Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH

Director, PRIME-HEq and Diversity in Medicine & Faculty Outreach

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Dr Katherine Garcia, UC Chancellor Postdoctoral Fellow @UCIrvine helping students succeed @UCSDMedSchool #UCPRIME and #HealthEquity

[JACC Journals @JACCJournals]

Applying a #healthequity lens to targeted #multipronged interventions is necessary to eliminate the #disparities in cardiac perioperative care.

Learn more in #JACC: https://t.co/0xq2GGcvY8

#HealthDisparities #cvSurg @ajmilammdphd @SharonneHayes

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Building Community @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSD_DCP #healthcare #UCPRIME Statewide Conference 2024

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Outstanding presentation @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSD_DCP by Dr Vi Nguyen @drplasticpicker on Environmental Justice #UCPRIME

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Wonderful talk @UCSDMedSchool and @UCSD_DCP by @ajcalac and Dr Dan Calac! #UCPRIME

[UCSD SOM Diversity & Community Partnerships @UCSD_DCP]

.@UCSDMedSchool Class of 2027: most inclusive cohort

34% URiM (Underrepresented in Medicine)
24% first-generation college graduates
A warm welcome in the 40 languages they collectively speak and diverse communities they represent

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Congratulations to Argentina and Lionel Messi!!! World Cup Champion! #FIFAWorldCup #Qatar2022 Making Latin America Proud!

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Beautiful to see Diversity Champions be recognized by @theNAMedicine Congratulations to @DrNwando and Dr Yvette Roubideaux @NCAIPRC and Dr Trejo @joann_trejo @UCSDHealth & @ReedeScholars #HealthForAll

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

@UCSDMedSchool, @UCSD_DCP, @ucsdim and @UCSDHealth supportive of our med students and residents!

[UCSD SOM Diversity & Community Partnerships @UCSD_DCP]

Community centered #WomenInMedicine. Mahalo to all our volunteer medical students, fa’afetai to supportive PRIME-Health Equity medical students @LRCASTEL

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

@AGallegosMD Of course! Let me know when you have a less intense rotation and we can set up a time to chat. Or when you come to SD to visit family. Just let me know.

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

@AGallegosMD @AGallegosMD an inspiration to us all! Thank you for being an amazing role model for aspiring Health Equity Champions!

[Alec J. Calac, PhD @ajcalac]

Passed my PhD qualifying exam on California Native American Day! Ancestors with me. 🙏🏼 #DrCalacLoading

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Future physician leaders @UCSDMedSchool who will help us provide equitable medical care to our CA vulnerable groups! #healthequity

[UCSD SOM Diversity & Community Partnerships @UCSD_DCP]

1st yr medical students: PRIME-Health Equity and PRIME-TIDE (Transforming Indigenous Doctor Education) programs @UCSDMedSchool w/Dr. Jacob Bailey, Assistant Director, PRIME-HEq (also UCSDSOM PRIME-HEq alumnus), and Co-Director, Region 10, California Medical Scholars Program

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Congratulations to our PRIME Health Equity graduates @UCSDMedSchool! Tremendous accomplishment for our new physician-leaders!!! #healthequity, #Champions

[UCSD SOM Diversity & Community Partnerships @UCSD_DCP]

Congratulations to Katherine Garcia, PhD, @UCSDMedSchool PRIME-Health Equity Coordinator, who gave an outstanding oral defense of her dissertation, "An examination of cultural assets in Latinx student persistence in premedical studies."

Felicidades Dra. Garcia!

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Exceptional @lmsa_west conference - 2022 @UCSDMedSchool Grateful to be part of an amazing group of talented student leaders & agents of change! Thanks @UCSD_DCP @ucsdim & @UCSDHealth for support! #healthequity #Latinosunidos

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Outstanding Diversity in Medicine lecture @UCSDMedSchool by nationally recognized Birth Equity Champion, Dr. Audra Meadows @AMeadowsMD! #healthequity #antiracism

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

These are some of the consequences of training during a pandemic. We need to support our trainees during these challenging times! #Mentoring & @UCSDMedSchool @ucsdim @UCSDCardFellows

[Jonathan Unkart, MD, MPH @UnkartMD]

All surgical consults I saw yesterday happened to be COVID positive and we have another week of cancelled elective cases. We may not see the true impact on surgical and medical education until a few years from now as our training volume has been significantly altered. #MedEd

[Luis R Castellanos MD, MPH @LRCASTEL]

Congratulations to our outstanding medical students @UCSDMedSchool! Thank you for the support from @UCSDHealth Faculty, Staff and our Students. #Perseverance

[Alec J. Calac, PhD @ajcalac]

Sometimes all the pieces just fall together. Introducing the 2021 @UCSDMedSchool Association of Native American Medical Students, 8 Students, 7 Tribes, 1 Family. Looking forward to the years to come. #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth