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2023

Date	Description
MAY 30	Congratulations Drs. Shapiro & Nguyen for publication of Arts & Poetry in the Clinic
MAY 03	Family Medicine HEAL Grand Rounds - Paradigm Shifts to Achieve Health Equity: Challenging Fundamental Assumptions in the Academic Health Sciences
APR 25	Health Sciences Clinical Professor Series - Assistant/Associate Clinical Professor, Gottschalk Plaza
APR 25	Per-diem Position for Physicians for FQHC - Job ID: 50694-1A
MAR 01	UCI Family Medicine Response to Humanitarian Crisis at the U.S. Border
FEB 09	UCI to launch pre-health program with support from state of California

2022

Date	Description
NOV 17	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Occupational Health within the Boundaries of Primary Care
OCT 17	Congratulations: Drs. Nguyen, Fischer & Shapiro for the publication of “Views from the Trenches: California Family Physicians’ Challenges & Resilience Factors While Providing Patient Care During the Initial Wave of COVID-19” in the Journal of Qualitative Research in Medicine & Healthcare
SEP 01	Welcome to Dr. Jaih Craddock, PhD
AUG 18	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Got S.O.A.P.? Medical Education through Comics and Poetry
AUG 15	Congratulations UCI School of Medicine Family Medicine Interest Group - AAFP Program of Excellence Award Winners 2022
JUN 23	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Navigating the difficult patient encounters: Arts and Poetry in the clinic
JUN 22	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - A People’s Guide to the OC & Health Equity Across the Lifecourse HEAL
JUN 09	Congratulations, Dr. Lisa Gibbs: UCI School of Medicine Mid-Career Faculty Research Awardee
JUN 09	Congratulations, Dr. Tan Nguyen: UCI School of Medicine Innovations in Mentoring Awardee
MAY 19	Family Medicine, Pharmacy & Nursing Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds - Building Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams within UCI Primary Care
APR 15	Occupational health within the bounds of primary care: Factors shaping the health of Latina/o immigrant workers in FQHC study published
APR 01	Juliet McMullin, PhD, joins UCI as Director of Medical Humanities
MAR 24	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Hip & Knee Arthroplasty in 2022
MAR 16	Expert Analysis Omicron Variant BA.2 As It Causes Surge In Europe

2021

Date	Description
DEC 04	Dr. Jose Mayorga Speaks With Lesley Marin About Omicron Variant Of COVID-19
DEC 02	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - Medical Ethics, Patient-Physician Communication, and Clinics Selling Unlicensed and Unproven Stem Cell Interventions
NOV 16	"What Matters to Me and Why” UCI Health Series featuring Charles P. Vega, MD
OCT 27	Family Medicine Grand Rounds - The Legacy of Racism in Gynecology: Confronting the Past to Meet Challenges in the Present
SEP 09	Family Medicine Grand Rounds: Clinic First – The Road to Excellence in Primary Care Teaching Clinics
AUG 30	Nana Entsuah Joins UC Irvine
AUG 4	UCI receives $700K from the City of Santa Ana to support new initiatives for health literacy, address barriers to COVID-19 resources in vulnerable populations
JUL 27	Division of Geriatrics recognized as one of the Top 50 Geriatrics programs in the country by US News and World Report
JUL 22	Family Medicine Grand Rounds: Interventional Pulmonology and Primary Care Medicine
JUL 14	UCI Health’s Dr. José Mayorga speaks to ABC7 about the delta variant
JUN 21	Family Medicine Grand Rounds: HEAL Seminar - Equity & Covid-19: During & Post-Pandemic
JUN 04	UCI Medical Center Named an Age-Friendly Health System
MAY 19	UCI Family Medicine - Spring Newsletter
APR 14	Dr. Jose Mayorga joined the KQED Forum discussion about California's Expanded Vaccine Eligibility and the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause
APR 01	Congratulations to Dr. Mayorga UCI Annual LEAD Awards's Exceptional Community Builder & Leader!
MAR 10	Team-Based Models: A Prescription for Healthcare Disparities
MAR 01	New Mobile Site Aids Clinicians Treating Patients Diagnosed with Dementia
FEB 18	UCI Department of Family Medicine Highlighted as a Family Medicine Leading During COVID Case Study by Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
JAN 05	Congratulations to our Drs. Mayorga, Nguyen, Vega, Vo, Gibbs and Sehgal honored as Physicians of Excellence by the Orange County Medical Association!

2020

Date	Description
NOV 24	Latinx and low-income communities are suffering the most, says Dr. José Mayorga of UCI Health's Family Health Center
NOV 05	What Matters to Me and Why ft. Dr. Jose Mayorga
SEP 28	California Song-Brown Healthcare Workforce Training Program Awards UCI Family Medicine Award to Expand Access to Primary Care in Areas of Urgent, Unmet Needs
SEP 17	FQHC's in Anaheim and Santa Ana recognized by HRSA
SEP 14	FQHC Anaheim Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
SEP 09	Exercise and Diet Are More Important Than Ever With Virus at Large Featuring Dr. David Kilgore
SEP 08	Paging Geriatricians Featuring Dr. Lisa Gibbs and Dr. Norman Wall
AUG 13	Delaying medical care can be harmful to older adults featuring Dr. Lisa Gibbs
JULY 31	KUCI Interview on 'UCI Conversations' with Dr Jose Mayorga
JULY 28	The UCI Health Program in Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology Ranked #45 in The Nation By U.S. News & World Report Hospital Rankings & Ratings
JULY 20	UCI Health plans to hire 60 more doctors devoted to internal, family and geriatric medicine over the next five years
JULY 10	UCI Health Family Center doctor stresses importance of childhood vaccinations before returning to school featuring Dr. Mayorga
JULY 10	"Ask the doctor" forum: Medical experts answer common questions about COVID-19 featuring Dr. Mayorga
JUNE 8	Dr. Tan Nguyen and Dr. Betzy Salcedo have been awarded the Medical Education Excellence in Teaching Award! - “in recognition for outstanding student evaluations and contributions to a course or clerkship”
APR 1	UCI Family Medicine Physician Andrew Nobe and Resident Physician Dylan Hanami discuss COVID-19
MAR 31	Women Making History - Dr. Cynthia Haq
MAR 16	Dr. Gibbs’s discussion with Larry Mantle on COVID-19 and health risks for seniors

2019

Date	Description
NOV 18	UCI Family Medicine turns 50!
AUG 07	UCI Health opens community teaching kitchen at family health center in Santa Ana
JUL 17	Dr. Kroner has advice for treating common athletic injuries
MAY 31	Dr. Haq has been awarded the Medical Education Department Chair of the Year Award
MAY 22	Dr. Gibbs was awarded the UCI Engage Great Partner Award
MAY 15	Dr. Sehgal and Dr. Nguyen have been awarded the Dean's Scholars Award
MAR 05	Dr. Baotran Vo was selected as a Finalist for Service at the 2018 ARIISE Awards Ceremony
FEB 12	Dr. Sonia Sehgal has advice on how to cope with the normal aches and pains of aging
JAN 23	Culinary class gives doctors practical skills to help patients live healthier lives
JAN 12	Dr. Haq is familiar with the Challenges and Policies to Promote Primary Health Care
JAN 01	Dr Haq has Effective Advocacy for Patients and Communities

2018

Date	Description
DEC 26	Family Medicine and Geriatric Division among 2019 Physicians of Excellence in Orange Coast magazine
SEP 25	Dr Vega knows a A Safe Weight Loss Drug That Works
AUG 13	Dr Vega says Sulfonylureas: Just Stop
AUG 02	Dr Kevin Riutzel writes about Google Glass research in ABC News