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Prominent Thoracic Surgeon to Lead New Division of Thoracic Surgery at UCSF News

Prominent Thoracic Surgeon to Lead New Division of Thoracic Surgery at UCSF

Johannes R. Kratz, MD, has been appointed as the inaugural Chief of UCSF’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, one of the leading, academic robotic thoracic surgery programs in the western United States.
Sneaky Senescent Cells That Resist Cancer Treatment Can Provide Druggable Lung Cancer Target News

Sneaky Senescent Cells That Resist Cancer Treatment Can Provide Druggable Lung Cancer Target

Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells that no longer divide and protect against tumor development.
UCSF Lung Transplant Program Honored as Best in U.S. News

UCSF Lung Transplant Program Honored as Best in U.S.

UCSF Health’s Lung Transplant program has been awarded INTERLINK’s 2025 Chairman’s Award for Transplant Excellence as the top-performing lung transplant program in the nation.
Inhaling Cannabis May Greatly Increase Your Risk of Lung Disease News

Inhaling Cannabis May Greatly Increase Your Risk of Lung Disease

A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine by researchers at UC San Francisco, found that inhaling marijuana every day is associated with a 44% increased chance of developing asthma.
One Gene Variant Is Poised to Cure Devastating COPA Syndrome News

One Gene Variant Is Poised to Cure Devastating COPA Syndrome

Scientists compared five families and multiple generations to find a gene variant that prevents COPA Syndrome and opens the door to a new gene therapy for the condition.
UCSF Among First in U.S. to Receive New Pulmonary Care Designation News

UCSF Among First in U.S. to Receive New Pulmonary Care Designation

UCSF has been designated a Bronchiectasis and NTM Care Center, based on the depth and breadth of its services.
How Targeting Aging Cells Could Improve Lung Disease Treatment News

How Targeting Aging Cells Could Improve Lung Disease Treatment

UCSF Researchers Identify Drug Pipeline to Attack Aging Cells in Diseased Lung Tissue.
UCSF Health Reaches Lung Transplant Milestone News

UCSF Health Reaches Lung Transplant Milestone

Surgeons at the UCSF Lung Transplant program have performed over 100 transplants in a 12-month period, making it one of a handful of medical centers in the nation to reach that milestone.
Improving Clinical Outcomes for Venous Thromboembolism News

Improving Clinical Outcomes for Venous Thromboembolism

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is serious condition that begins with a blood clot in a vein – often in the lower leg – that makes its way to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism with potentially fatal consequences.
Millions of Long-Term Smokers Have Lung Disease that Defies Diagnosis News

Millions of Long-Term Smokers Have Lung Disease that Defies Diagnosis

Millions of Americans with tobacco-related lung disease have symptoms that do not fit any existing tobacco-related disease criteria – including the most common of those, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
UCSF MD Link: Web-Based Communication Portal for Physicians Document

UCSF MD Link: Web-Based Communication Portal for Physicians

Our web portal allows referring physicians to securely access their patients’ entire electronic health record, make online referral requests and communicate with our physicians directly and securely.
Lung Transplant Program Document

Lung Transplant Program

For nine consecutive years, the UCSF Lung Transplant Program has had significantly higher-than-expected post-surgery survival rates — the only program in the country with this record.