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Surgical Innovations Projects Receive Top Honors at ASAIO Conference
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
November 18, 2016
A presentation by UCSF General Surgery Resident and Innovations Fellow Willieford Moses, M.D. (pictured), “Surgical Considerations for an Implantable Renal Replacement System”, was named Top Renal Abstract at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Conference in San Francisco on June 15, 2016...
Marlene Grenon, Space Medicine Trailblazer, Profiled by Society for Vascular Surgery
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
November 18, 2016
The multifaceted rarefied career of Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., aspiring astronaut cum UCSF vascular surgeon, was recently profiled in the October 2106 issue of "Vascular Specialist", a publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) with a worldwide audience of vascular surgeons, interventional...
Tammy Chang Recipient of Five-Year Research Career Development Award from American College of Surgeons
UCSF General Surgery
November 01, 2016
Tammy T. Chang, M.D., Ph.D. has received a five-year career development award from the American College of Surgeons (ACS). The George H. A. Clowes, Jr., MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award is offered through the The Clowes Fund, Inc., of Indianapolis, IN to provide support for the research of...
Regenerating Muscle from Stem Cells
Pomerantz Lab
November 01, 2016
UCSF News reports on research by Xiaoti Xu, M.D. and a team in the Pomerantz Lab showing that human muscle stem cells could be transplanted into a new environment and have the capacity to regenerate lost muscle tissue. Dr. Xu is a UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and former research fellow in the lab. The image shows...
Trauma Surgeon Rachael Callcut Participates in Fleet Week Disaster Training Aboard USS San Diego
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
November 01, 2016
Rachael A. Callcut, M.D., M.S.P.H., a trauma surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, recently participated in Fleet Week disaster training aboard the USS San Diego with other medical professionals. Dr. Susan Ehrlich, Chief Executive Officer of Zuckerberg San Francisco General...
Clinical Engineers at UCSF Hack The Operating Room
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
November 01, 2016
The UCSF Department of Surgery’s longstanding partnership with engineers to invent new medical technologies in response to patient needs was featured in a recent story by UC Berkeley journalism student Alex Orlando. The article profiles Richard Fechter, Principal Development Engineer at U CSF Medical Center and...
UCSF Transplant 2016 Building Bridges to Excellence Symposium
UCSF Transplant Surgery
September 15, 2016
September 29 - 30th at Hotel Nikko - San Francisco, CA Course Chair John P. Roberts, M.D.Professor and Chief, Division of Transplantation, UCSF Course Co-Chairs Michelle McMahan, BA Helen Christensen, RN, BSN, MHA, CPTC Heart • Lung • Liver • Kidney • Pancreas The two-day conference is designed to provide a unique...
Surgery Now a Realistic Option for More Patients with Pancreatic Cancer
UCSF Surgical Oncology Program
September 10, 2016
While researchers race to find improved medical therapies for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), surgery remains the most effective treatment. Unfortunately, a large percentage of PDAC patients are not surgical candidates because by the time of diagnosis, the disease has metastasized. Even among those...
Theodore Schrock, Former Department of Surgery Chair, Dies at 76
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 05, 2016
Theodore R. Schrock, M.D., who had a storied career at UCSF, as a medical student, then a surgery resident, faculty member, Department of Surgery Chair and Chief Medical Officer for UCSF Medical Center, recently passed away at age 76. Theodore (Ted) Schrock was born and raised in Berne, Indiana. He lettered in...
Natera, UCSF Sarwal Lab Partner to Study DNA Biomarkers of Kidney Transplant Rejection
Sarwal Lab
August 03, 2016
Natera, a genetic testing and diagnostics company with proprietary bioinformatics and molecular technology, has announced that it has formed a collaboration with the Sarwal Lab at University of California San Francisco to study DNA markers of kidney transplant rejection. The Sarwal Lab has been focused on using...
Thierry Jahan, M.D. Discusses Clinical Trial Using CRS-207 Vaccine in Mesothelioma
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
July 28, 2016
Former professor Thierry Jahan, M.D ., discussed clinical data from the study, Safety and Efficacy of Listeria in Combination With Chemotherapy as Front-line Treatment for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, at the ESMO/IASLC European Congress on Lung Cancer in Geneva in April 2016. This is a Phase Ib trial of CRS-207...
Gregory Victorino Named Outstanding Physician of the Year by Alameda Health System
UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
July 14, 2016
Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of Trauma Services for the UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program*, was named Named Outstanding Physician for 2016 by Alameda Health System. The award was presented at the AHS Foundation's Annual Gala on May 7, 2016. The Alameda Health System Foundation wrote on...
Chief Residents for 2015-16 Honored at Annual Dinner
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 12, 2016
The annual dinner honoring the 2015-16 graduating Chief Residents of the General Surgery Residency Program was held on Friday, June 3, 2016 atop The Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco in the Alexandria Room. After an introduction by the Department Chair, Dr. Nancy Ascher, the Chief Residents were introduced...
Fetal Surgery Stands To Advance From New Glues Inspired By Mussels
Department of Surgery, Surgical Innovations
July 08, 2016
Pediatric surgeon Michael R. Harrison, M.D. and UC Berkeley engineer Phillip Messersmith, Ph.D. are collaborating on an NIH-Funded research project to improve glues used in fetal surgery procedures, notably those used to treat twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Dr. Harrision, widely acknolwedged as the "father of...
Legendary Thoracic Oncologist Thierry Jahan, M.D. Inducted into Council of Master Clinicians
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
July 01, 2016
Thierry Jahan, M.D. was recently inducted into the Council of Master Clinicians by the UCSF Department of Medicine. Dr. Jahan, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Bonnie J. and Anthony Addario Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology at UCSF, is a renowned medical oncologist specializing in the treatment lung cancer...
New Roles for Nurse Practitioners Bring Opportunities and Challenges
UCSF Surgical and Critical Care NP Fellowship Program
July 01, 2016
Kerry Decker, MSN, RN, NP, co-Director of the UCSF Surgical and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship, recently discussed the challenges NPs face in assimilating into high-acuity environments such as neurosurgery, intensive care units (ICUs) and transplant service in "Science of Caring", a UCSF School of...