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Main Address
UCSF OB/GYN&RS Residency Program
490 Illinois Street
10th Floor, Box 0132
San Francisco, CA 94143
Location | Office Phone | Fax |
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Mission Bay | (415) 476 - 5192 | (415) 476 - 1811 |
Mount Zion | (415) 353 - 9240 | (415) 353 - 9509 |
San Francisco General Hospital | (628) 206 - 3061 | (628) 206 - 3112 |
Research/Clinical Interests: violence prevention, trauma-informed care, pelvic pain, reproductive justice, Latinx health, language-concordant care, gynecologic surgery, surgical education, maternal mortality, quality of care
Education/Training
Year |
Institution | Degree | Field of Study |
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current | University of California, San Francisco | Residency | Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences |
2022 | University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine | MD | Medicine |
2021 | University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health | MPH | Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health |
2015 | University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine | n/a | Pre-Medical Postbaccalaureate Program |
2013 | University of San Diego | BA | Biology |
Research & Professional Experience
Year | |
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2020-Present | Researcher – Aspire to Realize Improved Safety and Equity (ARISE) study |
2020-Present | MPH Researcher – UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Maternal Child & Adolescent Health Program |
2021-2022 | Ambassador – UCSF CARE Ambassador Program |
2021 | Student Coordinator – UCSF Violence Prevention & Trauma-Informed Care Elective |
2021 | Teaching Assistant – UCSF School of Medicine Life Stages Curriculum Block |
2021 | C0-Founder, Mentor, Researcher – UCSF OBGYN Near Peer Mentorship Program |
2021 | Spanish Translator – UCSF COVID Vaccine Speakers Group |
2020-2021 | Researcher – UCSF EMBRACE Program: Group Perinatal Care for Black Families, Black Women’s Health & Livelihood Initiative |
2020 | Translator – COVID-19 Fact Check Website |
2017-2022 | UCSF Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) |
2017-2018 | Community Service Co-Chair – UCSF Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) |
Achievements & Recognition
Year | Major Honors |
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2022 | Gold Headed Cane Society – Inductee and Recipient of the Gold Headed Cane |
Poster Presentations
Valdez, JJ, Jones, M, & Lager, J. Preferences, motivations, expectations of students and residents in a novel near-peer mentorship program–what makes a good fit? 2022 CREOG/APGO Annual Meeting (Virtual). March 2022.
Valdez, JJ & Marshall, C. Primary Spanish language and quality of maternal care among Latinas: secondary analysis of the Listening to Mothers in California survey. APHA 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo (Virtual). October 2022.
Valdez, JJ & Marshall, C. Association between primary Spanish language and quality of maternal healthcare among Latina women in the United States: secondary analysis of the Listening to Mothers in California survey. XXIII FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics (Virtual). October 2022.
Valdez, JJ, Alexander, S, Sing, A, Fernandez, L, Wortis, N, & Coffa, D. Reducing the risk of opioid overdose deaths through naloxone prescribing at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Family Health Center. FCM 14th Annual Jack Rodnick Colloquium, San Francisco, CA, USA. May 2018.
Valdez, JJ, Alexander, ., Sing, A, Fernandez, L, Wortis, N, & Coffa, D. Reducing the risk of opioid overdose deaths through naloxone prescribing at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Family Health Center. UCSF School of Medicine CMC Health Systems Improvement Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA. November 2018.
Oral Presentations
Valdez, JJ. Association between primary Spanish language and quality of maternal care among Latina women in California. 2021 UC Berkeley School of Public Health Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health (MCAH) Annual Capstone Presentations, Berkeley, CA, USA. April 2021.
Kemet, S, Valdez, JJ, Rhoden, R, Knight, K, & Jackson, A. Bigger than Tuskegee: A Critical Review of the Role of Patient Provider Racial Concordance in Obstetrics to Improve Maternal Health Outcomes. UCSF Deep Explore Virtual Inquiry Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA. May 2021.
Publications
Badiee RK, Hernandez S, Valdez JJ, Nnamani Silva ON, Campbell AR, & Alseidi AA. (2021, Aug). Advocating for a New Residency Application Process: A Student Perspective. Journal of Surgical Education, 7204(21), S1931. Cited in PubMed; PMID: 34446382.
Valdez, JJ. my first patient. UCSF Synapse Magazine. May 2022.
Valdez, JJ. my mother is a doctor. Luna Luna Magazine. November 2020.
Advocacy
UCSF Aspire to Realize Improved Safety & Equity (ARISE) Project
UCSF Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US)
UCSF Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)