UC San Diego School of Medicine
@UCSDMedSchool
Serving our communities & creating a healthier world through research, education and patient care. MD, MS, PhD, PA, residency and fellowship programs.
That’s a wrap on our latest sub-I rotation! Our sub-I's delivered talks on topics from CCMs to cortical organoids, MIS spine & deformity correction. They spent a day in a spine lab under the guidance of @martinphammd and resident Drs. Timothy Kim, PGY-4, and Kathryn Becker, PGY-2
"In med school at @UCSDMedSchool, [...] my interests coalesced when I took a selective rotation in geriatric medicine. On my first day of my rotation, I thought, "Whatever I do, I want to work here." - @UCSDalumni Ian Neel, MD '12, Associate Clinical Prof. of Medicine ⬇️
Memory matters, especially as we age. Ian Neel, MD, shares the early warning signs of dementia & Alzheimer’s, the vital role geriatricians play in memory care and how he’s helping shape the future of dementia care through the San Diego Alzheimer’s Project. health.ucsd.edu/news/features/…
🔬 Researchers at @UCSDMedSchool have identified a gene signature that could serve as an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer Understanding the protein STAT3 could help physicians identify patients with a higher risk of developing aggressive cancers, and work to develop…
Breakthrough in head and neck cancer treatment: Precise timing of radiation & immunotherapy boosts immune response, says study from researchers at @ucsdmedschool and @UCSDCancer. Results could reshape treatment for aggressive tumors. Read ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4lSAqe9
Professor of Pharmacology and Pediatrics Jing Yang, Ph.D. is a recipient of a St. Baldrick's Foundation grant to research Ewing sarcoma metastasis, the spread of cancer cells from the original tumor site to other parts of the body. ⬇️
💰 $10 MILLION in research funding 🔬 26 projects at 22 institutions 🎗️ All for one goal: #ConquerKidsCancer YOU helped make this possible. See how your donations are changing lives: ow.ly/qm4v50WsYO2
UC San Diego School of Medicine's own Jackson Vane, M.D. is a doctor, he has played one on TV, and this week he is preparing to present his seventh @Comic_Con panel as the annual event converges on downtown San Diego. 💥🥼 Read the full Q+A ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4lMz9oS
New research from #UCSanDiego reveals a genomic link between air pollution and lung cancer in people who’ve never smoked. 🚭 The study found that environmental exposures can cause the same DNA mutations typically seen in smokers. 💨 bit.ly/4ncOY9o #AirPolution
For @UCSDAlumni and current PA-S1 Tasnim Yusuf, ’22, who earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and international studies, the decision to pursue PA training is personal. 🥼 Read ➡️ go.ucsd.edu/4jInOnR
Our welcome party last night was truly special. It was a fantastic opportunity for our new fellows and faculty to connect and engage in meaningful conversations with everyone. We're looking forward to an amazing year together! #PCCM #UCSanDiego @UCSDMedSchool
Marcia Faustin, M.D. accompanied @USAGym star Suni Lee as she accepted her @ESPYS for Best Comeback! 🩺 Dr. Faustin completed her graduate medical training in our @UCSanDiego Dept of Family Medicine (residency in family medicine ('13-'16); fellowship in sports medicine ('16-'17)
Suni Lee shouted out her doctor after she won Best Comeback award at the ESPYS ❤️
The University of California is in every corner of our state — providing transformational educational opportunities, supporting farmers that feed us, finding breakthroughs that save lives, caring for over 11 million patients each year, innovating in national defense, energy…
We are thrilled to welcome our new clinical glaucoma fellows Nikhil Dhall, MD & Ashkan Kashanchi , MD. To learn more about glaucoma fellowships at SEI visit: shileyeye.ucsd.edu/physicians/fel… #Glaucoma #GlaucomaFellowship #Fellowship #UCSdHealth #Ophthalmology
PGY-2 ➡️ PGY-3 Can’t believe it’s already been a year at @UCSDRadMed! Couldn’t have done it without the co-resi @JazmyneTabb 🫶🏼☢️
@ThePrincetonRev and @Money agree: The University of California offers the best educational value in the United States, according to their newly issued annual lists. bit.ly/3TDkQ9N
"PSYONIC founder Aadeel Akhtar appeared on Shark Tank and, in 2022, moved the company west to level up the tech with surgeons at the Naval Medical Hospital San Diego and UC San Diego School of Medicine, where he’s now a faculty member." 🦾⬇️
Aadeel Akhtar is on a lifelong mission to meet the skyrocketing demand for prosthetics with his bionic Ability Hand and change the narrative around disability—a message he’s bringing back to the pop culture convention. f-st.co/mxfPeTX
In honor of #WorldPlasticSurgeryDay, Plastic Surgery Resident Mary Lee, M.D., shares what a day in her life looks like! 🥼  #DayInTheLife #UCSDSurgery #PlasticSurgeryResidency
Celina Nguyen is an M.D./Ph.D. student in the Medical Scientist Training Program, which this year celebrates 50 years! 🩺 Learn about the work she’s conducting on the function of MEF2C, a gene associated with autism spectrum disorder. 🧬#BehindEveryBreakthrough
Throwing it back to the 80s on campus. 😎🩺 📸 UC San Diego School of Medicine Yearbooks, @UCSDAlumni
Get some helpful tips from MS3 Michael Oca on surgery clerkships! 🥼 Video ID: Co-Director of Surgery Clerkships, Charley Coffey, M.D. and recent MS3 Michael Oca share five tips for the OR. 💻 Learn more about clerkships at the School of Medicine ➡️ medschool.ucsd.edu