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NYCU June 24, 2025

  TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2025 PHYSICIANS: Congratulations to San Diego’s own Dr. Toluwalasé ‘Lasé’ A. Ajayi, MD, pediatrician, adult and pediatric palliative medicine physician and clinical translational researcher, upon becoming the Chair–Elect of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees. In fact, California physicians make up a key portion of the new AMA Board. David H. Aizuss, MD, an ophthalmologist is the new Chair of the AMA Board of Trustees. California delegate Alexander Ding, MD, MS, MBA, a diagnostic and interventional radiologist, is the new Secretary of the AMA Board. Lynn Jeffers, MD, ...

NYCU June 10, 2025

  TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 2025 PHYSICIANS: It will be a great event this upcoming Saturday evening at the SDCMS and Champions for Health Joint Gala, ‘United in Wellness — Lighting the Way to Health,’ at San Diego’s stunning new event venue Eve at RaDD, located on the 4th Floor of the Edge Building. Your participation helps fund Champions for Health programs which address the needs of the medically underserved residents within San Diego County, and we will also be installing Preeti S. Mehta, MD, MBBS as incoming SDCMS President for 2025–26, and thanking ...

NYCU May 13, 2025

  TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025 PHYSICIANS: Congratulations to Dr. Sayone Thihalolipavan on his appointment as Public Health Officer for the County of San Diego. Dr. Thihalolipavan is a board–certified physician in Public Health and Preventative Medicine with a distinguished public health career that started in New York City as the Medical Director of Tobacco Control and Chronic Disease Prevention. He joined the County of San Diego 10 years ago as the County’s Deputy Public Health Officer. Dr. Thihalolipavan most recently served as a Public Health Medical Officer within the HHSA Medical Care Services ...

NYCU April 15, 2025

  TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 2025 PHYSICIANS: Public comments are requested on the Mental Health Services Act Annual Update. From April 1 through May 1, San Diego County is holding a 30–day online public review and comment period for the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Fiscal Year 2025–26 Annual Update. Final comments will be heard at the Behavioral Health Advisory Board’s May 1 meeting. The annual update will then go before the San Diego County Board of Supervisors on June 3 (subject to change) for review and approval, as required by the Mental Health ...

NYCU April 1, 2025

  TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 2025 PHYSICIANS: In these difficult and demanding times, physicians are standing up and speaking out on a range of issues. Please allow me to draw your attention to a few of our local medical doctors who deserve thanks for excellent opinion columns — ‘Op–Eds’ — which appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper in recent weeks. Dr. Devesh Vashishtha wrote compellingly about how Medicaid cuts will hurt his patients at City Heights community health center. You can read his column HERE. Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, a Professor of Medicine ...

NYCU October 2, 2024

  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2024 PHYSICIANS: I’m pleased to report that California Medical Association is wrapping up another successful legislative session in Sacramento advocating for California’s physicians and patients. The Governor has signed into law several important pieces of legislation strongly supported by CMA. The bills cited below were part of CMA’s ‘Priority Bills Package’ for the legislature. He signed Assembly Bill 977 authored by Assemblymember Freddie Rodriguez, a bill sponsored by CMA to protect health care workers while at work in emergency departments. Previously, assaults against health care workers inside an ...