UCSF Dept. of Family & Community Medicine
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What’s the mark of a great leader? In @kgrumbach.bsky.social’s case, it’s a perfect moustache.
Just like his legendary ’tache, Kevin’s commitment to health equity, community engagement & medical education is unwavering. 💫 Colleagues honored him 🥸 at the 2025 SFAFP Annual Meeting on Nov. 6.
Just like his legendary ’tache, Kevin’s commitment to health equity, community engagement & medical education is unwavering. 💫 Colleagues honored him 🥸 at the 2025 SFAFP Annual Meeting on Nov. 6.
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
What’s the mark of a great leader? In @kgrumbach.bsky.social’s case, it’s a perfect moustache.
Just like his legendary ’tache, Kevin’s commitment to health equity, community engagement & medical education is unwavering. 💫 Colleagues honored him 🥸 at the 2025 SFAFP Annual Meeting on Nov. 6.
Just like his legendary ’tache, Kevin’s commitment to health equity, community engagement & medical education is unwavering. 💫 Colleagues honored him 🥸 at the 2025 SFAFP Annual Meeting on Nov. 6.
Congratulations to Dr. Dae Hyoun (David) Jeong, MD, associate professor at UCSF Family & Community Medicine, who was recently selected by @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social as the 2024–2025 recipient of the Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect. Learn more at bit.ly/4hUj27m
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Dae Hyoun (David) Jeong, MD, associate professor at UCSF Family & Community Medicine, who was recently selected by @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social as the 2024–2025 recipient of the Maxine Papadakis Award for Faculty Professionalism and Respect. Learn more at bit.ly/4hUj27m
When a complex sexual & reproductive health question comes up mid-clinic, timely peer support matters. The UCSF Reproductive Health Hotline - for clinicians, by clinicians - is free, confidential, and nationwide. Listen to learn more www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhB...
🔗 reprohh.ucsf.edu
🔗 reprohh.ucsf.edu
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
When a complex sexual & reproductive health question comes up mid-clinic, timely peer support matters. The UCSF Reproductive Health Hotline - for clinicians, by clinicians - is free, confidential, and nationwide. Listen to learn more www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhB...
🔗 reprohh.ucsf.edu
🔗 reprohh.ucsf.edu
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Watch Christine Dehlendorf of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talk about why it's important to integrate reproductive health and birth control conversations in primary care
How to Keep Family Planning Conversations in Primary Care | Patient Care Online
How to keep family planning conversations in primary care? First, you have to have them, says UC San Francisco professor of family community medicine, Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Watch Christine Dehlendorf of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talk about why it's important to integrate reproductive health and birth control conversations in primary care
Bravo, Brian!
From Boston’s snowy streets to UCSF’s innovative programs, Brian’s journey reflects the heart of UCSF’s mission: to serve, to collaborate, and to uplift.
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@ucsffamilymed.bsky.social
How Collaboration and Creativity Has Guided Brian Abascal’s Work in Health Equity
Shakespeare famously wrote, “All the world’s a stage.” Over the course of his 20-year career in healthcare administration, Brian Abascal, MFA, has taken on many roles – from supporting youth programs ...
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November 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Bravo, Brian!
A win for health equity in San Francisco!
@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social’s Abby Cabrera, co-chair of the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee, recently helped lead the successful effort to keep the SF's Soda Tax Committee intact, protecting crucial funding for nutrition & community health.
@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social’s Abby Cabrera, co-chair of the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee, recently helped lead the successful effort to keep the SF's Soda Tax Committee intact, protecting crucial funding for nutrition & community health.
October 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
A win for health equity in San Francisco!
@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social’s Abby Cabrera, co-chair of the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee, recently helped lead the successful effort to keep the SF's Soda Tax Committee intact, protecting crucial funding for nutrition & community health.
@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social’s Abby Cabrera, co-chair of the Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee, recently helped lead the successful effort to keep the SF's Soda Tax Committee intact, protecting crucial funding for nutrition & community health.
We couldn't be more proud to see our Vice Chair for Research, Christine Dehlendorf, recognized for her incredible leadership in creating the first national measures to ensure that respect, trust, and choice are counted as essential parts of quality in reproductive health. #fmrevolution 🙌👏🔥
Congrats to UCSF’s Christine Dehlendorf, MD, and Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, on their election to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in health and medicine, for advancing reproductive and environmental health. tiny.ucsf.edu/nq7DpT @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social
Two UCSF Faculty Elected to National Academy of Medicine in 2025
Christine E. Dehlendorf, MD, and Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, have been elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) this year, one of the highest honors in the field of health and medicine.
tiny.ucsf.edu
October 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
We couldn't be more proud to see our Vice Chair for Research, Christine Dehlendorf, recognized for her incredible leadership in creating the first national measures to ensure that respect, trust, and choice are counted as essential parts of quality in reproductive health. #fmrevolution 🙌👏🔥
Christine Dehlendorf of @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Person-Centered Reproductive Health Program has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in health & science. She redefined quality by measuring what truly matters: patient experience.
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October 20, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Christine Dehlendorf of @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Person-Centered Reproductive Health Program has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine — one of the highest honors in health & science. She redefined quality by measuring what truly matters: patient experience.
bit.ly/4o5sHug
bit.ly/4o5sHug
The physical effects of #typeldiabetes are well known - its mental toll, less so. In Scientific American @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social's Danielle Hessler Jones, shares how integrating diabetes distress support into T1D management improves both well-being & health outcomes.
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October 14, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The physical effects of #typeldiabetes are well known - its mental toll, less so. In Scientific American @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social's Danielle Hessler Jones, shares how integrating diabetes distress support into T1D management improves both well-being & health outcomes.
bit.ly/472tmW4
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A new mixed-methods study highlights how adding pharmacy technicians to #PrimaryCare teams can ease clinician and nurse workload while improving patient care. #FMsky #Medsky @ucsfcepc.bsky.social , @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social, @sfgov.sf.gov
📰 - www.annfammed.org/content/23/5...
📰 - www.annfammed.org/content/23/5...
October 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A new mixed-methods study highlights how adding pharmacy technicians to #PrimaryCare teams can ease clinician and nurse workload while improving patient care. #FMsky #Medsky @ucsfcepc.bsky.social , @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social, @sfgov.sf.gov
📰 - www.annfammed.org/content/23/5...
📰 - www.annfammed.org/content/23/5...
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We are proud to announce the publication of new research from @sfpublichealth.bsky.social & @ucsfcepc.bsky.social in the prestigious @annfammed.bsky.social. This study proves that pharmacy techs aren’t just support staff — they’re essential to team-based care.
#PrimaryCare #HealthEquity
#PrimaryCare #HealthEquity
September 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
We are proud to announce the publication of new research from @sfpublichealth.bsky.social & @ucsfcepc.bsky.social in the prestigious @annfammed.bsky.social. This study proves that pharmacy techs aren’t just support staff — they’re essential to team-based care.
#PrimaryCare #HealthEquity
#PrimaryCare #HealthEquity
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Are you a PCP pulling your hair out trying to maneuver through maddening insurance and pharma barriers to getting your patients the medications they need? A 2 word solution: pharmacy technicians. Check out our study @annalsofem.bsky.social on the benefit of adding pharm techs to primary care teams👇
A new study just published in the @annalsofem.bsky.social (Sept/Oct 2025) shows that integrating pharmacy technicians in team-based primary care:
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Are you a PCP pulling your hair out trying to maneuver through maddening insurance and pharma barriers to getting your patients the medications they need? A 2 word solution: pharmacy technicians. Check out our study @annalsofem.bsky.social on the benefit of adding pharm techs to primary care teams👇
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Patients with diabetes and other conditions have long managed their own care.
Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about how more people are seeking autonomy over their reproductive health care.
“People say that they feel more empowered by doing their own health care."
Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about how more people are seeking autonomy over their reproductive health care.
“People say that they feel more empowered by doing their own health care."
Local experts see rise in home reproductive care
Abortion access, new tests spurring demand.
www.sfexaminer.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Patients with diabetes and other conditions have long managed their own care.
Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about how more people are seeking autonomy over their reproductive health care.
“People say that they feel more empowered by doing their own health care."
Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about how more people are seeking autonomy over their reproductive health care.
“People say that they feel more empowered by doing their own health care."
A new study just published in the @annalsofem.bsky.social (Sept/Oct 2025) shows that integrating pharmacy technicians in team-based primary care:
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
September 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
A new study just published in the @annalsofem.bsky.social (Sept/Oct 2025) shows that integrating pharmacy technicians in team-based primary care:
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
- Reduces clinician and nurse admin burden
- Improves efficiency & care
- Expands patient medication access
👉https://www.annfammed.org/content/23/5/412
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📢 THIS WEEK 📢 Join the NCCC and #IAS-USA this Thursday at noon PST for a cost-free CME accredited webinar on the core principles of #HIV management!
NCCC Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Carolyn Chu, will be presenting alongside Drs. Michael Saag and Roy Gulick.
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/eZDQQZcg
NCCC Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Carolyn Chu, will be presenting alongside Drs. Michael Saag and Roy Gulick.
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/eZDQQZcg
September 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
📢 THIS WEEK 📢 Join the NCCC and #IAS-USA this Thursday at noon PST for a cost-free CME accredited webinar on the core principles of #HIV management!
NCCC Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Carolyn Chu, will be presenting alongside Drs. Michael Saag and Roy Gulick.
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/eZDQQZcg
NCCC Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Carolyn Chu, will be presenting alongside Drs. Michael Saag and Roy Gulick.
👉 Register here: lnkd.in/eZDQQZcg
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📢 We’re hiring!
The Clinical Education Coordinator will utilize their clinical acumen on #HIV, viral hepatitis, and substance use care to provide clinical education to users across our various teleconsultation services.
📌 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2sp2na8w
@ucsffamilymed.bsky.social
The Clinical Education Coordinator will utilize their clinical acumen on #HIV, viral hepatitis, and substance use care to provide clinical education to users across our various teleconsultation services.
📌 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2sp2na8w
@ucsffamilymed.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 9:38 PM
📢 We’re hiring!
The Clinical Education Coordinator will utilize their clinical acumen on #HIV, viral hepatitis, and substance use care to provide clinical education to users across our various teleconsultation services.
📌 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2sp2na8w
@ucsffamilymed.bsky.social
The Clinical Education Coordinator will utilize their clinical acumen on #HIV, viral hepatitis, and substance use care to provide clinical education to users across our various teleconsultation services.
📌 Learn more and apply: tinyurl.com/2sp2na8w
@ucsffamilymed.bsky.social
UCSF Family & Community Medicine Residency – Lakeshore/SF VA Track – is recruiting!
🗓️ Apply by Sept. 23, 2025
📍 Residency starts June 2026
🔗 fcm.ucsf.edu/lakeshore-residency
Meet us TOMORROW at #POP2025 Residency Fair, Booth #58!
#UCSFFamilyMed #ResidencyRecruitment #FamilyMedicine
🗓️ Apply by Sept. 23, 2025
📍 Residency starts June 2026
🔗 fcm.ucsf.edu/lakeshore-residency
Meet us TOMORROW at #POP2025 Residency Fair, Booth #58!
#UCSFFamilyMed #ResidencyRecruitment #FamilyMedicine
September 5, 2025 at 9:27 PM
UCSF Family & Community Medicine Residency – Lakeshore/SF VA Track – is recruiting!
🗓️ Apply by Sept. 23, 2025
📍 Residency starts June 2026
🔗 fcm.ucsf.edu/lakeshore-residency
Meet us TOMORROW at #POP2025 Residency Fair, Booth #58!
#UCSFFamilyMed #ResidencyRecruitment #FamilyMedicine
🗓️ Apply by Sept. 23, 2025
📍 Residency starts June 2026
🔗 fcm.ucsf.edu/lakeshore-residency
Meet us TOMORROW at #POP2025 Residency Fair, Booth #58!
#UCSFFamilyMed #ResidencyRecruitment #FamilyMedicine
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📢 New free #CE HIV prevention updates from the National PrEP Curriculum!
✅ FDA-approved lenacapavir (long-acting injectable PrEP)
🎥 New mini-lectures:
• Twice-yearly lenacapavir vs daily F/TAF for women
• HPTN 084: Cabotegravir in women
• PrEP with TDF-FTC in women
Learn more, idea.medicine.uw.edu
✅ FDA-approved lenacapavir (long-acting injectable PrEP)
🎥 New mini-lectures:
• Twice-yearly lenacapavir vs daily F/TAF for women
• HPTN 084: Cabotegravir in women
• PrEP with TDF-FTC in women
Learn more, idea.medicine.uw.edu
August 27, 2025 at 10:09 PM
📢 New free #CE HIV prevention updates from the National PrEP Curriculum!
✅ FDA-approved lenacapavir (long-acting injectable PrEP)
🎥 New mini-lectures:
• Twice-yearly lenacapavir vs daily F/TAF for women
• HPTN 084: Cabotegravir in women
• PrEP with TDF-FTC in women
Learn more, idea.medicine.uw.edu
✅ FDA-approved lenacapavir (long-acting injectable PrEP)
🎥 New mini-lectures:
• Twice-yearly lenacapavir vs daily F/TAF for women
• HPTN 084: Cabotegravir in women
• PrEP with TDF-FTC in women
Learn more, idea.medicine.uw.edu
In a new JAMA Network Open commentary, Drs. Leslie Suen and Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack highlight promising results from a study on starting injectable buprenorphine for people with opioid use disorder, without needing sublingual medication first.
August 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
In a new JAMA Network Open commentary, Drs. Leslie Suen and Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack highlight promising results from a study on starting injectable buprenorphine for people with opioid use disorder, without needing sublingual medication first.
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"When we talk to physicians across the country about [ReproHH], people say, 'Oh my God, we've needed this for a decade!'"
Dr. Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about the new Reproductive Health Hotline in @medpagetoday.com
Dr. Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about the new Reproductive Health Hotline in @medpagetoday.com
Physicians Can Call New Hotline With Reproductive Health Questions
ReproHH is anonymous and free for any clinician with sexual and reproductive health queries
www.medpagetoday.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
"When we talk to physicians across the country about [ReproHH], people say, 'Oh my God, we've needed this for a decade!'"
Dr. Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about the new Reproductive Health Hotline in @medpagetoday.com
Dr. Jennifer Karlin of @ucsffamilymed.bsky.social talks about the new Reproductive Health Hotline in @medpagetoday.com
“Menopause has become more of a patient-led revolution...Patients are coming at us because of so many resources out there. From a patient perspective, there is a new style for how we experience menopause.” - FCM Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sondos Al Sad. bit.ly/3HQurro @ucsfhealth.bsky.social.
August 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“Menopause has become more of a patient-led revolution...Patients are coming at us because of so many resources out there. From a patient perspective, there is a new style for how we experience menopause.” - FCM Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sondos Al Sad. bit.ly/3HQurro @ucsfhealth.bsky.social.
As providers face intersecting crises that endanger people’s access to reproductive & sexual healthcare, we are proud to launch ReproHH, a free & confidential hotline offering real-time, evidence-based clinical guidance for US‑based HC professionals. Learn more: bit.ly/47vfS6W
August 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
As providers face intersecting crises that endanger people’s access to reproductive & sexual healthcare, we are proud to launch ReproHH, a free & confidential hotline offering real-time, evidence-based clinical guidance for US‑based HC professionals. Learn more: bit.ly/47vfS6W
📢 UCSF Family & Community Medicine is hiring an Administrative Director!
Lead a nationally recognized team advancing health equity, research, and clinical excellence at Zuckerberg SF General @zsfgcare.bsky.social.
💼 $143K–$215K | Full-time | Flex schedule
📍 San Francisco
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/46Vh1V8
Lead a nationally recognized team advancing health equity, research, and clinical excellence at Zuckerberg SF General @zsfgcare.bsky.social.
💼 $143K–$215K | Full-time | Flex schedule
📍 San Francisco
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/46Vh1V8
July 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
📢 UCSF Family & Community Medicine is hiring an Administrative Director!
Lead a nationally recognized team advancing health equity, research, and clinical excellence at Zuckerberg SF General @zsfgcare.bsky.social.
💼 $143K–$215K | Full-time | Flex schedule
📍 San Francisco
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/46Vh1V8
Lead a nationally recognized team advancing health equity, research, and clinical excellence at Zuckerberg SF General @zsfgcare.bsky.social.
💼 $143K–$215K | Full-time | Flex schedule
📍 San Francisco
🔗 Apply: bit.ly/46Vh1V8
FCM's @apriljbell.bsky.social, Director of GirlxLab, was highlighted on @kcbsradio.bsky.social's coverage of the anniversary of the Dobbs’ decision. She discusses her ongoing digital storytelling project featuring Black women sharing their experiences with #abortion. More at girlxlab.ucsf.edu
June 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
FCM's @apriljbell.bsky.social, Director of GirlxLab, was highlighted on @kcbsradio.bsky.social's coverage of the anniversary of the Dobbs’ decision. She discusses her ongoing digital storytelling project featuring Black women sharing their experiences with #abortion. More at girlxlab.ucsf.edu
New from @NPR's All Things Considered: UCSF Family & Community Medicine's Dr. Jen Karlin is helping reframe how we think about self-managed abortion. Her research finds that many physicians view it as safe, effective, and rooted in #reproductivejustice. bit.ly/45zkKqQ @ucsfbixby.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
New from @NPR's All Things Considered: UCSF Family & Community Medicine's Dr. Jen Karlin is helping reframe how we think about self-managed abortion. Her research finds that many physicians view it as safe, effective, and rooted in #reproductivejustice. bit.ly/45zkKqQ @ucsfbixby.bsky.social