The “Burdens” of Hope and Peace

By Robert M. Gould, M.D., President, SF Bay Area Chapter, Physicians for Social Responsibility
The astonishing award of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Barack Obama is a welcome global affirmation of our President’s strongly stated commitments for new American leadership dedicated to breaking with the unilateralist and militarist agenda of the Bush-Cheney administration. President Obama’s [...]

Some Thoughts on Nagasaki Day

Some Thoughts on Nagasaki Day
by Bob Gould, M.D., President, SF Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility
My Mom passed away last week at the age of 86, after a three-year battle with metastatic colon cancer. Over the last two months, our family and close friends were able to share our love with her and help her [...]

SF PSR President Dr. Robert Gould Speaks on Nuclear Weapons on KPFA Radio–Listen Here

Terra Verde – November 7, 2008 at 1:00pm
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UCSF Focus The Nation Symposium Featured On Channel 20–KBWB

Focus The Nation held a national teach-in on global climate change at locations across the country yesterday.
At UCSF Medical Center talks were given by three members of the SF Bay Area PSR steering committee: President Robert Gould, MD, Vice President Gina Solomon, MD, MPH and Tom Newman, MD, MPH.
SF Bay PSR staff manned an information [...]

SF Bay Area PSR Hires New Full-Time Executive Director

The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility is pleased to announce the selection of Evan Krasner, M.D. as our new full-time Executive Director.
Dr. Krasner received his MD from the University of Maryland and trained in internal medicine in Chicago and North Carolina. After completing a program at Johns Hopkins in tropical [...]