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UCSF Marks Milestone with 500th Transplant in Heart and Lung Transplant

UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
April 24, 2008
"We're glad to reach this significant point in our program because it means that a great number of patients are receiving improvements to their health that could not otherwise be achieved without an organ transplant," said Charles Hoopes, MD, director of Cardiopulmonary Transplantation at UCSF since 2002. "UCSF...

Shooting and Stabbings Increased in Past Five Years

San Francisco Wraparound Project at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
February 23, 2008
The San Francisco Examiner reports on the increase in violence from gunshot or stab wounds in patients admitted to SFGH: The number of victims with gunshot or stab wounds admitted to San Francisco General Hospital has climbed over the last five years, with more than 440 patients either shot or knifed in 2007. The...

Cranial Re-animation Surgery Used to Treat Mobius Syndrome

UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
January 22, 2008
The Wittgenstein Forum blog reports on a Nevada Appeal article highlighting the benfits of using cranial re-animation surgery to treat Mobius Syndrome, a rare birth defect caused by the absence or underdevelopment of cranial nerves that control eye movement and facial expression. The surgery is performed at UCSF...
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Plastic Surgeons Team Up to Give a Helping Hand

UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
January 09, 2008
ABC7News.com in San Francisco reports on a new surgery center at St. Mary's Hospital in San Francisco that uses a teamwork approach to perform complex reconstructive surgeries. The team includes Scott L. Hansen, M.D. (pictured right), Chief of Hand and Microvascular Surgery at UCSF and Charles Lee, M.D, St. Mary's...

Novel magnet treatment used to correct sunken chest

UCSF Pediatric Surgery
November 08, 2007
UCSF has created a groundbreaking new procedure to treat chest deformities in children and teens. This minimally invasive procedure is already transforming one 14-year-old's life.

Roseville Baby Battles Rare Heart Defect at UCSF Children’s Hospital

UCSF Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
October 08, 2007
Allison and Jon Smith first learned from an ultrasound that the baby boy they were expecting would be born with a severe and rare heart defect. In Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, or HLHS, the heart does not develop properly and the infant is born with only one ventricle contributing to circulation, essentially...

Presence Of Gene Mutation Helps Guide Thyroid Cancer Treatment

UCSF Endocrine Surgery
September 06, 2007
"A specific gene mutation may be useful in predicting the level of aggression of thyroid cancer and help guide treatment options and follow-up care, according to new study findings. The mutation, called BRAF V600E, is a genetic alteration in the BRAF oncogene, a modified gene believed to cause cancer. ......."

National Impact of Pioneering Surgical Hospitalist Program

UCSF General Surgery
June 04, 2007
At most hospitals nationally, it takes nearly four hours on average before the surgeon on call becomes available, and even longer before the operation is finally begun. At UCSF Medical Center, the goal is for the patient to be seen by a "surgical hospitalist" in less than 30 minutes................"Over the first...

Hanmin Lee, MD, named new Director of UCSF Fetal Treatment Center

UCSF Fetal Treatment Center
May 09, 2007
As the new Director of the Fetal Treatment Center, Dr. Hanmin Lee will continue the Center's and its co-founder Dr. Michael Harrison's pioneering spirit of multidisciplinary research and innovation to improve our understanding of fetal disease and further advance the treatment and management of infants and...

Postpartum Moms Turning to Plastic Surgery

UCSF Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
March 23, 2007
"Most of the 325,000 tummy tucks, breast augmentations and lifts done in 2006 were "mommy makeovers," or postpartum moms turning to plastic surgery to erase evidence of pregnancy. Dr. Mary McGrath, a professor of plastic surgery at UCSF, urges postpartum moms to wait at least six months before seeking surgery."

Being Small Has Its Advantages, Especially With Minimally Invasive Lung Surgery

UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
February 11, 2007
Dr. Jasleen Kukreja "is not the first surgeon to perform a minimally invasive lobectomy at UCSF, but she may be a pioneer in the two-finger clamp technique, because her predecessors are men who have a tougher time squeezing in both fingers. Last summer, she became the first doctor to be hired by UCSF to focus...

Life and Death at San Francisco's Hospital of Last Resort

UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
December 10, 2006
"After 13 years doing trauma surgery at San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Andre Campbell knows just about everything there is to know about calamity, mayhem and long nights. "........."For as long as he has been at General, Campbell has worked beside the head of trauma surgery, Bill Schecter, who is 10 years...