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Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Legendary Mindfulness Instructor, Lauds Department of Surgery Efforts Studying MBSR in Surgical Interns and Faculty

UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
February 27, 2018
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D, the universally acclaimed mediation instructor and Professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, recently gave the "Second Annual Ellen Hughes Lectureship" in Herbst Hall at UCSF Mount Zion, "The Key to Clinician Wellbeing through Mindfulness: Embodied Practice...
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The WISDOM Study: Breaking the Deadlock In the Breast Cancer Screening Debate

UCSF Breastcare Surgery
February 27, 2018
An article commentary recently published in NPJ Breast Cancer, a Nature Research journal, discusses the WISDOM Study (Women Informed to Screen Depending on Measures of Risk (WISDOM), a groundbreaking clinical trial recruiting 100,000 women from throughout California that will compare annual breast cancer screening...
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Sonja Schrepfer and Tobias Deuse Awarded 4-year $2.4M NIH Grant to Study Space-Related Physiological Changes and Altered Immune Function

Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
February 26, 2018
Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D. and Tobias Deuse, M.D. have been awarded a 4-year $2.4M NIH grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to investigate space-related physiological changes, analogous to those observed during aging, including defects in bone healing, loss of cardiovascular...

Teaching To Technology: Will Robots in the OR Shift the Surgical Instruction Model?

General Surgery Residency Program
February 25, 2018
UCSF general surgery research fellow Courtney A. Green, M.D. was recently interviewed by Daniel Seeger of Surgical Products Magazine about changes in the surgical instruction model heralded by the advent of robotic surgery in the operating room. It’s well understood that robotic-assisted surgical systems are...

Wired Magazine Visits Shuvo Roy and The Kidney Project

UCSF School of Pharmacy
February 25, 2018
Kidney failure is a debilitating and ultimately deadly illness, and a health policy crisis. With 468,000 people on dialysis in the U.S., costing the government $31 billion dollars a year, very little money is spent on researching alternatives to current treatments. Wired magazine’s Megan Molteni visited Shuvo Roy...

Johannes Kratz Named Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology

UCSF Department of Surgery
February 24, 2018
Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. has been named the new Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology. Kratz is an assistant professor in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, a member of the Thoracic Oncology Program, and director of Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery. The Van Auken Endowed Chair supports...
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Department of Surgery Launches New Medical Student Portal for Surgical Clerkships

UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
February 16, 2018
The Department of Surgery has launched a new medical student portal designed as a resource and comprehensive dashboard for medical students during their surgical clerkships. The program is led by Director Andre Campbell, M.D. and Associate Director Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D. The site course coordinators are Heidi...

How Hospitals are Working to Prepare At-Risk Older Patients for Surgery

UCSF Center for Older Adults
February 13, 2018
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, director of the Center for Surgery in Older Adults at UCSF, was interviewed by Becker's Hospital Review on how hospitals work to prepare at-risk older patients for surgery, screening for frailty and meeting patient's health goals. Older patients undergo major surgery on a regular basis...
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Department of Surgery Launches Surgical Skills Center Website

UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
February 07, 2018
The Department of Surgery has launched a new website for its Surgical Skills Center. The program is led by director Edward Kim, M.D., associate director Hueylan Chern, M.D., both associate professors in the Division of General Surgery. The goal of the Center is to maximize learning in the operating rooms by...

Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS Named Chair of UCSF Department of Surgery

UCSF Department of Surgery
January 31, 2018
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS will be the new chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, effective April 1, 2018. She will also hold the Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery. Dr. John P. Roberts, who has led the department as interim chair since October 2016, will continue in his leadership role...
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One Year Ago Today, Surgeons Hit the Reset Button on My Life

UCSF Lung Transplant Program
January 30, 2018
Brad Dell relives the exhilirating and captivating events leading up to his lung transplant surgery at UCSF on its one-year anniversary. His riveting account appears at Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Jan. 14, 2017 was the worst day of anxiety I’d had in the five months of waiting for my lung transplant . A frantic...

A Push To Get Older Adults In Better Shape For Surgery

Kaiser Health News
January 29, 2018
Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 45 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death far more often than in younger patients. But...

Automatic Acoustic Gunshot Sensor Technology May Benefit Shooting Victims

UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
January 28, 2018
A study led by UCSF-East Bay general surgery resident Magdalene Brooke, MD, and UCSF trauma surgeon Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., found that the use of automatic acoustic gunshot sensor technology may benefit shooting victims. The study was presented at the most recent Clinical Congress of the American College of...