Leticia Rolón, MD, Appointed to Council of Faculty and Academic Societies
The Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) allows for representation of medical school faculty concerns to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). UCSF School of Medicine is represented by a senior representative, Dr. Hannah Glass, and an incoming junior representative, Dr. Leticia Rolón.
Dr. Leticia Rolón is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and board-certified nephrologist. Dr. Rolon earned her medical degree at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. During her undergraduate career at UCLA, she was a Regents Scholar, and upon graduation from medical school, she completed both residency training in internal medicine and nephrology fellowship at UCSF. Upon joining the faculty at UCSF, she was selected as a John A. Watson Faculty Scholar. She has a passion for medical education and works on curriculum development and implementation as Assistant Director for the Renal, Endocrine, GI and Nutrition course in the UCSF Bridges curriculum, as well as Associate Director for the UCSF-San Joaquin Valley PRIME program. She also oversees the UCSF Department of Medicine Fellowship Diversity Committee and is the faculty advisor for the Latinx Medical Student Association and Medical Spanish elective. Dr. Rolón is also an Affiliated faculty member for the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence.