Greetings from UCSF Fresno FamilyMedicine!

Many of you have heard by now ofthe passing of our dear colleagueand friend, Dr. Alexander Moir. Anicon in ourcommunityas a leaderand edu-cator atUCSFFresno, Dr.Moir dedi-cated over20 years tothe better-ment ofhealth inour ruralcommuni-ties andinspiredhundredsof physicians through his teachingand mentorship and touched the lives

of many in his years providing com-passionate care for his patients. AsChief of Family and CommunityMedicine at UCSF Fresno, he broughta new definition to “Community”through his leadership and guidance.A memorial was held for Dr. Moir atthe Fresno Memorial Auditorium onJanuary 9. It was truly awe-inspiring tosee the lasting impact he had madeon so many and to see many of youthere to celebrate his life. .

Interviews for the 2016 entering classare complete! The quality of medicalstudents that interviewed in Fresno aretruly of remarkable caliber, and thestandard is increasing every year. Weare looking forward to these promisingnew physicians to join our team totrain at UCSF Fresno. After a greatinterview season, we MATCHED inMarch! We look forward to an out-standing group of 12 new residents forFamily Medicine. Special thanks to LoisCeja and Susan Jensen for onceagain putting together a smoothprocess and making our future resi-dents feel welcome.

Our scholarly EXPO was on December10. After a great keynote presenta-tion to kick us off from UCSF FamilyMedicine Department Chair KevinGrumbach, we once again had asuccessful event, with presentationsfrom our neighboring programs inVisalia and Hanford, and attendanceby residents of four different FamilyMedicine programs in the Valley.UCSF Fresno continues on an annualbasis to impress with the quality ofscholarly work, with over a dozennational and international conferencepresentations and publications in2015.

ProgramDirector’s Corner:Ivan Gomez, MD

The Scope Vol. 7, Issue 23Spring 2016

The Scope is published by the UCSF Fresno Familyand Community Medicine Residency Department.

Any inquiries or comments about content should bedirected to Vanessa Gonzalez at

vgonzalez@fresno.ucsf.edu

Our work is never done. The programis continuing to increase opportunitiesfor our residents. With new institutionalpartnerships offering expanded cur-riculum, training in advocacy andleadership, expanded communityservice efforts, and new curriculum onpractice transformation, our gradu-ates are becoming more preparedthan ever to hit the ground running tomake an impact on their communities.

We are on FaceBook! Check it outonline. UCSF Fresno Family &Community Medicine

Please e-mail Lynnette Brewer,Program Manager at lbrewer@fres-no.ucsf.edu to update your contactinformation and if you know theaddresses of any other alumni pleaselet us know so we can contact themas well.

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Family Medicine News

Welcome Stephanie Kapsimallis, FPN-C, ACHPN

Stephanie is a certified Nurse Practitioner in palliative care. She completed herundergraduate degrees in nursing and psychology at California State University,Fresno and earned a MSN with emphasis in family practice. Stephanie furtheredher training in palliative medicine through the Post-Masters Palliative CareProgram at George Washington University in Washington, DC.

Dr. Tevendale promotedto Clinical Professor

Dr. Robert Tevendale was recentlypromoted to full Clinical Professor.Academic promotion dependson teaching skills, clinical skills,and scholarly activity. Dr.Tevendale has been a mainstayof inpatient teaching in thedepartment. He has publishedon diabetes care and wasacknowledged for his teachingskills by the receipt of a KaiserAward for teaching. The Kaiseraward is a result of resident nomi-nation for teaching in the depart-ment and attests to the residents'appreciation for his teaching skillsover the years.

Poster accepted at Palliative Care Conference

Our poster from the most recent Center to Advance Palliative Care NationalConference (CAPC) in San Antonio, Texas November 11-13, 2015, entitledbelow, was accepted to be published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine forMay 2016. Also, this poster will be published on CAPC's online website.

IMPACT OF RACE ON PAIN MANAGEMENT OUTCOMES IN A COMMUNITY-BASEDTEACHING HOSPITAL FOLLOWING INPATIENT PALLIATIVE CARE CONSULTATIONDuc Chung, MD, Austin Sue, MD, James Simmons, DO, Christine Swift, MSN,Susan Hughes, MS, Tegest Hailu, MD, Patrick Macmillan, MD; Hospice andPalliative Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, Fresno.

Dr. Chung received a national American Academy of Hospice and PalliativeMedicine (AAHPM) Access Scholarship to attend our AAHPM & HPNA AnnualAssembly in Chicago on March 9-12, 2016. As an AAHPM Access Scholar, Dr.Chung received full conference coverage and a $500 scholarship. He servedas a volunteer along with other scholars in the Academy to continue toadvance palliative care medicine. Drs. Macmillan, Austin Sue (palliative carefellow), and Tegest Hailu also attended the national conference to representour UCSF Fresno program.

Family Medicine Tailgate Party at Fresno State

Our tailgate potluck partyand football game hasbeen one of many annualfamily events we do eachyear. Among some of theattendees were Drs. Moir,Gomez, Ruvalcaba, Austin,Gutierrez, Sanghera, Dhah,Iris, Lynnette, Vanessa andMary. Everyone enjoyed theFresno State vs. Utah Stategame, the social atmos-phere and of course thefood. Liana was our BBQchef, who for the first timebar-b-cued. Great job!

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Family Medicine News

In Loving Memory of a Friend and Colleague

By Ivan Gomez, Program Director, UCSF Fresno FCM

UCSF Fresno Family and Community Medicine is mourning the loss of Dr. AlexMoir, who passed away following a skiing accident on December 19, 2015. He issurvived by his wife, Elise, and their two sons.

Alex had a profound impact on many people over his long career thatspanned over two decades. His legacy not only as a doctor, but also as aninspirational teacher and a leader is obvious in the over 250 practicing familyphysicians, many serving right here in the Central Valley, that are the doctorsthey are today because of the role model Alex was in embracing the core val-ues of care and compassion for our patients. In his more than 20 year career atUCSF Fresno, he advocated for rural and small-community family medicine, aswell as healthcare for Latinos and other underserved communities, andimpressed this passion upon his peers, residents and medical students.

As a testament to his years practicing in the community of Selma, California, Dr.Moir was recognized in 2012 by Adventist Health Central Valley Network with aPhysician of the Year Mission Award for his commitment to providing physical,mental and emotional care to his patients.

Under his leadership as Chief, UCSF Fresno Family and Community Medicine hasblossomed, becoming known and recognized statewide and nationally for itshuge diversity, comprehensive training and service mission it is known for today.

If you would like to make a donation to the Family Community MedicineDepartment in memory and in honor of Dr. Moir, and to help continue histremendous work and legacy, please send your gift to

UCSF Fresno – Development DepartmentATTN: Moir Memory Gift155 N. Fresno St.Fresno, CA 93701

All donations that come in to honor Dr. Moir will go toward furthering his work inthe department of Family Community Medicine at UCSF Fresno.

We held our Family & Community Research Expo on December 10, 2015.Since last year, our event has been expanded to include other residenciesfrom the Central Valley. This year, we had attendance and poster showingsfrom our residency, Clinica SierraVista – Divisadero Community HealthCenter Family Medicine, KaweahDelta Family Medicine ResidencyProgram, Visalia, Adventist FamilyMedicine Residency Program,Hanford, and Loma Linda UniversitySchool of Medicine, Department ofFamily Medicine, Hanford. There were a total of 17 residentposters, 1 Hospice & Palliative CareFellows poster, and 1 faculty poster.Our key note speaker was KevinGrumbach, MD, Chair of Family & Community Medicine, UCSF, School ofMedicine. He spoke about how to integrate research as a core operatingprocess. The resident posters were judged by Paul Mills, PhD, InterimAssistant Dean for Program Development and Research. This year, theDavin Youngclarke winner was Ashlynn Gordon, DO. Congratulations Dr.Gordon! Her poster (shown below) was titled “Affordable Care Act Impacton Emergency Room Visits”. She also presented her research at the 2015Tom Bodenheimer Symposium and at the 2015 NAPCRG Annual Meeting(abstract under Scholarly Activity Projects).

2015 Family Medicine Research Expo

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Spotlight onFaculty

Holiday Party 2015

The holiday party was at InternationalCatering with special appearance ofWinston the Magician and Santa Clause.The children and even adults enjoyed theentertainment and photo booth. We raf-fled prizes throughout the evening andeveryone enjoyed the holiday cheer.Special thanks Dr. Dhah for volunteeringto be our photographer for the evening.

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Chief ResidentsCorner

Message from the Chief Residents

As we cross into 2016, we are happy to announce that our interns are half waydone with one of the most challenging years of their residency, 2nd years are offi-cially more than half way done with their entire residency career and 3rd yearshave less than 2 weeks left until graduation! As residents, these are very importantmilestones for us, and we couldn't be happier that we have reached them!

Thus far, the academic year has been very busy. In addition to our normal dutiesas residents, we've had a few events to help relieve some stress. Our retreat heldat Wonder Valley was a great opportunity for resident wellness and team building.Thank you to all our attendings who covered our services so that we could spendthe weekend with our fellow residents. Our Christmas party was a hit with wonder-ful raffle prizes, entertaining magic show and great dinner and dancing. We areeagerly looking forward to our annual spring picnic and our graduation this com-ing June.

We are proud to announce that as a department, our focus on resident wellness,leadership, research opportunities and community outreach has been growing!Now more than ever before, our residents are more involved in community events,have great projects planned for the next 3 years and are taking an active role inour local community. We couldn't be more thrilled to see what's in store for thefuture.

Sincerely,

Dr. Satjit Sanghera and Dr. Liana Milanes

PS- a few more words of wisdoms from a great doctor: "Oh the places you'll go,today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, so...get on your way!" – Dr. Seussyou'llgo." – Dr. Seuss

Welcome our new Family Medicine babies!

Aiden Thomas Lucatero,born on February 1,2016, 6lbs. 1oz. and 20.5inches long.Congratulations toMoriah and DanielLucatero on the birth oftheir son, Aiden andcongratulations toVanessa Gonzalez as afirst time proud grand-ma!

Ariana Reynoso-Garza,Born on January 10, 2016 at10:15pm, weighing 7lbs.5oz., 20 inches long.Congratulations to proudparents, Rashell and Mr.Reynoso!

Jiya Rumi Kolahi, bornDecember 23, 2015, 5lbs9oz and 19 inches long. Congratulations to Anjani &Mr. Kolahi on the birth oftheir daughter, Jiya!

Caydence Varee Brewer-Slaughter, born on March28, 2016, 6lbs. 1oz. and 19inches long. Mom, dad andbig brother MJ are elatedwith the newest little addi-tion to the Brewer-Slaughterfamily! Congratulations toLynnette and Ray!

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