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Redefining Excellence in Lung Transplantation
As the recipient of INTERLINK’s 2025 Chairman’s Award for Transplant Excellence, UCSF Health’s Lung Transplant Program was recognized as the top-performing lung transplant program in the nation for the third consecutive year.
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Contraceptive Game Changer: How Patients Can Benefit From the OTC Birth Control Pill
Family physician Montida Fleming, MD, who played a role in norgestrel (Opill)'s road to FDA approval, presents what providers need to know about this soon-to-be-available option, from mechanisms of action to the data on efficacy and safety.
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Hematuria and Other Common Urinary Concerns: A Guide for PCPs
Blood in urine is common – and stressful for patients, who want an immediate diagnosis.
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UCSF Study Shows Medication Abortion Without Ultrasound to Be Safe
Medication abortion patients who receive pills by mail without first getting an ultrasound do just as well as those who are examined and given the drugs in person, new research from UC San Francisco has found.
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UCSF Urology Clinicians Present Research Findings at SurgeWest
This year’s program featured innovative research and discussions by experts from the UCSF Department of Urology.
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Can a Simple Blood Test Measure Fracture Recovery?
A new UCSF-led study has identified a potential early blood-based indicator of long bone fracture healing, offering a powerful new avenue to track recovery and personalize care.
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Repurposing a Diabetes Medication to Prime CAR T Cancer Targets
By combining CAR T therapy with diabetes drugs, UCSF researchers improve anti-tumor activity in urothelial cancer cells.
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Aortic Valve Repair or Ross Procedure? Decision Factors in Two Patient Cases
Surgeons at the UCSF Cardiac Surgery Program specialize in aortic valve repair and replacement, options that can resolve acute symptoms and improve life expectancy. Recently, two patients with bicuspid aortic valves presented with signs of regurgitation, including shortness of breath, fatigue and chest pain.
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Redefining Excellence in Liver Transplantation
UCSF Health’s highly skilled team of liver transplant specialists has extensive experience in treating medically complex, high-acuity patients while consistently achieving exceptional survival rates, according to the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR).
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Breast Cancer: The Latest Evidence-Based Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Options
In this informative webinar, UCSF breast surgeon Shoko Emily Abe, MD, reviews current evidence informing breast cancer screening, diagnosis and treatment
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Abnormal Uterine Bleeding: A Guide to Causes and Solutions
In this straightforward talk, Tami Serene Rowen, MD, MS, FACOG clarifies how to distinguish abnormal from normal menses; breaks down the many reasons, both structural and hormonal, for the problem; and provides specifics on medical management – from doses to side effects – as well as surgical options and her favored techniques.
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Medical Trainees May Be Exposed to Unnecessary Radiation Risks
Radiation from X-rays is an occupational hazard for many medical specialists, including cardiologists, vascular and orthopedic surgeons, urologists, some radiologists and gastroenterologists.
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Lung Transplant Candidates: Shining a Light on UCSF’s Evaluation Process
In this short presentation, pulmonologist Jeffrey A. Golden, MD, describes how the specialists of the UCSF Lung Transplant Program work together to ensure their patients are likely to succeed, with a focus on factors that can make or break survival prospects.
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Preeclampsia Update: How to Identify and Manage a Perilous Pregnancy Complication
This important talk from Annalisa Post, MD, a perinatologist with the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center, clarifies the definition of preeclampsia, lays out risk factors, and elucidates the tricky business of recognizing worsening hypertension in pregnancy.
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UCSF Researcher Recognized for Excellence in Osteoarthritis Research and Regenerative Medicine
Kelsey H. Collins, PhD UCSF investigator Kelsey H. Collins, PhD, has been awarded the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s “New Innovator Award” for her exceptional contributions to the fields of osteoarthritis research and regenerative medicine.
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Life-Changing Care for Pelvic Organ Prolapse: UCSF Case Study
Symptoms of pelvic floor disorders, such as pelvic organ prolapse and urinary and fecal incontinence, can significantly hinder quality of life.
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The Intriguing Truth About Orthobiologics: Current Uses, Future Possibilities
For healing diseased or damaged tissues, therapies that use the body's native cellular components may have long-term advantages over go-to treatments, such as steroid injections.
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Will It Pass? Will It Recur? Get Current on Kidney Stone Management
Urologist Justin Ahn, MD, answers crucial questions on preventing and managing kidney stone disease – a condition affecting 10% of the U.S population, with young patients increasingly at risk.
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Physician Survey Shows Lack of Understanding of the FDA’s Approval Process
Many physicians are unfamiliar with how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulates new drugs and medical devices, and they may be under the impression that the data supporting these approvals are more rigorous than they are, according to a national survey of physicians conducted by researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF).
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Scientists Discover How to Make Ordinary Fat Cells Burn Calories
Researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature.
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UCSF Neurologist to Receive Prestigious Scientific Award
Stephen L. Hauser, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, has been chosen by the American Brain Foundation (ABF) to receive its second annual Scientific Breakthrough Award. Hauser is being honored for his career-long commitment to advancing the understanding of the genetic basis, immune mechanisms and treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Predictive Biomarkers, Tailored Therapy Among Conference Presentations
UCSF’s Eric J. Small, MD, becomes ASCO president at ASCO 2025 meeting
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Learning and Lowering Cardiovascular Risk: Effective, Efficient Strategies
This data-driven presentation from cardiologist Eveline Stock, MD, will give you a better grasp on how to identify an at-risk patient.
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Approaching Endometriosis: Deliver the Right Care for Individual Patients
Gynecologist Jeannette Lager, MD, MPH, associate director of the UCSF Endometriosis Center, offers a thorough update on this painful condition impacting around 10% of U.S. women.
