Historian here: “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

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🥧This #PiDay, let’s talk about how Indians shaped math, only for Europeans to take the credit. Take π. Everyone talks about Archimedes cracking the first two digits. But did you know about Mādhava? thejuggernaut.com/fibonacci-sequ…

Jonathan Hron Bob Wachter Brad Sharpe TalmadgeKing Atul Butte Ida Sim Julia Adler-Milstein A Jay Holmgren Lisa Rotenstein MD Sumant Ranji Sara Murray 5/5 Channeling Archimedes - thanks to all UCSF DoC-IT and beyond. You've given our UCSF CI fellows a place to stand and build their long levers as they move the clinical world. cc Russ Cucina, MD Ralph Gonzales Mark Pletcher Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH Elaine Khoong Gabby Schmajuk Priya Joshi

Happy 10th anniversary of ACGME-accredited CI fellowships! Scroll through this thread from Raman Khanna, DoC-IT’s CI fellowship director, for more on our program and fellows! AMIA Julia Adler-Milstein

🚨 Big news in AI & healthcare! Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, has been named Executive Director of AI Monitoring in Clinical Care at UC San Francisco. She’ll lead efforts to ensure AI tools are evaluated and deployed safely and effectively. Read more: docit.ucsf.edu/news/jinoos-ya… Jinoos Yazdany

So thrilled to welcome this extraordinary group of 64 young physicians to UC San Francisco and @UCSFimresidency. A great day! (UCPC=UCSF Health-based primary care program; SFGH=San Francisco General-based primary care; PSTP=physician-scientist training program) UCSF IM Chiefs UCSF Department of Medicine

The end of AHRQ is a blow to the safety & quality fields. I also just learned of the demise of AHRQ PSNet, which my UC San Francisco team & I launched ~20 years ago as the go-to federal patient safety resource, before handing it off to our friends UC Davis for the past 6 years. RIP.

📢 Join us on Tuesday 4/9 at 6pm EST / 5pm CST / 3pm PST for "From Awareness to Action: Advancing Cancer Prevention in South Asian Communities," a virtual panel hosted by SAPHA! 🎟️ Register for free: buff.ly/7l9rd9F

My thoughts KFF Health News on proposed dismantling of AHRQ We need safety research to protect our patients from harms in health care. No organization in the world does more for that than AHRQ. Let the general public know. Thx to Arthur Allen kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…

🎉 Happy 10-year anniversary to the incredible Vouchers for Veggies team! A decade of dedication to healthy food access and community impact — here’s to many more! Vouchers 4 Veggies - EatSF #VouchersForVeggies #10YearAnniversary

Over the last 100 years, science and research have become building blocks of America’s extraordinary strength. President Trump is now dismantling them in just 100 days. My latest column: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

🔈Just out in Annals of Int Med our study shows that #sexualtrauma can have long-lasting effects on #suicide risk, #overdose, & #mortality for both men and women. For the full manuscript: acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/AN… A 🧵... VA San Francisco UC San Francisco 3DI_COIN UCSF DGIM at ZSFG

Chicago Diabetes Day ⁦Alka Kanaya⁩ speaking on MASALA insights into type 2 DM in non-obese populations. She is receiving Donald F Steiner Award for Translational DM Research ⁦Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research⁩ ⁦Kovler Diabetes Center⁩ ⁦Chicago Diabetes and Research Training Center⁩ ⁦Center for Chronic Disease Research & Policy⁩

Marshall Chin Chicago Center for Diabetes Translation Research Kovler Diabetes Center Chicago Diabetes and Research Training Center Center for Chronic Disease Research & Policy Thank you for the opportunity and very grateful for the recognition of our MASALA Study team’s work 🙏🏽 #RepresentationMatters

Today we welcome the fantastic Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh to discuss best practices for mentorship and people development!

Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award: Dr. Leslie Suen Professional Altruism Award: Dr. Vanessa Thompson Performance/Quality Improvement Award: Dr. Anne Rosenthal Distinction in Medical Education Award: Dr. Lisa Ochoa-Frongia (DGIM) Mentoring Award: Dr. Alicia Fernandez

Wonderful tribute to a dear colleague- well worth the read ⁦UC San Francisco⁩ UCSF Bioinformatics Pioneer Atul Butte Dies at 55 | UC San Francisco ucsf.edu/news/2025/06/4…

Thank you Becker's Hospital Review for recognizing Dr. Susan Ehrlich as one of the women hospital CEOs to know! We are inspired by her leadership of the City’s safety-net hospital and only Level 1 trauma center. bit.ly/4lrv4G9 SFDPH UCSF School of Medicine

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