News & Events
Displaying 481 - 496 of 706
Displaying 481 - 496 of 706
Researchers Isolate Human Muscle Stem Cells
UCSF Pomerantz Lab
September 25, 2015
UCSF News reports on the work of a research team, led by UCSF plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jason Pomerantz, MD, in which human muscle stem cells were successfully isolated with the potential to replicate and repair damaged muscles when grafted onto an injured site. UC San Francisco researchers have...
Importance of Surgical Innovations Highlighted in Q&A with General Surgery Research Fellows
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
September 24, 2015
The UCSF Surgical Innovations Program recently arranged for three general surgery research fellows to be interviewed by writer Elizabeth Chur: Willieford Moses, M.D., Isabelle Chumfong, M.D., and Victoria Lyo, M.D., MTM (pictured below). The interviews focused on their respective career aspirations and...
How Tiny Sensors Are Driving Innovation in Medicine
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
September 22, 2015
KQED Science for Personalized Medicine reports on a multitude of new sensor technologies that are being used to monitor medical issues, which would otherwise be time-consuming for hospital staff to manage. Hanmin Lee, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at UCSF as well as Medical...
Surgical Innovations Program to Hold "Shark Tank!" Event
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
September 22, 2015
Join us on September 24 for Surgical Innovations Shark Tank! Four teams from the Department of Surgery will pitch their medical device technologies to a panel of experts in regulatory affairs, product development, and venture capital for the chance to receive up to $25,000 to accelerate their innovations...
Best Candidates for Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery May Be Identified Through Brain Scans
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
September 17, 2015
UCSF News reports on the discovery by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco that fetuses with enlarged ventricles, the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain, may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida. These findings were based on data...
Surge in Bicycle Injuries to Riders Over 45
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
September 01, 2015
UCSF News reports on the significant increase of bicycle accidents in riders over age 45 as discussed in a study, published in the Sept. 1st edition of JAMA and co-authored by Rachael Callcut, M.D., M.S.P.H., Assistant Professor of Surgery at the UCSF Department of Surgery at SFGH. The incidence of bicycle...
Mother and Son Share Special Bond And Kidney
UCSF Transplant Surgery
August 20, 2015
NapaValleyRegister.com reports on the story of Harrison Schaufer, the recipient of a donor kidney at 22 months old, and his mother Annelise, his living donor. A patient at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco since birth, Harrison, and his mother have attended the annual UCSF Pediatric Transplant Picnic...
UCSF Pediatric Transplant Patients Reunite After Two Decades
UCSF Transplant Surgery
August 20, 2015
The SF Examiner reports on the reunion of three UCSF pediatric transplant patients, now adults, whose own children now attend the picnic with them. Chris Mudge will never forget the three very sick children who awaited liver transplants in the early 1990s at UC San Francisco Medical Center at Parnassus. Back then...
Department of Surgery Grand Rounds to Feature Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Pioneer in Field of Gene Editing
UCSF Transplant Surgery
August 19, 2015
The Division of Transplant Surgery and the Rishwain Family will host the inaugural Anthony B. Rishwain, MD Lecture in Transplantation Medicine. The inaugural lecture will be given by Dr. Jennifer Doudna, Professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of California, Berkeley, and a...
CSOA Research Team Gives Poster Presentation: "Get Fit for Surgery: An Interdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Wellness Program"
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 03, 2015
A research team at the UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults (CSOA) including faculty, research residents, staff and students, gave a poster presentation about the UCSF Surgery Wellness Program entitled, Get Fit for Surgery: An Interdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Wellness Program, at the 5th Annual Quality and...
A Fishy Fix For Inflammation
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 01, 2015
UCSF Magazine reports on the work of researchers using potent compounds, produced naturally from fish oil, to block the inflammation that can reblock arteries opened during stent procedures. Michael S. Conte, M.D. Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Conte Lab, and other...
Maurice Galante Lectures: 1994-2015
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 01, 2015
The Maurice Galante Lecture honors the late Maurice Galante, M.D., UCSF Professor Emeritus of Surgery. A native of the island of Rhodes when it was considered part of Italy, Dr. Galante was educated in the United States, receiving his MD with honors from The Ohio State University in 1944. He interned for one year...
UCSF Research Team Shows that Mild Hypothermia in Deceased Organ Donors Improves Function in Kidney Transplant Recipients
UCSF Transplant Surgery
July 30, 2015
UCSF News reports on a just published study in the The New England Journal of Medicine in which mild hypothermia in deceased organ donors was found to significantly reduce delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients compared with normal body temperature. The lead author of the study is Claus Niemann, MD...
Millie Hughes-Fulford and Marlene Grenon to Moderate Panel on Space Medicine and Mars
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
July 23, 2015
Millie Hughes-Fulford, Ph.D.and Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., both of UCSF, and Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart, will moderate a panel on interplanetary travel to Mars, the session entitled "Mars or Bust". The panel session will take place at the World Future 2015 conference which runs from July 24 - 26th in...
Madhulika Varma Awarded Maurice Galante, MD Distinguished Professorship in Surgical Oncology
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 14, 2015
Madhulika G. Varma M.D. was recently awarded the Maurice Galante, MD Distinguished Professorship in Surgical Oncology, recognizing her achievements and professional development in general surgery. The Professorship honors the late Maurice Galante, M.D., UCSF professor emeritus of surgery. Dr. Galante was described...
Carlos Corvera Awarded Maurice Galante, MD Distinguished Professorship in Hepatobiliary Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 14, 2015
Carlos Corvera M.D. was recently awarded the Maurice Galante, MD Distinguished Professorship in Hepatobiliary Surgery, recognizing his achievements and professional development in general surgery. The Professorship honors the late Maurice Galante, M.D., UCSF professor emeritus of surgery. Dr. Galante was described...