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Electronic Alerts Improve Treatment Rates of Valvular Heart Disease
A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis
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New Complex Neurology Program Focuses on Hard-to-Diagnose Cases
In an effort to find answers to some of the most daunting neurological puzzles frustrating patients and clinicians alike, UC San Francisco has opened the Jan and Maria Manetti Shrem UCSF Neurology Complex Diagnosis Clinic, an innovative multidisciplinary center that tackles these issues head-on.
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Telehealth Referral Leads to Diagnosis and Effective Treatment of Rare Neuropathy: Case Study
A 68-year-old man from Hawaii with acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibody–positive myasthenia gravis and poorly controlled type 2 diabetes complicated by neuropathy had been receiving intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) and taking pyridostigmine for two years when ...
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Now Scheduling Referrals Within 24 Hours
Quan-Yang Duh, MD, Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery, UCSF, and Sanziana Roman, MD, Medical Director, Endocrine Neoplasia Clinic, UCSF, provide an update on safe endocrine surgical patient care at UCSF.
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New Research Linking Type 1 Diabetes to Genetic Mutations May Lead to Precision Medicine
UCSF researchers have discovered specific genetic mutations that can cause type 1 diabetes. This groundbreaking work could result in effective precision treatments for patients.
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Aortic Valve Replacement: Ross Procedure
Learn more on the Aortic Valve Replacement: Ross Procedure.
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The Value of Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor: Safety, Precision, Sustained Results
The most common movement disorder, essential tremor often doesn’t respond to meds and depresses quality of life. As neurosurgeon Doris Wang, MD, PhD, explains in this short, information-packed presentation, focused ultrasound can bring immediate and lasting relief to many.
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Down to Earth: Lowering Blood Pressure With Evidence-Based Natural Techniques
Taking an integrative approach, Dr. Jennifer Ashby, DAOM, MS, discusses how to educate patients on hypertension and its consequences, including by providing accessible definitions (such as for systolic and diastolic) and straight talk on the gray zone in which early-stage hypertension is often labeled as normal (even by doctors).
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Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center
The Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center (AHF CCC) at UCSF offers coordinated and comprehensive care for heart failure patients.
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Subfertility in Male Patients: A Specialist Illuminates Diagnosis and Care
Reproductive urologist James F. Smith, MD, MS, discusses the wide range of causes for male fertility problems, from structural abnormalities, such as varicocele, to lifestyle factors, such as tobacco use, to hormonal issues, which can arise from use of common medications and supplements.
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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.
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Inpatient Infusion Therapy for Refractory Headaches: UCSF Case Study
The first center of its kind on the West Coast, the UCSF Headache Center provides patients with comprehensive care to relieve the most debilitating headaches. This includes inpatient treatment for people with severe unremitting or recurring headaches for whom first-line therapies have failed.
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How the Cardiogenic Shock Team Improves Patient Outcomes at UCSF
A 69-year-old woman with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction caused by left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC) came to the UCSF emergency department with tachycardia, dizziness, shortness of breath and swelling, despite taking all prescribed heart failure medications.
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Neuromuscular Clinic Referral Guide
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Rethinking How Cancer Cells Evade Targeted Therapy
Glioblastomas (GBMs) are incurable brain tumors with a prognosis of about one-and-a half years on average. They are highly resistant to treatment and have defied all attempts at precision therapy.
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Look Beyond Symptoms: When to Test for Pituitary Tumors
Tumors of the body’s “master gland” cause various symptoms – headaches, depression, sexual dysfunction, vision loss – that doctors often attribute to other conditions. UCSF endocrinology and neurosurgery specialists discuss keys to identifying patients as well as the merits of telehealth referrals in the time of COVID.
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Advanced Care of Subdural Hematoma in the Elderly: A Look at Embolization
Neurosurgeon Luis Savastano, MD, PhD, discusses middle meningeal artery embolization, a cutting-edge, outpatient procedure for subdural hematoma.
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UCSF Neurologist Recognized for Innovative Epilepsy Research
UCSF Neurologist Recognized for Innovative Epilepsy Research American Academy of Neurology to Honor Jon Kleen, MD, PhD with 2023 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award
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Can Gene Expression Predict if a Brain Tumor Is Likely to Grow Back?
Screening tumors using this new approach could change the course of treatment for nearly 1 in 3 people with meningioma, the most common form of brain tumor diagnosed in 42,000 Americans each year.
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Virtual Monitoring for Lung Transplant Patients Aided by Home Spirometry Device
A new home spirometry kit combines a spirometer with a patient engagement platform to collect lung function data and symptoms remotely. This enables UCSF’s Lung Transplant team to remotely track patients with the goal of identifying both symptomatic and asymptomatic changes in lung function that may be the first sign of early chronic rejection.
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Can What Works to Treat Cancer Work for Diabetes?
To live with type 1 diabetes is to be ruled by relentless routine. Food must be carefully monitored, and the only treatment, subcutaneous insulin, is burdensome...
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Louder for the Patients in the Back: Making the Most of New Hearing Aid Options
Hearing loss is associated with cognitive decline, so finding solutions that help patients stay socially connected is crucial.
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Surgery for Epilepsy: Advanced Techniques and Appropriate Candidates
Many patients with uncontrolled seizures are unaware that they can be helped – and providers have an opportunity to start them toward a better quality of life simply by explaining the latest options.
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Exploring Potential Treatment Options for COVID-19
Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, professor of infectious diseases at UCSF, is an expert on the treatment of viral infections. On March 24, 2020, Robert Wachter, MD, chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, interviewed her on the evidence behind potential treatments for COVID-19 as well as how to assess new and existing drugs in a pandemic.
