News & Events

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...

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 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...

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...

Joshua Y. Yang, B.S., Michael C. Nasr, B.S., and Tyler Schmeckpeper B.S., Master of Translational Medicine (MTM), graduate student researchers in the Sarwal Lab, were recently invited to attend the 9th annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) 2016 at UC Berkeley on April 1-3, 2016, and selected as...

The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and Association for Academic Surgery Foundation (AASF) presented S. Ariane Christie, MD, a General Surgery Resident at UCSF, with the 2016 AAS/AASF Global Surgery Research Fellowship Award for her research proposal titled “Long Term Outcomes Following Traumatic Injury in...

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...

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...

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 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...

Jennifer Kaplan, M.D., a research resident in the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, won the John Halverson Young Investigator Award at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery held in conjunction with "ObesityWeek", for the abstract and presentation: "The Benefit...

Jennifer Kaplan, M.D., a research resident in the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, received the award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation from the Academy for Healthcare Improvement (AHI) at the organization's 2015 annual meeting. The presentation, " Health Coaching By Health Professions Students for Frail...

Department of Surgery research fellows recently gave presentations at Grand Rounds (December 2nd and 9th) in conjunction with general surgery resident interviews for the Class of 2016-2017. Peter G. Stock, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, and Chair of the Research Committee moderated the sessions. The list of...

UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital have launched a new publication, "Transplant News", providing " a more comprehensive approach to communicating the latest breakthroughs available to the patients and families we serve" in the words of John P. Roberts, M.D., Professor and Chief of the UCSF...