Archive: UCSF School of Medicine Celebrates 2012 Commencement

The UC San Francisco School of Medicine graduated the Class of 2012 on May 11 at a festive ceremony at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

Among the newly minted doctors this year are Angela Echiverri and Chelsea Bowman.

Bowman says she came to UCSF to find her passion, whether it's conducting bench side, clinical or translational research, advancing community or global health, or driving improvements in health care or health policy. Among the highlights of her experience at UCSF is the interaction with her classmates.

Bowman recently told UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, a new acronym for UCSF: You can stay forever. In fact, Bowman will do that at least for another three years serving her residency in internal medicine and focusing on quality improvement and patient safety.

Echiverri is a graduate of the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US), which provides skills and support to medical students with demonstrated interest in working with urban underserved communities. A champion for diversity and health equity, Echiverri was honored with the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards.

She will serve her residency in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. After that, Echiverri says she will pursue a career in academic medicine, practicing primary care, addressing health disparities and strengthening the pipeline of disadvantaged students in the medical profession.

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