Director, PRIME-HEq and Diversity in Medicine & Faculty Outreach
La Jolla, San Diego
Joined March 2014
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Dr Katherine Garcia, UC Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellow @UCIrvine helping students succeed @UCSDMedSchool #UCPRIME and #HealthEquity
Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH retweeted
Applying a #healthequity lens to targeted #multipronged interventions is necessary to eliminate the #disparities in cardiac perioperative care.
Learn more in #JACC: bit.ly/3UcBIFV
#HealthDisparities #cvSurg @ajmilammdphd @SharonneHayes
Outstanding presentation @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSD_DCP by Dr Vi Nguyen @drplasticpicker on Environmental Justice #UCPRIME
Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH retweeted
.@UCSDMedSchool Class of 2027: most inclusive cohort
34% URiM (Underrepresented in Medicine)
24% first-generation college graduates
A warm welcome in the 40 languages they collectively speak and diverse communities they represent
Congratulations to Argentina and Lionel Messi!!! World Cup Champion! #FIFAWorldCup #Qatar2022 Making Latin America Proud!
Beautiful to see Diversity Champions be recognized by @theNAMedicine Congratulations to @DrNwando and Dr Yvette Roubideaux @NCAIPRC and Dr Trejo @joann_trejo @UCSDHealth & @ReedeScholars #HealthForAll
Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH retweeted
Passed my PhD qualifying exam on California Native American Day! Ancestors with me. 🙏🏼 #DrCalacLoading
Future physician leaders @UCSDMedSchool who will help us provide equitable medical care to our CA vulnerable groups! #healthequity
1st yr medical students: PRIME-Health Equity and PRIME-TIDE (Transforming Indigenous Doctor Education) programs @UCSDMedSchool w/Dr. Jacob Bailey, Assistant Director, PRIME-HEq (also UCSDSOM PRIME-HEq alumnus), and Co-Director, Region 10, California Medical Scholars Program
Congratulations to our PRIME Health Equity graduates @UCSDMedSchool! Tremendous accomplishment for our new physician-leaders!!! #healthequity, #Champions
Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH retweeted
Congratulations to Katherine Garcia, PhD, @UCSDMedSchool PRIME-Health Equity Coordinator, who gave an outstanding oral defense of her dissertation, "An examination of cultural assets in Latinx student persistence in premedical studies."
Felicidades Dra. Garcia!
Exceptional @lmsa_west conference - 2022 @UCSDMedSchool Grateful to be part of an amazing group of talented student leaders & agents of change! Thanks @UCSD_DCP @ucsdim & @UCSDHealth for support! #healthequity #Latinosunidos
Outstanding Diversity in Medicine lecture @UCSDMedSchool by nationally recognized Birth Equity Champion, Dr. Audra Meadows @AMeadowsMD! #healthequity #antiracism
These are some of the consequences of training during a pandemic. We need to support our trainees during these challenging times! #Mentoring & @UCSDMedSchool @ucsdim @UCSDCardFellows
All surgical consults I saw yesterday happened to be COVID positive and we have another week of cancelled elective cases. We may not see the true impact on surgical and medical education until a few years from now as our training volume has been significantly altered. #MedEd
Congratulations to our outstanding medical students @UCSDMedSchool! Thank you for the support from @UCSDHealth Faculty, Staff and our Students. #Perseverance
Sometimes all the pieces just fall together. Introducing the 2021 @UCSDMedSchool Association of Native American Medical Students, 8 Students, 7 Tribes, 1 Family. Looking forward to the years to come. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
Congratulations Alec, Well deserved recognition!
Noşúun pilek lóoviq (many thanks) to the Nat'l Indian Health Board @NIHB1 for awarding me the California Area Local Impact Award. This was only possible w/support from countless leaders, @BetialAsmerom @TheresaAsuquo2 @Ny_Rodman01 @HappyAraneta @LRCASTEL @LWillies & more. ❤️
Proud to bet your mentor @UCSDMedSchool and colleague so that we can help dismantle #healthdisparities and serve vulnerable groups. #HealthEquity @UCSD_ARC
1/ Hello #medtwitter and #surgtwitter. My name is Armando Gallegos, Jr. and I will be part of the #GenSurgMatch2022 and will be applying Vascular Surgery Integrated programs this season. I am the first in my family to graduate college and to attend medical school. 👨🏽⚕️
Congratulations Nyah! So well deserved! I look forward to celebrating this accomplishment with you!
Congratulations to @UCSDMedSchool PRIME-#HealthEquity MS3 Nyah Rodman, one of 5 national recipients of the 2021 @AAMCtoday Herbert W. Nickens Medical Student Scholarship for leadership to eliminate inequities in medical education & health care
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