Read this inspiring graphic perspective on growing up #undocumented & dreamer to becoming a physician from Felippe Marcondes, MD MPH ! William Mundo, MD, MPH Marlene Martin (she/ella) Katie Rizzolo Carlos del Rio Flor Alvarado

In our secondary analysis of the UPSIDE study, we find an association between stigmatizing language, Black patients and patients with housing instability, and errors in the diagnostic process. Sumant Ranji Katie Raffel Andrew Auerbach HOMERuN: Hospital Medicine ReEngineering Network jamanetwork-com.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/journals/jamai…

🏆Congratulations to Dr. Leslie Suen Leslie Suen, MD, MAS for being named AMERSA's 2024 awardee of the New Investigator/Educator Award! This award is given to someone for significant contributions to substance use education and/or research & the potential for future achievements in the field.

Kudos to Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH, (Elizabeth) for delivering the opening plenary session at the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) 55th Annual Conference! Congratulations and well done, Dr. Salisbury-Afshar! 🎉 buff.ly/49EQAAP

Our Bridge clinic at SF General is expanding --we are hoping to hire some incredible staff who care about people who use drugs and alcohol! Hiring for navigators, clinic supervisor, medical assistant--RN and social worker JDs coming soon. Please spread the word!

🏆 Congratulations to Dr. Phillip Coffin for being named AMERSA's 2024 awardee of the W. Anderson Spickard, Jr. Excellence in Mentorship award. "His expertise, dedication, and commitment to excellence have been instrumental in our joint success."

👉Get ready for the inaugural "Hispanic Women in Medicine: Critical Needs for Empowerment and Transformation in Practice" September 13-15th in Scottsdale, AZ. Leticia Rolon Keila Lopez MD, MPH 🫀 Marlene Martin (she/ella) Cynthia Delgado ce.mayo.edu/family-medicin…

Cannot wait to learn from and network with this amazing group of #LatinasInMedicine and allies 👩🏽‍⚕️🩺. Super appreciative for the growing Mayo Clinic diverse community and sponsorship. Check it out: ce.mayo.edu/family-medicin… Lilia Cervantes Angie S. Lobo, MD

Saw this on FB & it’s from the US but the point remains. We need an amendment to the law for services to be able to distribute crack pipes to reduce harm & increase engagement opportunities with people who smoke crack. Also provides route transition option for injectors.

ISSI is proud to announce the recipient of this year’s FOUNDATIONS FOR CHANGE: Thomas I. Yamashita Prize: Stephanie Campos-Bui of UC Berkeley Law , with honorable mention to Carlos Martinez Carlos Martinez of UC Santa Cruz

Early Bird Deadline ends Friday, June 14. Register today and save money on your registration to CSAM's State of the Art Addiction Medicine Conference! Register no: csam-asam.org/csam-2024/

Calling all syndemic teams! Tommy Brothers Megan Rose Curtis Ayesha Appa Ellen Eaton Emma Kay, PhD, MSW Nathan Nolan, MD MPH Shilpa Vasishta Jennifer J. Carroll, not that kind of doctor Carlos del Rio alice thornton Wendy Fujita David Serota Leah Harvey, MD MPH Simeon Kimmel MD, MA asher schranz

This week we'll see, Sharks may hunt alone Meanwhile, real talk Don't avoid methadone! bit.ly/4cNgiFT Marlene Martin (she/ella) susan calcaterra #Top10Articlesof2023 #MoreThanAJournal VA: Catie Glatz, MD

Congratulations to Dr. Calcaterra & Dr. Scherbak, this year's winners of the John Nelson Chappel Best Curricula, Quality Improvement and Program Abstract Award--they will be presenting at AMERSA's 2024 annual conference. amersa.org/annual-confere…

Woo hoo!! Great news for hospitalized patients. 🙌👏🎉 Patients hospitalized during the intervention period had significantly higher odds of MOUD initiation (7.96 times higher) and 30-day MOUD treatment engagement (6.90 times higher).

🚨 ACR 128: California Latino and Latina Physician Day! 🚨 We’re excited to announce that this measure has unanimously passed, designating October 1, 2024, as the first-ever California Latino and Latina Physician Day! A huge thank you to Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula for

Important info about OPCs!!! (Not to mention beautifully assembled by Schyler (she/they) 😎🙏)

🚨NEW PAPER🚨: Since 2022, our Zuckerberg SF General Hospital & Trauma Center Opioid Treatment Program OTOP has been offering rapid methadone inductions for people using fentanyl. We just published on outcomes from the first year of implementation: journals.lww.com/journaladdicti…

Have been eagerly awaiting for someone to report on this 👇🏻 How fentanyl is changing patients' experience with opioid agonist treatment.