April 1: SMR on California Correctional Health Project

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Time: 4:30-6PM

Location: 3rd Floor RPSM

Two faculty from the University of California, San Francisco’s Department of Family and Community Medicine will be speaking on April 1st, 2008 at a special (out of series) Social Medicine Rounds. This is a rare opportunity to meet our colleagues from UCSF Family Medicine and to learn about their work in correctional health.

 

Drs. Shira Shavit and Lori Kohler will discuss the Correctional Medicine Consultation Network (CMCN), a statewide program of the Department in collaboration with the Division of Correctional Health Care Services of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The CMCN is a ground-breaking effort that works to enrich the work environment for correctional medical staff, to enhance the quality of medical care in California prisons, and to promote correctional medicine as a valuable and attractive career.

 

Dr. Shavit is the Associate Director of the CMCN and serves as a consultant for San Quentin State Prison. She has had extensive experience in the areas of correctional medicine, refugee health, and reproductive health. Dr. Lori Kohler, MD, is a Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine University of California, San Francisco and the Director of the Correctional Medicine Consultation Network (CMCN). Dr. Kohler has served as a consultant for the CDCR since 1999 when she developed a clinic for transgender inmates at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. She has also worked with other Departments of Corrections to create policies related to transgender inmate medical care. She is committed to improving the quality of primary care for incarcerated people through education and advocacy.

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