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Welcome Maia Miller!
Please join us in welcoming Maia Miller, San Francisco Health Network Program Manager for Dementia Care Aware!
Maia started this past Monday and will be working closely with the Dementia Care Aware (DCA) team serving as the Program Manager for the San Francisco Health Network (SFHN). Maia has a Master of Science in Health Care Administration, is a Certified Trauma Professional, as well as a California State Licensed Physical Therapist Assistant. She has over twenty-five years of experience as a healthcare professional in clinical, sales, and management positions and is Founder, Consultant and Coach for A. Maia Miller Consulting, a private coaching program that supports and guides adult women survivors of childhood sexual trauma. Some of Maia’s healthcare positions include: Vice President of Business Development for Children’s Health of Northern California, Senior Clinical Liaison for the Hospital Division at Kindred Hospital San Francisco Bay Area, and Director of Business Development for Core Healthcare Centers / The Rehabilitation Center of Oakland. Maia brings extensive experience in healthcare programs and systems implementation, and is highly proficient in interpreting, analyzing, and presenting healthcare data. In her new role as SFHN Program Manager for the DCA, Maia will liaise with SFHN leadership and key stakeholders, support health systems implementations in alignment with strategic and operational plans, lead DCA-SFHN program evaluation and improvement initiatives, support data collection and research efforts, and support a team of clinical and care management staff to help everyone stay on track to meet program deliverables for the State. We’ve very excited to work with Maia and for her to join the ever-growing DCA team! Clara Park, Director of Strategy for DCA, has graciously volunteered to be Maia’s onboarding buddy. Maia can be reached at [email protected] and will be stationed at Mission Bay, and her phone # is 415-514-9874. Help us welcome Maia virtually or in-person!
Welcome to the team Maia!
Karen Yuan, on behalf of Dr. Anna Chodos, Dr. Josette Rivera, and the Dementia Care Aware Team!
In Memoriam: Marvin Sleisenger
Message from Bob Wachter, Ken McQuaid, Rina Shah, Carl Grunfeld:
Dear Colleagues:
We are deeply saddened to report that Dr. Marvin Sleisenger passed away today at his home in Kentfield. He was 93 years old and his passing followed a long illness.
Dr. Sleisenger received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps during the Korean War. He received his post-graduate training at the University of Pennsylvania and New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where he built an outstanding gastroenterology division. He was recruited to UCSF in 1968 by Dr. Holly Smith to become the Chief of the Medical Service at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) and Vice Chair of our Department of Medicine.
Under his four decades of leadership at the VA and UCSF, Dr. Sleisenger built our VA into the premier academic institution within the VA system, as evidenced by nationally acclaimed programs in medical research, education, and patient care. Most of us affectionately referred to Marv as “The Chief,” and hundreds of trainees and faculty owe their successes to his skilled mentorship.
In addition to his roles at UCSF and our VA, Dr. Sleisinger was considered one of the giants of modern gastroenterology. Among his numerous scholarly publications, he edited the gastroenterology textbook “Sleisenger and Fordtan’s Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease,” now in its 10th edition. He also served as editor of the journal Gastroenterology and President of the American Gastroenterological Association. He received an honorary degree from the University of Nice in France. In 2011, he received the UCSF Medal, the university’s highest honor. A video commemorating his remarkable life, made on the occasion of his 2011 award, is here.
His wife, Lenore, predeceased him in 2009 after a wonderful marriage of 61 years. Their son Tom is an attorney in Los Angeles.
Dr. Sleisenger will be sorely missed by the veterans he served; the legions of students, residents, and fellows he taught and mentored; and the scores of faculty whose careers he supported and guided. A memorial service will be planned.
Robert M. Wachter, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Kenneth R. McQuaid MD
Vice Chair, Department of Medicine and Chief of the Medical Service, SFVAMC
Rina Shah, MD
Acting Chief of Staff, SFVAMC
Carl Grunfeld, MD, PhD
Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development, SFVAMC