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

^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.