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University of California San Francisco

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Explore our network of care for kids, from the tiniest to teens and young adults.
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Extraordinary kid care

Our specialists handle conditions ranging from the common to the most rare.
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Why Choose Us?
Why Choose Us?
Best in Northern CA

We're ranked #1 in pediatric cancer, heart surgery, cardiology & more.

Riham Alwan

MD MPH

Pediatric emergency care physician

About me

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Insurance plan info

Education

Wayne State University School of Medicine, MD, 2012
Residencies

Henry Ford Hospital, Emergency Medicine, 2016
Fellowships

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 2019

Where I see patients (1)

Selected research

Does Flexeril Work? Utility of Muscle Relaxants in Lower Back Pain.
The Journal of emergency medicine
February 2022
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Caring for Patients Without Documentation Status: What Motivates Us and Sustains Us.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
September 2021
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Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Health Services for People Without Documentation Status in an Anti-Immigrant Era: A Socioecological Model.
Health equity
June 2021
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Fetal surgery firsts

The first open fetal surgery in the world was performed at UCSF in the early 1980s.