Making Local Students into Local Doctors

As a child growing up in Bakersfield, CA, Jarrod McNaughton remembers standing in lines with his mother to receive government-issued food. Now, as the CEO of Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP), McNaughton helps provide affordable healthcare to inland Southern California families like his. McNaughton had never considered working in healthcare...

By Erika Klein | | 10th Anniversary

The Surgical Screw that Underpins the UCR SOM

Hundreds of thousands of spinal surgeries are performed every year in the U.S., with many involving pedicle screws to stabilize the vertebrae. As patients walk around with the implanted screw—many for the rest of their lives—most are likely unaware that the proceeds from one type of pedicle screw helps fund...

By Erika Klein | | 10th Anniversary, Profiles

Peter Igarashi, MD to Return to UCR to Provide Keynote Address at Commencement and Hippocratic Oath Ceremony

Peter Igarashi, MD, a nationally recognized physician-scientist, medical education innovator and the current dean of the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming UC Riverside School of Medicine Commencement and Hippocratic Oath Ceremony on Friday, June 2, 2023. Igarashi's roots run...

By Ross French | | 10th Anniversary

Supporting Students and Increasing Diversity at the UCR SOM

Few individuals have lived the history--or exemplify the mission--of the UC Riverside School of Medicine more than Teresa Cofield, director of the school’s Pathway Programs. Cofield, one of the longest tenured staff members at the SOM, came to UCR as an undergraduate in the late 1980s and has been with...

By Erika Klein | | Profiles, 10th Anniversary

Looking Back on Match Day at the UCR School of Medicine

For fourth-year medical students, there are few moments more anticipated than Match Day. Held annually on the third Friday in March, Match Day is the day where medical students at schools across North America learn where they will go for their graduate medical education, also known as their residency. Most...

By Ross French | | 10th Anniversary, Match Day

The Buildings That the SOM Has Called Home

The new School of Medicine Education Building II, scheduled to open in the fall of 2023, has everyone excited about the future of medical education at UC Riverside. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we thought we would look back on the many buildings that the school has used for...

By Ross French | | 10th Anniversary