Chair's Corner

Dear Colleagues:

Health care’s digital revolution is gaining steam, as evidenced by enormous growth in funding for digital companies (both start-ups and digital giants such as Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple), the surge in telemedicine and virtual care, increased interest in digital transformation by health systems, trainees, and faculty, and more. UCSF has many important people, programs, centers in the digital space – such as BCHSI, CDHI, CTSI, Computational Precision Health, Epi/Biostat, SOLVE, and informatics-oriented groups and faculty in many departments.

Dear Colleagues: It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of Dr. Floyd Rector. Floyd died last month at his home in Sausalito, after a long illness. He was 93 years old. 

The Department of Medicine’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is both morally right and pragmatic: supporting a diverse environment in which all our people can do their best work allows us to perform better across all of our missions. While there is much more to do, we are proud of our efforts to build an environment where all our people are treated with dignity and respect. Below we share some highlights of our DEI work in the DOM.

Dear Colleagues, It is with a heavy heart that we inform you of the passing of a cherished colleague, Dr. Susan Runyan, a faculty member in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics and a member of the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care Service Line. Sue passed away on January 2, 2023 after being admitted to an ICU in Seattle following an accident while on holiday.