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ABDUL ALIM, MD ACCEPTED INTO THE GRAYKEN FELLOWSHIP IN ADDICTION MEDICINE AT BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER IN BOSTON, MA

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Coming from a third world country where Opioid Opium is taking many lives. Witnessing many tragedies on a personal and professional level as well as lack of trained healthcare force in the area of addiction medicine it became an ongoing inspiring force. After Immigration to the U.S. and practicing (first as an ED nurse, and later as a resident), he noticed higher than Average prevalence of SUDs and addiction among an already underserved population. Dr. Alim feel s this is his call to go out, get equipped with the required skillset in addiction medicine and return back to the valley and give back to the community that he believes he owes a lot. His hope and plan is to return and start an inpatient addiction consult service at San Joaquin General Hospital where he can treat SUDs among our inpatient populations and be a part of educating a new generation of young physicians to treat addiction as a chronic medical condition.

ALEJANDRO CASTELLANOS, MD ACCEPTED INTO FELLOWSHIP IN ADDICTION MEDICINE AT UCSF

Dr. Castellanos chose the FM SJGH Residency Program to help the Latinx community get easier access to medical care by being a Spanish speaking provider that understands their socioeconomical status. During his training he noticed that his community is greatly affected by substance use disorders (SUD) and the resources available to them are limited. The healthcare barriers and stigma surrounding mental health conditions and SUD are preventing this population from seeking medical services. “It’s time to help close the health care gap for our community” said Dr. Castellanos.

David grew up in the Stockton and started his college education at San Joaquin Delta College before transferring to UC Merced to complete his bachelor’s degree. He attended UC Davis School of Medicine with a focus on health care in the Central Valley and returned to the area to complete his Family Medicine residency at San Joaquin General Hospital. Post residency David will work with Community Medical Centers in Stockton and continue his passion for underserved populations with an emphasis on homeless health care and community outreach.

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Sjgh Residents Present At The National Acp Meeting

Despite their focus on providing quality health care amid their hectic schedules at SJGH, Internal Medicine residents remain true to furthering their medical education. SJGH residents Sara Suliman, Nikhil Gupta, Michael Purviance, Olamide Fasanya, Syed Rahman, Rick Hsu, Shivani Naidu and Jonathan Valeriote were selected to present their posters at the ACP Northern California Chapter meeting at Stanford University in October 2022. Sara Suliman and Jae Keum were selected to present at the National ACP Meeting in San Diego in April 2023.