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June 2000
Honored for Outstanding Career and Commitment
At the recent San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center annual medical staff meeting, the UCSF professor of radiology received the "Elliot Rapaport Award" for his outstanding commitment to SFGHMC. Minagi was cited in particular for his dedication to diagnostic radiology and his commitment to teaching and mentoring medical students and residents. He retired from his noteworthy clinical career on May 31, a day proclaimed by Mayor Willie Brown as "Dr. Hideyo Minagi Day in San Francisco." The mayoral proclamation noted Minagi’s "unfailing commitment to his profession, to colleagues, and to the delivery of quality services to all patients and families," adding that he has "created a legacy of inspired health professionals." Minagi will continue with his UCSF teaching responsibilities at SFGHMC. Ron Arenson, MD, chair of the department of radiology, noted that Minagi inspired many medical students to go into radiology, with a number of them staying at UCSF for residency and later faculty positions. "When past residents are asked about the most important aspect of their residency training, invariably the answer is Hideyo Minagi. In Dr. Minagi's honor, with the help of the alumni organization, the Margulis Society, we were able to raise enough funds to endow the first education-focused professorship at UCSF and SFGHMC," he said. Minagi earned his MD degree at the University of Oregon and served his internship at Queens Hospital in Honolulu and his residency at UCSF. Appointed to the UCSF faculty in 1965, he has been active during his tenure on numerous SFGHMC and UCSF committees. His recent professional affiliations included the San Francisco Radiological Society, San Francisco Medical Society, and California Medical Association, and he served for many years as an examiner for the American Board of Radiology. The Rapaport Award is named for the physician who served as associate dean of the UCSF School of Medicine at SFGHMC from 1985-97 and who has been active in the San Francisco medical community for more than 40 years. Rapaport continues to serve today at General as an attending cardiologist. He is widely recognized for his leadership in strengthening the SFGHMC/UCSF partnership and for his dedication to patient care, teaching, and research. The award in his name is presented annually to a physician at SFGHMC who demonstrates a similar commitment in one or more of these areas. |
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Hideyo
Minagi, MD, was honored by the hospital where he has spent his entire
35-year professional career.