Kenny Banh, MD

Title(s)Professor, Emergency Medicine - Fresno
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address155 N Fresno Street, #246
Fresno CA 93701
PronounsHe/Him/His
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    UCSF, San Francisco, CA2018Diversity Equity and Inclusion Champion
    UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CAResidency2008Emergency Medicine
    Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PAMD2004Medical Doctorate
    University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PABA1999Biology
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    California Farmworkers Foundation2024Community Partner of the Year
    The City of Fresno: Office of Councilmember Nelson Esparza2024Certificate of Recognition
    The Fresno Center2024Distinguished Asian American & Outstanding Community Service
    The Business Journal2023Executive Profile
    Congressman Jim Costa CA 21st District2023Asian American Pacific Islander Month
    Fresno Mayors Office2023Heart of Service Award
    Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Regional Medical Campuses2022Star of Community Achievement Award
    Fresno Madera Medical Society2022Special Project Award
    Congressman Jim Costa CA 16th District; House Democratic Policy & Communication Committee2021Guest for POTUS Joe Biden Joint Congressional Address
    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine2021Dean's Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism and Community Service
    Drexel University College of Medicine Delta Zeta Chapter2021Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Inductee
    UCSF Magazine2020Healthcare Hero
    University of California San Francisco2020Edison T Uno Chancellor Award for Public Service Nominee
    California Medical Association2018Compassionate Services Award
    American College of Emergency Physicians2015National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award
    University of California San Francisco Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine2012Faculty Teacher of the Year
    University of California San Francisco Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators2012Academy Inductee
    University of California San Francisco Academic Senate2011Distinction in Teaching Award
    Western Journal of Emergency Medicine2010  - 2013Top Reviewer
    American College of Emergency Physicians2008Robert J. Doherty EMF/ACEP Teaching Fellowship Award Nominee
    Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine2008Faculty Development Scholarship
    University of California San Francisco Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine2006The Academic Research Associates Outstanding Resident/Faculty in Emergency Medicine
    Drexel University College of Medicine2004Alan Edohlson award for leadership and service
    University of Pennsylvania1995Benjamin Franklin Scholar
    National Merit Scholarship Coorporation1995National Merit Scholar

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    Kenny Banh, MD, FACEP is a Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and since 2014, the Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education at UCSF Fresno.

    Dr. Banh has started and/or directed multiple educational programs in the region. These include the first Medical Education Fellowship, the first longitudinal integrated clerkship, SJV PRIME and SJV MedBridge as part of California Medicine Scholars Program.

    In 2018 Dr. Banh created and directs the UCSF Fresno Mobile Health and Learning (Mobile HeaL) clinic. Mobile HeaL is designed to bring health care services to local communities where it is needed most while providing learning opportunities for future health care providers. It is the largest free health servicer in the region and has health services targeting COVID-19, influenza, diabetes, hypertension, sexually transmitted infections, MPOX, childhood vaccinations, rural farmworkers and the homeless. The clinic was the largest single provider of COVID vaccines in the region and to date has treated almost 200,000 patients and affords clinical opportunities for UCSF learners, premed, nursing and social worker students in underserved valley medicine. Mobile HeaL is the first program in California and the first mobile health program in the country to deliver free contraceptive care services through Health and Human Service Secretary Xavier Becerra Upstream initiative.

    Dr. Banh was inducted into the UCSF Fresno Academy of Medical Educators, and serves on the Central Valley Higher Education Coalition, AAMC Group on Regional Medical Campuses Steering Committee and University of California Office of the President - California HIV/AIDS Research Program Advisory Council.
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    Rural Mobile Health Public Health Program
    Fresno County Department of Public Health A140981Dec 15, 2022 - Nov 12, 2025
    Description: Create a new public health mobile medical program targeting rural, farmworkers, undocumented and other at risk populations in rural Fresno county in cooperation with Fresno County Department of Public Health
    Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction
    Dept of Health and Human Services CE1HS46619-01-03Aug 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2025
    Description: To further build out the construction of UCSF Fresno Alzheimer's and Memory Center
    San Joaquin Valley Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity
    California Medicine Scholars Program A140516Jul 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2025
    Description: Create a new regional hub program for the state that allows local community college students to receive support to transfer to California State University Fresno with a pathway to medical school increasing the volume and diversity of students applying to medicine.
    UCSF Fresno COVID-19 Equity Project Vaccination
    Fresno County Department of Public Health A136962Apr 21, 2021 - May 31, 2026
    Description: Perform free COVID vaccination at Fresno City College as well as throughout undeserved areas within Fresno County with guidance from Fresno County Department of Public Health
    Medical Student Scholarship and Rural Health Outreach
    Central Valley Community Foundation A135546Jul 1, 2020 - Feb 2, 2023
    Description: Community Foundation grant to fund both student scholarships for those committed to underserved care in the San Joaquin Valley as well as fund the continued operation of a rural mobile health clinic
    COVID testing Fresno CARES act
    Fresno City Council A135457AJun 1, 2020 - Apr 30, 2022
    Description: Facilitate COVID-19 testing done in underserved neighborhoods in Fresno using model of mobile health care. Provide screenings and connect patient to services, targeting homeless, City employees and underserved regions of Fresno
    Rural Pediatric Medical Outreach
    Legacy Health Foundation A131433Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2021
    Description: Grantee shall use this grant only for the purpose of operating its mobile (primary care) health clinic to provide basic medical care (including medical screenings) and services to underserved patients within the LHE Service Area
    Medical Student Scholarship and Rural Health Outreach
    Central Valley Community Foundation A134017Apr 1, 2018 - Sep 30, 2020
    Description: Community Foundation grant to fund both student scholarships for students committed to underserved care in the San Joaquin Valley as well as fund the start up of a rural mobile health clinic.
    Larry L. Hillblom Center on Aging at UCSF Fresno
    Larry L. Hillblom Foundation 2018-A-001-CTRAug 1, 2015 - Dec 31, 2024
    Description: UCSF Fresno proposes to develop an organized Geriatrics Unit to provide evaluation and ongoing care for geriatric patients and to greatly expand clinical research in geriatrics and in Alzheimer’s disease.

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    1. Will COVID force public health to confront America's epic inequality? Nature. 2021 Apr; 592(7856):674-680. Maxmen A. PMID: 33911280.
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    2. A typology of longitudinal integrated clerkships. Med Educ. 2016 Sep; 50(9):922-32. Worley P, Couper I, Strasser R, Graves L, Cummings BA, Woodman R, Stagg P, Hirsh D, Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC) Research Collaborative. PMID: 27562892.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 55     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    3. The 5Cs of Consultation: Training Medical Students to Communicate Effectively in the Emergency Department. J Emerg Med. 2015 Nov; 49(5):713-21. Kessler CS, Tadisina KK, Saks M, Franzen D, Woods R, Banh KV, Bounds R, Smith M, Deiorio N, Schwartz A. PMID: 26250838.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 10     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Effectiveness of emergency medicine in longitudinal integrated clerkships. Med Educ Online. 2014; 19:25429. Banh K, Ramirez R, Thabit C. PMID: 25227527; PMCID: PMC4165724.
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    5. Effectiveness of Emergency Medicine Experience in Third-Year Integrated Longitudinal Medical Student Programs. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 2013 Nov 1; 62(5):s173. Banh BK, Ramirez RR. .
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    6. Comparing diagnostic performance and the utility of clinical vignette-based assessment under testing conditions designed to encourage either automatic or analytic thought. Acad Med. 2013 Oct; 88(10):1545-51. Ilgen JS, Bowen JL, McIntyre LA, Banh KV, Barnes D, Coates WC, Druck J, Fix ML, Rimple D, Yarris LM, Eva KW. PMID: 23969355.
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    7. Single-dose etomidate for intubation in the trauma patient. J Emerg Med. 2012 Nov; 43(5):e277-82. Banh KV, James S, Hendey GW, Snowden B, Kaups K. PMID: 22560133.
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    8. Magnetic resonance imaging identifies occult hip fractures missed by 64-slice computed tomography. J Emerg Med. 2012 Aug; 43(2):303-7. Hakkarinen DK, Banh KV, Hendey GW. PMID: 22459594.
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    9. Facial ischemia after hyaluronic acid injection. J Emerg Med. 2013 Jan; 44(1):169-70. Banh K. PMID: 21958454.
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    10. Images in emergency medicine. Adult female with rash on lower extremities. Vasculopathic purpura and neutropenia caused by levamisole-contaminated cocaine. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Mar; 57(3):307, 311. Lung D, Lynch K, Agrawal S, Armenian P, Banh K. PMID: 21353913.
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    11. Plain Radiography of the Upper Extremity in Adults. Clinical Emergency Radiology. 2008 Jan 1; 3-14. Banh BK, Hendey HG. .
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