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UCSF Transplant Faculty Among Leaders at World Transplant Congress
UCSF Transplant Surgery
May 30, 2014
The UCSF Transplant Program will have a strong presence at the World Transplant Congress (WTC), to be held July 26–31, 2014 at Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The WTC brings together the members of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), The Transplantation Society (TTS) and the...
General Surgery Residents Bian Wu, Victoria Lyo, and Evan Werlin Winners in 1st NorCal ACS Laparoscopic Competition
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
May 22, 2014
General surgery residents Bian Wu, M.D. (left), Evan Werlin, M.D. (center) and Victoria Lyo, M.D. (right), coached by Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D., Assistant Professor Surgery, Division of General Surgery, were winners of the the first laparoscopic competition held at the Northern California Chapter of the American...
Dr. Peggy Knudson Develops Unique Game Teaching Traffic Safety to Children
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
May 20, 2014
KRON4 in San Francisco reports on an innnovative game, developed by UCSF trauma surgeon, M. Margaret “Peggy” Knudson, MD, that teaches traffic safety to children. SFGate, the sister-site of the San Francisco Chronicle, discusses the game in depth: A group of third-graders waved their hands and screamed - "Stop!" -...
UCSF Kidney Transplant Program Ranks No. 1 in the Country for Transplant Volume
UCSF Transplant Surgery
April 19, 2014
UCSF's Kidney Transplant Program has ranked number one in the country for transplant volume, according to the newest data just released by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR). The program, led by John Roberts, M.D., Chief of the Transplant Service and Division of Transplant Surgery at UCSF...
New Breast Cancer Results Illustrate Promise and Potential of I-SPY 2 Trial
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
April 07, 2014
UCSF News reports on new results showing the promise and potential of I-SPY 2 Trial, personalized medicine study designed to identify breast cancer patients most likely to benefit from an array experimental drugs. In an innovative clinical trial led by UC San Francisco, the experimental drug neratinib along with...
Transplant Drug Sirolimus May Help Eliminate Lingering HIV infections
UCSF Transplant Surgery
April 01, 2014
"Researchers studying the effects of immune suppressant drugs on transplant patients with HIV have made a surprising discovery: A drug intended to hobble the body's defense system may actually help destroy dormant reservoirs of the virus that causes AIDS In a paper published this week in the American Journal of...
Mechanical Forces Driving Breast Cancer Lead to Key Molecular Discovery
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 27, 2014
"The stiffening of breast tissue in breast-cancer development points to a new way to distinguish a type of breast cancer with a poor prognosis from a related, but often less deadly type, UC San Francisco researchers have found in a new study. The findings, published online March 16 in Nature Medicine , may lead...
Short-term Inactivity Impairs Vascular Function
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
March 25, 2014
A clinical study led by UCSF Vascular Surgeon Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M. looked at the effects of physical inactivity on vascular endothelial function and arterial stiffness, two measures that relate to cardiovascular risk. The results showed that a short term exposure to physical inactivity leads to quantifiable...
New Organ Transplant Strategy Aims to Better Prevent Rejection
UCSF Transplant Surgery
March 10, 2014
UCSF News reports on the work of Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., and other UC San Francisco researchers to develop new organ transplant strategies that better prevent rejection of donated organs. The research of Dr. Tang, Associate Professor in the Division of Transplant Surgery, and Director of the Transplantation Research...
Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells
Willenbring Lab
February 23, 2014
A recent paper in the journal Nature, reported by UCSF News by a research team including Associate Professor Holger Willenbring, M.D., Ph.D. and Senior Resident Jack Harbell, M.D., a former postdoctoral fellow in the Willenbring lab, reports a new method of cellular reprogramming with potential for treating liver...
Expanding the Options for Treating Complex Aortic Aneurysms
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
February 07, 2014
Advances in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms — especially novel endovascular devices and hybrid procedures — make it possible to choose the right procedure for the right patient at the right time to minimize risk and maximize long-term benefit, says Michael Conte, M.D. , chief of the Division of Vascular...
Immune System Drives Pregnancy Complications after Fetal Surgery in Mice
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
January 24, 2014
UCSF News report on how the immune system drives pregnancy complications after fetal surgery in mice. As a fetal surgeon at UC San Francisco, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, has long known that conducting surgery on a fetus to correct a problems such as spina bifida often results in preterm labor and premature birth. Now...
Julius Guccione "Mesmerized" by Virtual 3D Image of Beating Heart
Cardiac Biomechanics Lab
January 16, 2014
Dr. Julius Guccione, a biomedical engineer and co-director of the UCSF Cardiac Biomechanics Lab, lauded the development of technology rendering a virtual image of a beating heart by Dassault Systèmes, a French design and simulation software company. Dassault has developed a complete, three-dimensional view of the...
Dr. Peter Stock Instrumental in Passage of Bill Lifting Research Ban on HIV Organ Transplants
UCSF Transplant Surgery
December 05, 2013
President Barack Obama signs S. 330: HIV Organ Policy Equity Act during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, Nov. 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) MSNBC reports on President Obama's signing of a bill that ended a decades-old policy that banned organ donations from one HIV-positive...
For Type 1 Diabetes, Islet Transplantation Gains Momentum
UCSF Transplant Surgery
November 14, 2013
UCSF News, reporting on the 14th World Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA), highlighed improving results in islet cell transplantation: For the worst cases of type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation already has freed hundreds of people from complete dependence on insulin...
How Safe Is Cycling? It’s Hard to Say
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
October 21, 2013
Gina Kolata, health reporter for the NY Times, reports on the controversy surrounding bicycle safety and studies by UCSF trauma surgeons demonstrating that serious accidents may be significantly underreported: Until his bike slid out of control while he was going 35 miles an hour downhill around a sharp turn, Dr...