On May 19, 2024, the 173 graduates of the UCSF School of Medicine class of 2024 were joined by family, friends, and the UCSF community for a night of celebration at Davies Symphony Hall. It was an evening filled with reflection and optimism, honoring the achievements, diversity, and potential of this exceptional class.

The Dean of the School of Medicine, Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, began the ceremony by acknowledging the unique circumstances in which this class began medical school and how far they had come, saying, “This class started medical school in August 2020, during the early phases of

The UCSF School of Medicine Post Baccalaureate Program (PBP) was established in the summer of 1999 to increase the enrollment of underserved, underrepresented and low-income students in medical school.

Twenty-five years later, the program is an exceptional success: 325 students have completed the program, and ninety-six percent of its alumni matriculate into medical school, with seventy-eight percent returning to practice in California and sixty-three percent serving non-English speaking patients and communities.

The program has made a tangible difference in increasing the number of

On March 15th, Koret Quad on UCSF’s Mission Bay campus in San Francisco reverberated with the sounds of hastily opened envelopes and cheers of excitement and joy. Family and friends joined 168 soon-to-be UCSF graduates to celebrate Match Day, the pivotal moment when medical students learn where they will be continuing their medical training journey in residency.  

This year, 73% of UCSF students matched into residency programs in the state of California, and 30% of students matched at UCSF. Thirty-two percent matched into a primary care specialty. This year’s top five specialties included

The day had begun as it usually did.

There was eye clinic in the morning, cataract surgeries till the afternoon, and now a few hours of “wet lab,” where UCSF ophthalmologists Neeti Parikh, MD and Madeline Yung, MD hone their surgical skills on practice bovine eyeballs.

Only this time, they’re not in San Francisco.

Supported by the UCSF Faculty Learning and Development Fund, Parikh and Yung have a unique vision in mind: to train in the art of small incision cataract surgery (SICS) in one of the very places where it was pioneered – the world-renowned Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology in

On November 29th and 30th, second-year UCSF medical students presented their summer research projects at the Summer Explore Symposium held at UCSF's Parnassus Heights campus and hosted by the Inquiry Curriculum. This year, the students gave poster presentations with research topics ranging from fields of clinical to basic science and medical education. Research projects featured at the symposium ranged from overdose prevention in the era of fentanyl to the effectiveness of a machine learning-based health application on patient-provider communication.

The majority of the research was funded

On October 30th, an air of celebration filled the Fisher Banquet Room at Mission Bay for the seventh annual UCSF School of Medicine Clinical Microsystems Clerkship Health Systems Improvement Symposium. The room was filled with laughter and smiles as 170 second year medical students were celebrating the completion of their almost year and a half of hard work, having completed a quality improvement project at a UCSF affiliated clinical site as a part of their Foundations 1 curriculum. Within their Clinical Microsystems Clerkships (CMC) groups, 30 teams of students led by a faculty coach carried

The Anti-Oppression Curriculum Initiative (AOCI) team recently marked the second full academic year of the three-year process of evaluation, reflection, and redesign to move the Bridges Curriculum on the path towards an increasingly anti-oppressive approach, in partnership with faculty, students, and staff. The initiative team is led by Denise Connor, MD and is a foundational element of the broader Anti-Oppression Charter, overseen by Associate Dean for Curriculum, John Davis, PhD, MD.

The School of Medicine is committed to continuing the work being catalyzed by the three-year AOCI. With

The marble lobby of Herbst Theatre in San Francisco was awash in excited whispers, a sea of smiles, and the soft clap of high fives between new classmates. Filing into the auditorium, the UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2027 marked the first steps of their medical journey with the annual tradition known as the White Coat Ceremony. 

The MD Class of 2027 matriculating on the UCSF campus includes 157 students from a broad range of backgrounds. Supporting UCSF’s mission of providing the Golden State’s next-generation of physician and science leaders, seventy-one percent of the class are from

One of the core tenets of the UCSF School of Medicine’s Bridges Curriculum is the pursuit of knowledge through inquiry. To support this, the school has fostered a medical education curriculum rich with opportunity for scientific exploration. As a component of the final Career Launch phase of the Bridges Curriculum, students are provided 12-20 weeks of protected time to complete a mentored “Deep Explore” project with their choice of principal investigator, in their field of study. Some students will go beyond 20 weeks and pursue a funded research gap year through UCSF or outside

On May 22, 2023, the UCSF School of Medicine graduating class of 2023 was joined by family, friends, and the UCSF community in a night of celebration at Davies Symphony Hall. In front of a full house brimming with joy and energy, the ceremony honored the exemplary determination, talent, diversity, and promise of the 189 graduates.

The graduating class was greeted by a standing ovation from their loved ones while School of Medicine Dean Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, walked to the podium. Dean King began the ceremony by acknowledging the inflection point at which the graduates found themselves: