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(www.volunteersinmedicine.org), which
engages retired and practicing doctors,
nurses, and nonmedical volunteers to
provide compassionate care free of
charge to the working uninsured in their
communities. We have secured a facility
and have a volunteer Medical Advisory
Board that is planning clinic services and
protocols. We plan to open on Tuesdays
and Thursdays. We seek a seasoned and
dedicated primary care physician to lead
the final phase of clinic development and
oversee ongoing quality assurance and
clinical care of patients. This salaried
position is part-time (16 hours per week).
Competitive salary based on experience.
For more information, please contact
Eliza Gibson at eliza@clinicbythebay.org.
Former SFMS President, Steve
Walsh, MD, Wins Royer Award!
Congratulations to former SFMS
president Dr. Steven Walsh for winning
the Royer Award for outstanding contributions
to the field of psychiatry.
Oakland physician J. Elliott Royer
established the award in 1962 with a
generous endowment to UCSF upon
his death. The award, which includes a
substantial cash prize, goes every other
year to two Bay Area psychiatrists, one
a community-based practitioner and the
other an academic psychiatrist.
The Royer Award for excellence in
academic psychiatry will be awarded
to Dr. Kristine Yaffe, who has made extraordinary
contributions to the field of
geriatric psychiatry. The Royer Award
for excellence in community psychiatry
goes to Dr. Steven Walsh. Dr. Walsh has
devoted his career to public service. He
is an outstanding clinician and teacher
who has served in multiple leadership
roles, including the presidencies of the
San Francisco Medical Society, Northern
California Psychiatric Society, and UCSF
Association of Clinical Faculty; and delegate
to the California Medical Association,
the California Psychiatric Association, and
the American Psychiatric Association.
He has authored many successful policy
initiatives related to increasing privacy
protections for our patients and increasing
funding for uninsured patients.
A Public Health and Safety Approach
To Drug Policy
July 8, 2010 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
The Center for Healthy Communities
The California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA
With 30,000 people locked up for
a nonviolent drug offense in California,
prisons are bursting at the seams and
busting our budget. And yet drug prevention
and treatment funding is suffering
devastating cutbacks, making treatment
harder to find than ever. California is overdue
for a new approach to drug policy. Cohosted
by the Drug Policy Alliance and the
California Society of Addiction Medicine,
New Directions California will convene a
range of stakeholders and explore a comprehensive,
balanced approach to drug
policy, which recognizes that successful
strategies include prevention, harm
reduction, treatment, and public safety.
Join us to begin moving our state’s
drug policy in a new direction: www.
csam-asam.org.
Get Your Copy of the 2010-11 Membership Directory
and Desk Reference Today!
This new and improved health care resource
contains a comprehensive listing of SFMS members
with their specialties and contact information. It is
also packed with helpful resources that no medical
office should be without!
SFMS members receive one copy free as a
membership benefit!
In an effort to make this great resource accessible to
everyone, we’ve reduced the price. Members can
now purchase additional copies for only $25 each
and nonmembers now pay only $50.
To order a copy of this year’s Directory, or to inquire
about advertising in next year’s edition, contact
Jonathan Kyle at (415) 561-0850 extension 240 or
jkyle@sfms.org.
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