Medical Knowledge Category Representatives

Category Representatives provide support for first-, second-, and third-year medical students to ensure they achieve mastery of the content in the systems and disciplines listed below.

 

Category type

Category name

Category full name

Category representative

System

Blood Sys

Blood & Lymphoreticular System

Gerald Hsu

System

Cardiovascular

Cardiovascular System

Dana Rohde

System

Endocrine

Endocrine System

Tracy Fulton

System

Epidemiology

Biostatistics & Epidemiology/Population Health

Lydia Zablotska

System

General Prin

General Principles of Foundational Science 

Tracy Fulton

System

GI Sys

GI System

Justin Sewell

System

Immune Sys

Immune System

Jesse Nussbaum

System

Multisystem

Multisystem Processes & Disorders 

Raga Ramachandran and Marta Margeta

System

Musculoskeletal

Musculoskeletal, Skin, and Subcutaneous Tissue2

Derek Harmon and Nikki Schroeder

System

Nervous Sys

Behavioral Health & Nervous Systems/Special Senses1

Vanja Douglas

System

Renal

Renal and Urinary System

Leticia Rolon

System

Reproductive

Reproductive System3

Naomi Stotland

System

Respiratory

Respiratory System

Dana Rohde

Discipline

Anatomy

Gross Anatomy & Embryology

Derek Harmon

Discipline

Behavioral Sci

Behavioral Science

Jason Satterfield

Discipline

Biochemistry

Biochemistry

Tracy Fulton

Discipline

Biostatistics

Biostatistics*

Lydia Zablotska

Discipline

Genetics

Genetics

Katherine Hyland

Discipline

Histology

Histology

Jeroen Roose

Discipline

Microbiology

Microbiology & Immunology

Brian Schwartz

Discipline

Nutrition

Nutrition

Andrea Garber

Discipline

Pathology

Pathology (Cell/Tissue)*

Raga Ramachandran and Marta Margeta 

Discipline

Pathophysiology

Pathophysiology*

Leslie Zimmerman

Discipline

Pharmacology

Pharmacology

Marieke Kruidering

Discipline Physiology Physiology Igor Mitrovic
Discipline Radiology Radiology Emma Webb

 

Systems and Disciplines are as per reported by NBME for Step 1 performance (*exceptions described below), and also described in the USMLE Step 1 content outline http://www.usmle.org/pdfs/step-1/2016content_step1.pdf (“traditionally defined disciplines” listed on p. 4 of this document, Systems listed in Table 1, p. 5).

1-3Combines systems listed in content outline above into broader categories, as per NBME reporting for Step 1 performance; 3Includes Pregnancy, Childbirth, & the Puerperium; Female Reproductive System & Breast; and Male Reproductive System.

*Biostatistics - titled “biostatistics and epidemiology” in Step 1 content outline but reported out only as Biostatistics at UCSF.

*Pathology (Cell/Tissue) – UCSF-created category, specific to gross/tissue pathology; USMLE Pathology category corresponds to mechanisms of disease and diagnosis.

*Pathophysiology – UCSF-created category corresponding to mechanisms of disease and diagnosis; not a category in Step 1 performance reporting.