J. Renee Navarro, Pharm D, MD
UCSF, Director of Diversity

J. Renee Navarro, Pharm D, MD University of California San Francisco After the completion of medical school and residency at University of California, San Francisco Dr. J. Renee Navarro joined the Anesthesia Faculty in 1990, and is currently a Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. Dr. Navarro is an Associate Dean of Academic Affairs in the School of Medicine and also serves as an Advisory College Mentor for the medical students and an Anesthesia Career Advisor. Dr. Navarro became the first UCSF Director of Academic Diversity, September 1, 2007. In her role she is charged with coordinating the University’s Strategic Goal of Enhancing Diversity of faculty, students, trainees and staff
Dr. Navarro's clinical practice is at San Francisco General Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center and a public hospital for the City and County of San Francisco. Dr. Navarro is current Medical Director of Perioperative Services and the past Chief of the Medical Staff. Dr. Navarro is a steering committee member of the African American Health Initiative for San Francisco County, and a member of the UC President’s Task Force on Faculty Diversity. Dr. Navarro's service to the University and the community has been honored by receipt of the Alpha Omega Alpha award, Chancellor’s Celebration of Women Faculty, Chancellor’s Martin Luther King Award, Elliott Rapaport Award and Mayor Willie Brown’s Proclamation of Dr. J. Renee Navarro Day in San Francisco. She is married to an Anesthesiologist and they have four children.

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Rene Salazar, MD,
Director of Diversity for GME

How I ended up at UCSF?
As a fourth year medical student I participated in Harvard's Minority Faculty Development Program and completed a sub-internship in Boston. It was during that month that I developed an interest in training at an academic medical center and as a result applied to several programs including UCSF. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio in 1999, I moved to San Francisco to complete my residency training in Internal Medicine. After residency I completed a one-year Health Disparities Fellowship in General Medicine through the Medical Effectiveness Research Center (MERC) for Diverse Populations at UCSF and joined the faculty in August, 2003.
How do I contribute to diversity at UCSF?
My interest is in recruitment and retention of students from diverse backgrounds to UCSF. I am currently the Director of Diversity for Graduate Medical Education and the Chair for the Department of Medicine's Residency Diversity Committee. I am also the co-advisor for the UCSF chapter of the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA).