Scientific discovery is an essential element to improve the health of our patients at ZSFG and the residents of San Francisco. In February 2017, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee signed legislation approving a 75-year, renewable, ground lease of land for the construction of a UCSF research and academic building on the campus of ZSFG. The project was envisioned to bring 800 researchers on the hospital campus under one roof and exemplifies the 150-year history of the resilient UCSF and ZSFG partnership. As of July 2023, that vision is a reality. The modern and safe building gives us the opportunity to build a stronger research community for another 150 years of the USCF-ZSFG partnership.
“Our clinical mission at San Francisco General is to care for the most vulnerable populations and improve the health of people who are often left out,” said Peter Hunt, MD, Professor of Medicine in the ZSFG Division of Experimental Medicine. He was recently appointed Associate Chief of Research for the ZSFG Department of Medicine. “In order to move the needle, we need to have people from these populations actively participate in research so we can develop solutions targeted to helping them.”
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Larissa Thomas, MD, was named Interim Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine.
Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, MD, Division of General Internal Medicine has been selected for the 2023 Class of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators
Mary Gray, MD, Division of Cardiology was selected for the peer-nominated 2022-2023 Excellence in Interprofessional Teaching Award from the UCSF Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education (PIPE) and the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators.
Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief of Medicine, received the Cato T. Laurencin Distinguished Research Career Award from the National Medical Association, the organization representing African American physicians and their patients in the United States