News & Events

The UCSF Heart and Vascular Center recently opened a new ambulatory care clinic located on the 5th Floor of the ACC Building at 400 Parnassus Ave. in San Francisco. The multidisciplinary clinic offers outpatient care and testing , and an array medical procedures. The new clinic houses eleven UCSF cardiovascular...

UCSF News reports on the research of the Willenbring Lab and others demonstrating in mice that healthy new liver cells could be generated within the organ itself, thus making engraftment unnecessary. The article noted that the very cells that drive liver disease were converted, thereby reducing liver damage and...

Tobias Deuse, M.D., an internationally renowned cardiac surgeon, recently joined the UCSF Department of Surgery Faculty as Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Deuse has also been appointed Director of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Deuse has done pioneering...

The career of nurse practitioner Joanna Delong, RN, MS, NP, Clinical Director of the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center, was the subject of a recent profile in the School of Nursing's "Science of Caring". The article " Creating Opportunities for Nurse Practitioners to Help Save Limbs and More" describes her diverse...

UCSF News reports on the inspirational lecture given by Andre Campbell, M.D., Professor of Surgery at the UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg SFGH, about the importance of social justice and diversity at the annual "UCSF Last Lecture" event, in which Dr. Campbell spoke of his experiences at UCSF dating back...

UCSF News reports on the work of a UCSF research team investigating the causes and potential treatments for gastroschisis, a rare disorder in which developing intestines protrude outside of the body through a hole alongside the belly button. Led by pediatric surgeon Tippi MacKenzie, MD, Associate Professor of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...