Topics and Expertise: UCSF Health

Frontline Pharmacy: Rising to the Moment

Tue Mar 11, 2025
UCSF staff getting vaccinated by Hom
Susan Merrell

Dennis Hom, a patient support assistant at UCSF Medical Center, gets a COVID-19 shot from Matthew Aludino, a fourth-year student in the School of Pharmacy.

As COVID-19 cases began rising in San Francisco, UCSF Health mobilized to vaccinate thousands of frontline workers; secured and rapidly deployed new therapeutics; and worked with public health and pharmacy leaders nationwide to share protocols and best practices as new therapies emerged, while...

Pharmacy community lends hand to UCSF COVID-19 vaccine effort

Wed Feb 10, 2021
Aludino and employee record dose of vaccine
Susan Merrell

UCSF pharmacy student Matthew Aludino, right, scans a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine prior to administering it on the first day of vaccinations at UCSF, December 16, 2020.

Pharmacy students, technicians, faculty members, and providers all pitched in to the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Kotis joins leadership of UCSF Health as chief pharmacy executive

Mon Sep 14, 2020
Kotis

Desi Kotis, PharmD, is UCSF Health's chief pharmacy executive and an associate dean and faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy.

Desi Kotis, PharmD, is committed to bringing the highest level of pharmacy care to patients at UCSF Health.