In Memory Of

Dr. Kallsen, former chief of the UCSF Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine and Professor Emeritus of Clinical Emergency Medicine joined UCSF Fresno as a resident in 1977, when Emergency Medicine was yet to be officially recognized as a specialty. Starting on the ground floor of Emergency Medicine, he became a pioneer and leader in the field, and is known as the “father” of emergency medical services in Fresno County.

As chief of the UCSF Fresno Emergency Medicine Department for more than two decades, Dr. Kallsen helped to establish the four-year Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited residency into one of the most highly sought in the country. In addition, Dr. Kallsen served as UCSF Fresno Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education from 1996 to 2001 and as Assistant Dean to then Associate Dean Joan Voris from 2012 to 2013.

Dr. Kallsen’s legacy continues through the Gene W. Kallsen, MD, Endowed Chair in Emergency Medicine. The ongoing, dependable funding from this endowment helps us recruit and retain outstanding faculty members, attract the best and brightest residents and perform research that contributes to state-of-the-art treatment in the emergency room.

For more information on supporting funds in honor of Dr. Weichenthal and Dr. Kallsen and other giving opportunities at UCSF Fresno, please visit: https://www.fresno.ucsf.edu/give.