DOM In the News
Read about how the Department of Medicine is responding to the outbreak of the coronavirus respiratory illness COVID-19. See related COVID-19 publications.
2024 STAR Program Achievement Awards
This year, 50 DOM staff members received the campus-wide UCSF STAR Program Achievement Award! Please join us in congratulating the awardees for their exceptional performance. Read about the awardees and their contributions here.
Carla Perissinotto Publish Article in JGIM
Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS published an article entitled, "Capsule Commentary on O’Conor et al., Perceived Adequacy of Tangible Social Support and Associations with Health Outcomes Among Older Primary Care Patients" in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. Dr. Perissinotto states that real or perceived social support has health care implications and health systems should ask patients about social support. She highlights the need for intervention and policy changes to help patients with inadequate social support.