Kenny Banh, MD
Professor
Emergency Medicine - Fresno
School of Medicine

kenny.banh@ucsf.edu

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

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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.

Awards

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  • Community Partner of the Year, California Farmworkers Foundation, 2024
  • Certificate of Recognition, The City of Fresno: Office of Councilmember Nelson Esparza, 2024
  • Distinguished Asian American & Outstanding Community Service, The Fresno Center, 2024
  • Asian American Pacific Islander Month, Congressman Jim Costa CA 21st District, 2023
  • Heart of Service Award, Fresno Mayors Office, 2023
  • Executive Profile, The Business Journal, 2023
  • Star of Community Achievement Award, Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Regional Medical Campuses, 2022
  • Special Project Award, Fresno Madera Medical Society, 2022
  • Guest for POTUS Joe Biden Joint Congressional Address, Congressman Jim Costa CA 16th District; House Democratic Policy & Communication Committee, 2021
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Inductee, Drexel University College of Medicine Delta Zeta Chapter, 2021
  • Dean's Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism and Community Service, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 2021
  • Healthcare Hero, UCSF Magazine, 2020
  • Edison T Uno Chancellor Award for Public Service Nominee, University of California San Francisco, 2020
  • Compassionate Services Award, California Medical Association, 2018
  • National Emergency Medicine Junior Faculty Teaching Award, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2015
  • Faculty Teacher of the Year, University of California San Francisco Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine, 2012
  • Academy Inductee, University of California San Francisco Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2012
  • Distinction in Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco Academic Senate, 2011
  • Top Reviewer, Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2010-2013
  • Robert J. Doherty EMF/ACEP Teaching Fellowship Award Nominee, American College of Emergency Physicians, 2008
  • Faculty Development Scholarship, Council of Residency Directors in Emergency Medicine, 2008
  • The Academic Research Associates Outstanding Resident/Faculty in Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco Fresno Department of Emergency Medicine, 2006
  • Alan Edohlson award for leadership and service, Drexel University College of Medicine, 2004
  • National Merit Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Coorporation, 1995
  • Benjamin Franklin Scholar, University of Pennsylvania, 1995

Education & Training

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  • Diversity Equity and Inclusion Champion UCSF 2018
  • Residency Emergency Medicine UCSF Fresno 2008
  • MD Medical Doctorate Drexel University College of Medicine 2004
  • BA Biology University of Pennsylvania 1999

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • UCSF Fresno COVID-19 Equity Project Vaccination, Fresno County Department of Public Health, 2021-2026
  • Rural Mobile Health Public Health Program, Fresno County Department of Public Health, 2022-2025
  • Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending - Construction, Dept of Health and Human Services, 2022-2025
  • San Joaquin Valley Regional Hub of Healthcare Opportunity, California Medicine Scholars Program, 2022-2025
  • Larry L. Hillblom Center on Aging at UCSF Fresno, Larry L. Hillblom Foundation, 2015-2024
  • Medical Student Scholarship and Rural Health Outreach, Central Valley Community Foundation, 2020-2023
  • COVID testing Fresno CARES act, Fresno City Council, 2020-2022
  • Rural Pediatric Medical Outreach, Legacy Health Foundation, 2018-2021
  • Medical Student Scholarship and Rural Health Outreach, Central Valley Community Foundation, 2018-2020

Publications (11)

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