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Dorff, Friedman Receive Values in Action Award Recognition

The Values in Action Award were announced at the Dean's Town Hall on Tuesday, August 31, 2021, with faculty member Lucas Friedman, M.D., M.Ed. and staff member Kate Dorff receiving recognition. The Values in Action Awards (VIAA) recognize faculty or staff members, students, or community-based teaching faculty members who, as...
By UCR SOM Strategic Initiatives Staff | | Values in Action Award
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Daniel Teraguchi Named Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Daniel Teraguchi, Ed.D., will join the UCR School of Medicine as the associate dean for Student Affairs on September 7, 2021. Teraguchi will lead the School of Medicine's admissions program and pipeline programs, in addition to having an active role in every aspect of Student Affairs. He joins UCR with...
By UCR SOM Strategic Initiatives Staff | | Medical Education
Dr. Javier Sanchez getting vaccinated

Clinical Faculty Profile - Javier Sanchez, M.D., Kaiser-Redlands

Dr. Javier Sanchez is a bilingual family medicine doctor at Kaiser Permanente in Redlands and an assistant clinical professor at the UCR School of Medicine since early 2015. Over that time he has mentored numerous clerkship and LACE students. Sanchez has been described by students as an empathetic physician who...
By UCR SOM Strategic Initiatives Staff | | Profiles