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S. Ariane Christie, MD, Presented with 2016 AAS/AASF Global Surgery Research Fellowship Award
UCSF Center for Global Surgical Studies
February 08, 2016
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...
UCSF Fetal Treatment Center Launches New Mobile App for Referring Physicians
UCSF Fetal Treatment Center
January 29, 2016
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...
Drug Provides Better Kidney Transplant Survival Rates Than Current Standard Of Care
UCSF Transplant Surgery
January 28, 2016
UCSF News reports on a clinical trial, BENEFIT (Belatacept Evaluation of Nephroprotection and Efficacy as First-line Immunosuppression Trial) where for the first time, an immunosuppressive agent, Belatacept, showed better organ survival in kidney transplant recipients than a calcineurin inhibitor, the current...
Stabbings and Gunshot Wounds as a Public Health Problem
San Francisco Wraparound Project at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
January 27, 2016
SF Wraparound Director, Dr. Rochelle Dicker provides insight into the growth of hospital intervention programs for patients who are injured as a result of violence. The following Washington Post article reports that patients with gunshot or stab wounds are more likely to be re-injured, especially if their...
Innovative Research by Dr. David M. Young Featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
January 26, 2016
Innovative research by Professor David M. Young, MD is featured in a special report in The Chronicle of Higher Education examining the extent to which universities can actually transform their discoveries into tangible solutions benefiting society at large. The Chronicle report highlights a UCSF Department of...
Conceptual Artist Retains Limb Against Long Odds
UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
January 25, 2016
In his 33-year career as a conceptual artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, John Maduell illustrated futuristic technologies few others could imagine. But he never envisioned the toll diabetes and vascular disease would take on his body—or that one day he might lose his legs because of these problems...
Jennifer Kaplan Wins John Halverson Young Investigator Award from ASMBS During ObesityWeek
January 07, 2016
Jennifer Kaplan, M.D., a research resident in the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, won the John Halverson Young Investigator Award at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery held in conjunction with "ObesityWeek", for the abstract and presentation: "The Benefit...
Jennifer Kaplan Recipient of Award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation at 2015 AHI Meeting
January 06, 2016
Jennifer Kaplan, M.D., a research resident in the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, received the award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation from the Academy for Healthcare Improvement (AHI) at the organization's 2015 annual meeting. The presentation, " Health Coaching By Health Professions Students for Frail...
Research Fellows Present Latest Research at Grand Rounds Coinciding with Future Resident Interviews
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
December 15, 2015
Department of Surgery research fellows recently gave presentations at Grand Rounds (December 2nd and 9th) in conjunction with general surgery resident interviews for the Class of 2016-2017. Peter G. Stock, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery, and Chair of the Research Committee moderated the sessions. The list of...
Legendary Coach John Madden Undergoes Successful Open-Heart Surgery at UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
December 14, 2015
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports on legendary coach John Madden's open-heart surgery performed at UCSF Medical Center on November 30, 2015: Pro Football Hall of Fame coach John Madden is "fine and feisty" and already well along the road to a full recovery from open-heart surgery at the UCSF Medical Center on...
Inaugural Issue of UCSF Transplant News - Fall/Winter 2015 - Vol. 1 - No. 1
UCSF Transplant Surgery
December 07, 2015
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital have launched a new publication, "Transplant News", providing " a more comprehensive approach to communicating the latest breakthroughs available to the patients and families we serve" in the words of John P. Roberts, M.D., Professor and Chief of the UCSF...
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony Held for Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
November 23, 2015
The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation announced on Yahoo Finance/Marketwired "its public-private partnership to ensure high quality health care for all San Franciscans, a milestone marked with the dedication and ribbon cutting at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and...
Xiaoti Xu among Finalists at Inaugural UCSF Science Contest
UCSF Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
November 18, 2015
UCSF News reports on a new science image and video competition, the first of its kind at UCSF. An image submitted by Xiaoti Xu, M.D., UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and alumni of the Pomerantz Lab, developed with the help of Hua Tian, Ph.D., a specialist in the lab, was among the top 15 finalists out of more than...
Human Gene Prevents Regeneration in Zebrafish
UCSF Pomerantz Lab
November 18, 2015
UCSF News reports on new research of the Pomerantz Lab suggesting that future efforts to regrow or regenerate human tissue may require blocking the activity of a tumor-suppressor gene, ARF. The research involved adding the human ARF gene to a zebrafish, which prevented its normal ability to regenerate tissue, here...
Department of Surgery Launches New Website for Pomerantz Lab
UCSF Department of Surgery
November 18, 2015
The Department of Surgery recently launched a new website for the Pomerantz Lab. The site showcases the laboratory's research focused on harnessing regeneration biology to drive clinical advances in reconstructive and craniofacial medicine. Led by Jason Pomerantz, MD , Associate Professor in the Division of...
Stopping Cholesterol-Lowering Statins Before Non-Cardiac Surgery Is Unnecessary And May Increase The Risk of Death Following The Operation
UCSF Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS)
November 06, 2015
U.S. News & World Report Healthday reports on research at UCSF showing that stopping cholesterol-lowering statins before non-cardiac surgery is unnecessary and may increase the risk of death after surgery. Stopping cholesterol-lowering statins before non-cardiac surgery is unnecessary and may increase the risk of...