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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...
Second Wind - Double-Lung Transplant Gives Local Man New Life
UCSF Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
November 05, 2015
The Chico News and Review reports on the journey of Richard Wodrich to the double lung transplant he received at UCSF Medical Center for treatment of irreversible and incurable chronic lung disease. The transplant was performed by Dr. Jasleen Kukreja, Surgical Director of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program. Longtime...
Jasmine Wong Leads UCSF Study of Novel Diagnostic Agent, AVB-620, in Breast Cancer
UCSF Department of Surgery
November 04, 2015
Exome, an online journal of biotech, healthcare, and life sciences, reports on a new clinical study in breast cancer patients led by Jasmine M. Wong, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Division of General Surgery, Section of Breastcare Surgery. The clinical trial at UCSF will be evaluating, AVB...
Dr. Minnie Sarwal Invited to Speak at 10th Annual Personalized Medicine World Conference (PMWC)
Sarwal Lab
October 25, 2015
Minnie M. Sarwal M.D., Ph.D., FRCP, DCH will speak at the 10th annual PMWC Conference in San Francisco that runs from January 24 - 27, 2016. Her talk will be on the use of molecular diagnostics in organ transplantation to better detect rejection, and improving the management of transplant patients through...
Department of Surgery Research Teams Awarded Seed Funding at Inaugural Shark Tank Event
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
October 23, 2015
Two (2) Department of Surgery research teams were awarded seed funding totaling $40,000 to accelerate their medical device innovations. The Roboimplant device, an expandable rod for orthopaedic surgery applications, took top honors, with the Sentinel Bandage, a non-invasive technology for wound monitoring, taking...
Garrett Roll Joins Division of Transplant Surgery
UCSF Transplant Surgery
October 16, 2015
The UCSF Division of Transplant Surgery is pleased to announce that Garrett R. Roll, M.D., FACS, recently joined the division as Assistant Professor Of Clinical Surgery. Dr. Roll is a transplant surgeon specializing in kidney, liver and pancreas transplantation, and in hepatobiliary surgery. Dr. Roll attended...
UCSF-Caltech Innovation Symposium to be held November 7 at Caltech
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
October 16, 2015
The 6th UCSF-Caltech Innovation Symposium will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Caltech in Pasadena. UCSF faculty across the campus are encouraged to bring innovative ideas that need technical collaboration from Caltech scientists with expertise in polymer chemistry, engineering, imaging, chemical...
Nancy Ascher Receives Chancellor Diversity Award for the Advancement of Women
UCSF Transplant Surgery
October 16, 2015
UCSF News reports on the celebration of Diversity Month 2015 at UCSF and the award of the Chancellor Diversity Award for the Advancement of Women to Nancy L. Ascher, M.D., Ph.D.: Nancy Ascher, MD, has been chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery for the past 16 years. Ascher completed her undergraduate and medical...
V. Mohan Reddy Appointed Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 01, 2015
V. Mohan Reddy, M.D. has been appointed Chief of the Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at UCSF and Co-Director of the Pediatric Heart Center at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - San Francisco. Dr. Reddy has an outstanding regional, national and international reputation in pediatric cardiac surgery...
Bilateral Adrenal Incidentalomas May Have Different Etiology Than Unilateral
UCSF Endocrine Surgery
October 01, 2015
MedicalResearch.com recently interviewed Quan-Yang Duh M.D. (pictured first), Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of General Surgery, at UCSF, on the differences in etiology of unilateral vs. bilateral incidentalomas. What we found in our study was that although the possible subclinical diseases...
A Breast Cancer Surgeon Who Keeps Challenging the Status Quo
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
September 30, 2015
The NY Times profiled UCSF breast cancer surgeon Dr. Laura Esserman and her challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding breast cancer screening. Esserman argues that most patients will not benefit from early detection of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) lesions and further that t he ominous word “ carcinoma ”...
Researchers Isolate Human Muscle Stem Cells
UCSF Pomerantz Lab
September 25, 2015
UCSF News reports on the work of a research team, led by UCSF plastic and reconstructive surgeon Jason Pomerantz, MD, in which human muscle stem cells were successfully isolated with the potential to replicate and repair damaged muscles when grafted onto an injured site. UC San Francisco researchers have...
Importance of Surgical Innovations Highlighted in Q&A with General Surgery Research Fellows
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
September 24, 2015
The UCSF Surgical Innovations Program recently arranged for three general surgery research fellows to be interviewed by writer Elizabeth Chur: Willieford Moses, M.D., Isabelle Chumfong, M.D., and Victoria Lyo, M.D., MTM (pictured below). The interviews focused on their respective career aspirations and...
Surgical Innovations Program to Hold "Shark Tank!" Event
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
September 22, 2015
Join us on September 24 for Surgical Innovations Shark Tank! Four teams from the Department of Surgery will pitch their medical device technologies to a panel of experts in regulatory affairs, product development, and venture capital for the chance to receive up to $25,000 to accelerate their innovations...
How Tiny Sensors Are Driving Innovation in Medicine
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
September 22, 2015
KQED Science for Personalized Medicine reports on a multitude of new sensor technologies that are being used to monitor medical issues, which would otherwise be time-consuming for hospital staff to manage. Hanmin Lee, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at UCSF as well as Medical...
Best Candidates for Fetal Spina Bifida Surgery May Be Identified Through Brain Scans
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
September 17, 2015
UCSF News reports on the discovery by researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco that fetuses with enlarged ventricles, the fluid-filled cavities inside the brain, may be less likely than other fetuses to benefit from surgery in the womb to treat spina bifida. These findings were based on data...