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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...
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...
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...
Department of Surgery Launches UCSF Center for Hernia Repair & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Center for Hernia Repair & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
July 01, 2015
The Department of Surgery has launched a new program, the Center for Hernia Repair and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. Led by Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H. , Professor and Chief of the Division of General Surgery, and Director of the Infection Injury and Immunity Lab, the multidisciplinary program provides state...
Abstract by Dr. Jessica Cohan Selected for SSAT's "Best of DDW"
UCSF Department of Surgery Resident Research Program
May 05, 2015
An abstract by UCSF General Surgery research resident Dr. Jessica Cohan, "Surgical Decision Making in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: The Patient Perspective", was recently selected for the category "Best of DDW" (Digestive Disease Week) by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT). Dr. Cohan will...
ASTS Awards Qizhi Tang, Ph.D. Faculty Research Grant for Biomarker Discovery and Functional Genomics
UCSF Transplant Surgery
May 05, 2015
The American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) has awarded Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Division of Transplant Surgery at UCSF, and Director of the Transplantation Research Laboratory and Tang Laboratory, was awarded a Faculty Research Grant for Biomarker Discovery and Functional Genomics, The...
Center for Global Surgical Studies to Launch May 28, 2015
UCSF Center for Global Surgical Studies
May 01, 2015
The Center for Global Surgical Studies at UCSF officially announces its launch on Thursday, May 28, 2015. The event will feature the recently released findings of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery with words from Commissioner Gavin Yamey and editors of Disease Control Priorities 3, Volume 1: Essential...
Dr. Hobart Harris Cites Benefits of UCSF Entrepreneurship Center in Turning Innovation into Marketable Product
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
April 22, 2015
UCSF News reports on the Entrepreneurship Center at UCSF which prepares inventors to launch start-ups and supports innovators seeking to commercialize life-changing inventions. Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H., Professor and Chief of the Division of General Surgery, founder of Vitruvian Medical Devices, and a...
UCSF Transplant Program Celebrates National Donate Life Blue & Green Day
UCSF Transplant Surgery
April 17, 2015
Members of the UCSF Transplant Surgery Program participated in National Donate Life Blue & Green Day, wearing the the commemorative blue and green colors, and showing their solidarity with the cause. During this day,the public is encouraged to wear blue and green, hold events and fundraisers, and partner with...
NHLBI Vascular Interventions/Innovations & Therapeutic Advances (VITA) Program Awards Dr. Michael Conte Medical/Drug Device Grant
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 14, 2015
The NHLBI Vascular Interventions/Innovations and Therapeutic Advances (VITA) Program has awarded Michael S. Conte, M.D., Professor & Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, a translational research grant to study the problem of vascular injury and develop prototype medical drugs and devices that...