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Endoluminal Suturing Being Studied to Reverse WR/IWL After Initial Bariatric Surgery

UCSF Bariatric Surgery
July 08, 2014
The December 2013 issue of San Francisco Medicine, the Journal of the San Francisco Medical Society, reportes on the pioneering work of Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D. and Stanley J. Rogers, M.D., who are among those pioneering an incisionless endoscopic procedure called endoluminal suturing for patients who either have...
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Dr. Peggy Knudson Develops Unique Game Teaching Traffic Safety to Children

UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
May 20, 2014
KRON4 in San Francisco reports on an innnovative game, developed by UCSF trauma surgeon, M. Margaret “Peggy” Knudson, MD, that teaches traffic safety to children. SFGate, the sister-site of the San Francisco Chronicle, discusses the game in depth: A group of third-graders waved their hands and screamed - "Stop!" -...

New Breast Cancer Results Illustrate Promise and Potential of I-SPY 2 Trial

UCSF Breastcare Surgery
April 07, 2014
UCSF News reports on new results showing the promise and potential of I-SPY 2 Trial, personalized medicine study designed to identify breast cancer patients most likely to benefit from an array experimental drugs. In an innovative clinical trial led by UC San Francisco, the experimental drug neratinib along with...

Mechanical Forces Driving Breast Cancer Lead to Key Molecular Discovery

UCSF Department of Surgery
March 27, 2014
"The stiffening of breast tissue in breast-cancer development points to a new way to distinguish a type of breast cancer with a poor prognosis from a related, but often less deadly type, UC San Francisco researchers have found in a new study. The findings, published online March 16 in Nature Medicine , may lead...

Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells

Willenbring Lab
February 23, 2014
A recent paper in the journal Nature, reported by UCSF News by a research team including Associate Professor Holger Willenbring, M.D., Ph.D. and Senior Resident Jack Harbell, M.D., a former postdoctoral fellow in the Willenbring lab, reports a new method of cellular reprogramming with potential for treating liver...

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...

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...

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...

Maurice Galante, M.D., Legendary Surgeon and Renaissance Man, Dies

UCSF Department of Surgery
March 07, 2013
Dr. Maurice Galante, whose professional career at UCSF spanned an incredible 44 years (1945-1989), passed away on February 5, 2013. Dr. Galante was born in Rhodes in 1919 and came to the United States alone to receive his undergraduate and medical education. He entered his residency training in general surgery at...

Rogers Urges Caution on New Medical Device to Treat GERD

U.S. News
February 22, 2013
A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine touts a new medical device for the treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) as an alternative to standard therapy, long-term proton-pump inhibitors or Nissen Fundoplication.The new treatment is a surgical procedure in which a small band of magnetic...

Bariatric Surgery May Improve Chances for Successful Organ Transplantation

UCSF Bariatric Surgery
December 03, 2012
ABC News reports on the improved chance of having successful organ transplants in patients undergoing bariatric surgery: Gone may be the days of limiting bariatric surgery just to helping patients lose weight. Indeed, these weight loss surgeries, in all forms, do just as the name describes. But a slew of new...