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Expanding the Options for Treating Complex Aortic Aneurysms
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
February 07, 2014
Advances in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms — especially novel endovascular devices and hybrid procedures — make it possible to choose the right procedure for the right patient at the right time to minimize risk and maximize long-term benefit, says Michael Conte, M.D. , chief of the Division of Vascular...
Immune System Drives Pregnancy Complications after Fetal Surgery in Mice
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
January 24, 2014
UCSF News report on how the immune system drives pregnancy complications after fetal surgery in mice. As a fetal surgeon at UC San Francisco, Tippi MacKenzie, MD, has long known that conducting surgery on a fetus to correct a problems such as spina bifida often results in preterm labor and premature birth. Now...
Julius Guccione "Mesmerized" by Virtual 3D Image of Beating Heart
Cardiac Biomechanics Lab
January 16, 2014
Dr. Julius Guccione, a biomedical engineer and co-director of the UCSF Cardiac Biomechanics Lab, lauded the development of technology rendering a virtual image of a beating heart by Dassault Systèmes, a French design and simulation software company. Dassault has developed a complete, three-dimensional view of the...
Dr. Peter Stock Instrumental in Passage of Bill Lifting Research Ban on HIV Organ Transplants
UCSF Transplant Surgery
December 05, 2013
President Barack Obama signs S. 330: HIV Organ Policy Equity Act during a signing ceremony in the Oval Office, Nov. 21, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson) MSNBC reports on President Obama's signing of a bill that ended a decades-old policy that banned organ donations from one HIV-positive...
For Type 1 Diabetes, Islet Transplantation Gains Momentum
UCSF Transplant Surgery
November 14, 2013
UCSF News, reporting on the 14th World Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA), highlighed improving results in islet cell transplantation: For the worst cases of type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation already has freed hundreds of people from complete dependence on insulin...
How Safe Is Cycling? It’s Hard to Say
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
October 21, 2013
Gina Kolata, health reporter for the NY Times, reports on the controversy surrounding bicycle safety and studies by UCSF trauma surgeons demonstrating that serious accidents may be significantly underreported: Until his bike slid out of control while he was going 35 miles an hour downhill around a sharp turn, Dr...
Ankit Sarin Joins Department of Surgery Faculty
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 08, 2013
Ankit Sarin, M.D., MHA recently joined the Department as a member of the Division of General Surgery and Section of Colorectal Surgery. Dr. Sarin is colorectal surgeon specializing in the surgery of the colon, rectum, anus and related GI tract. His surgical practice is based primarily at the UCSF Helen Diller...
"Inside Surgery", Summer 2013 Issue
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 08, 2013
"This issue of Inside Surgery highlights the UCSF Lung Transplant Program and the new technology called ex vivo lung perfusion that will help to increase the availability of donor lungs. It also features the Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Program as well as the Pediatric Heart Failure...
Major Changes Urged for Cancer Screening and Treatment
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
July 23, 2013
UCSF News reports on the recommendations of an NCI s cientific panel chaired by Laura Esserman, MD, MBA , Professor of Surgery and Radiology and Director, UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center, to reduce overdiagnosis and overtreatment. To address the growing problem of people being overdiagnosed and...
SF General Hospital’s Trauma Unit Responds to Region’s Biggest Disasters
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
July 12, 2013
UCSF News reports on the efforts of the trauma team at San Francisco General Hospital that treated victims of Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crashed while landing in San Francisco in July 2013. The team included UCSF Department of Surgery trauma surgeons M. Margaret Knudson, M.D . and Andre Campbell, M.D ., and...
Carlos Corvera Installed as 64th President of UCSF Naffziger Surgical Society
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 15, 2013
Carlos Corvera, M.D. was recently installed as the 64th President of the UCSF Naffziger Surgical Society. The Society, an organization dedicated to surgical excellence, is comprised of graduates of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and other Department of Surgery faculty who joined at the invitation of...
Doctor: No problems after Antioch toddler undergoes kidney and liver transplant
UCSF Transplant Surgery
June 05, 2013
"The sun wasn't up at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning, but a new day had already dawned for Matthew Ouimet. Matthew, a 2-year-old Antioch boy who had waited 15 months for a life-sustaining kidney and liver transplant, had his new organs. Dr. John Roberts took the lead on the liver transplant, and Dr. Peter Stock, who...
Chair Portrayed in Synapse Article as Exceptional Mentor
UCSF Transplant Surgery
June 01, 2013
" Dr. (Nancy) Ascher excels in her role as Chair of Surgery, not only for her inexplicable foresight, but because she stays connected to trainees and students. This year, Dr. Ascher received the Francis Moore Excellence in Mentorship in the Field of Transplantation Surgery Award from the American Society of...
Early Riser - A Day in the Life of Dr. Nancy Ascher
UCSF Transplant Surgery
May 30, 2013
"It was 1975 when Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD, chose surgery, a specialty shoulder-deep in men. Then again, so was medical school - Ascher was one of 20 women in her class of 180. After her residency, she blew past every gender barrier to become the first woman to perform a liver transplant, garnering enough speed to...
18th Annual Chris Mudge Pediatric Transplant Picnic
UCSF Transplant Surgery
May 29, 2013
The annual Pediatric Transplant Picnic was held at McNears Beach in San Rafael, CA on Saturday, August 24, 2013, from 10 am - 4 pm, a celebration in honor of children who have been patients in the transplant program and their families. Attendees were treated to music, dancing, kayaking, face-painting, piñatas, and...
Medical Devices Fall Short for Children
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
May 06, 2013
"Innovation in medicine is driven by need, but also by the market," said Dr. Michael R. Harrison, the director emeritus of the Fetal Treatment Center and the director of the Pediatric Device Consortium, both at the University of California, San Francisco. "Big markets have lots of folks developing devices, but...