicine, it was time for an inventory audit—but the newly hired staff member in charge of that process realized she didn’t know who was assigned to do it. “She was in panic mode, and she reached out to me because my...

A record number of attendees celebrated the 10th Anniversary Gala and Education Building II Grand Opening at the UC Riverside School of Medicine on Saturday, October 21, 2023. This year’s gala was particularly special as it was held for the first time in the medical school’s new building on campus...

Hearing several of her patients make plans for their commencement ceremony as part of their UC Riverside undergraduate class this year, Toshia Yamaguchi, MD, a psychiatrist at UCR Health, felt a strong sense of pride. “I’m so incredibly impressed by them, and by how much they persisted,” she recalled. Yamaguchi’s...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...