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Laura Esserman Named to TIME 100 List of Most Influential People in the World

UCSF Breastcare Program
May 18, 2016
UCSF News reports on Time magazine's selection of Laura Esserman , MD, MBA, to the 2016 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Dr. Esserman is Professor of Surgery and Radiology, and Director of the Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center at UCSF. Time magazine has named...

Inside Surgery Winter-Spring 2016

UCSF Department of Surgery
April 07, 2016
The Winter-Spring 2016 issue of Inside Surgery focuses on how the new Mission Bay hospitals are enhancing surgical care. New surgical suites, for example, feature advanced technologies and resources that are optimal for patients. The move is also fostering research collaborations as our surgeons work in close...

Garry Shandling and the Disease You Didn’t Know About

UCSF Endocrine Surgery
April 07, 2016
James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic, recently wrote about the death of comedian Garry Shandling, noting that he suffered from hyperparathyroidism, a condition that, if left untreated, can raise the risk of having a heart attack and other serious medical conditions. Fallows' piece was both...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Vascular Function Among Veterans

UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 01, 2016
UCSF News reports on a recent study led by UCSF researchers linking post-traumatic stress to a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death. The results of the research were reported in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association. Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M. Associate Professor in the...

19th Maurice Galante Lecture to Feature Michael Krasny of KQED Forum

UCSF Department of Surgery
April 01, 2016
Michael Krasny, Ph.D., host of KQED’s award-winning Forum, will be featured at the 19th Maurice Galante Lecture on Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. at UCSF Mission Bay Campus Genentech Hall, Byers Auditorium. The event is hosted by the Galante Family, the UCSF Department of Surgery, and the Galante...

UCSF Cleared to Resume Living Kidney Donor Transplants

UCSF Transplant Surgery
March 17, 2016
The San Francisco Chronicle online (SFGate.com) reports on the resumption of the iving kidney donor transplant program at UCSF. The donor died in November, shortly after the surgery to remove a kidney given to his sister. Excerpts of that story appear below with a link to the full story. UCSF Medical Center has...

UCSF Fetal Treatment Center Launches New Mobile App for Referring Physicians

UCSF Fetal Treatment Center
January 29, 2016
The Fetal Treatment Center (FTC) has just launched a new mobile app *, now available for download in the Apple app store and soon to be available on Android devices. O ne of the best ways to develop a good relationship with our patients is to have a quality connection with our referring physicians — which is why...

Drug Provides Better Kidney Transplant Survival Rates Than Current Standard Of Care

UCSF Transplant Surgery
January 28, 2016
UCSF News reports on a clinical trial, BENEFIT (Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-line Immunosuppression Trial) where for the first time, an immunosuppressive agent, Belatacept, showed better organ survival in kidney transplant recipients than a calcineurin inhibitor, the current...

Stabbings and Gunshot Wounds as a Public Health Problem

San Francisco Wraparound Project at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
January 27, 2016
SF Wraparound Director, Dr. Rochelle Dicker provides insight into the growth of hospital intervention programs for patients who are injured as a result of violence. The following Washington Post article reports that patients with gunshot or stab wounds are more likely to be re-injured, especially if their...

Innovative Research by Dr. David M. Young Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education

UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
January 26, 2016
Innovative research by Professor David M. Young, MD is featured in a special report in The Chronicle of Higher Education examining the extent to which universities can actually transform their discoveries into tangible solutions benefiting society at large. The Chronicle report highlights a UCSF Department of...
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Conceptual Artist Retains Limb Against Long Odds

UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
January 25, 2016
In his 33-year career as a conceptual artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, John Maduell illustrated futuristic technologies few others could imagine. But he never envisioned the toll diabetes and vascular disease would take on his body—or that one day he might lose his legs because of these problems...