
The Division of Family Medicine at UCSD is part of the larger Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine -- a group of about 90 faculty whose missions include the delivery of primary health care, the study of population health, social determinants of health, outcomes produced by our health care system, and methods of preventing health problems from occurring in the first place.
Gene Kallenberg
Our Division of Family Medicine operates three offices, cares for about 25,000 patients, teaches medical students, and along with our affiliate programs, is responsible for all the civilian family physician training in San Diego.
From where I sit we seem to be poised on threshold of reforming health care and finding a solution to covering all uninsured Americans. I sincerely hope President Obama and our Congress can accomplish this goal as it continues to be highly embarrassing to be the only developed country -- some would say the most developed country -- without the ability to provide basic health care to all its citizens.
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