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UCSF Researchers Awarded Landmark Grant to Support Shoulder Osteoarthritis Research
The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine and the Arthritis Foundation have awarded a $500,000 multicenter research grant to UCSF Health’s Michael Davies, MD, and co-principal investigators Brian Feeley, MD, of UCSF and Robert Tashjian, MD of the University of Utah, for a first-of-its-kind collaboration intended to at advance research and treatment of osteoarthritis.
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Can a New Drug Candidate Cure Pancreatic Cancer?
UC San Francisco researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, condition.
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How This Cancer Drug Could Make Radiation a Slam Dunk Therapy
UCSF scientists combine a precision drug therapy with an antibody and radiation to eliminate tumors without causing side effects.
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UCSF Health Leads Statewide Efforts to Improve Dementia Care, Diagnosis
UCSF Health provides innovative tools, guidance to improve access and awareness related to brain health and dementia detection.
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‘Every Time I Relapsed, There Would Be a New Course of Therapy’
He was told cancer would kill him in two to four years. Fourteen years later, he credits a series of medications and treatments funded by the National Institutes of Health.
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UCSF Urology Experts Present Innovative Research and Treatment at National Urology Conference
Uncovering mechanisms of resistance to treatment in prostate cancer and improving response to cellular therapies in bladder cancer, are among the topics UCSF clinicians discussed at the American Urological Association’s 2026 Annual Meeting.
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Can Artificial Intelligence Reduce Invasive Testing and Improve Cardiac Diagnostics?
Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide.
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How Personalized, Evidence-Based Care Improves High-Risk Pregnancy Outcomes
High-risk complications occur in 6% to 8% of pregnancies in the U.S. and require specialized treatment to ensure the best possible outcomes for both the pregnant patient and the fetus.
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New Spine Surgery Chief Shapes UCSF’s Status as Global Leader
Rajiv Sethi, MD, PhD, has been appointed chief of the UCSF Division of Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, one of the nation’s premier spine programs.
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Adult Acquired Buried Penis: Improving Patient Outcomes
Adult-acquired buried penis (AABP) is a condition in which excess or abnormal surrounding soft tissue covers the penis, resulting in sexual and urinary dysfunction. While it’s associated with obesity, AABP does not typically subside with weight loss.
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Mandibulectomy and Reconstruction Restores Quality of Life for Patient With Rare Disorder: UCSF Case Study
34-year-old woman with Fanconi anemia (FA) and oral dysplasia presented to the UCSF Head and Neck Surgery Cancer Program with mucosal changes involving the tongue and mandibular gingiva.
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Panel Issues First Guidelines to Prevent Anal Cancer in People With HIV
Results from a national study led by UC San Francisco informed the first guidelines at the federal level in the United States to detect and treat anal cancer precursor lesions in people with HIV to reduce the risk of developing anal cancer.
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Katherine Van Loon Named Editor-in-Chief of JCO Global Oncology
Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH, has been appointed as the next editor-in-chief of JCO Global Oncology (JCO GO), an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) journal.
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Novel Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Procedures Improve Patients' Quality of Life
UC San Francisco interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed two novel minimally invasive cardiac procedures for the first time in the health system.
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How a Tumor Marker for Ovarian Cancer May Help Treat the Deadliest Bladder Cancers
Bladder tumors that have been excluded from clinical trials have a few things in common that could lead to new therapies.
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This New Treatment Can Adjust to Parkinson's Symptoms in Real Time
People with Parkinson’s disease have a new treatment option, thanks to U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of groundbreaking new technology.
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Scientists Discover a New Hormone that Can Build Strong Bones
A newly discovered hormone that keeps the bones of breastfeeding women strong could also help bone fractures heal and treat osteoporosis in the broader population.
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Saras Ramanathan, MD, Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Academic Ophthalmology
Saras Ramanathan, MD, has been appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Academic Ophthalmology (JAO)
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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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Halt the UTI Cycle: Tips and Techniques for Treating a Common Urinary Woe
Urogynecologist Abigail Shatkin-Margolis, MD, offers an update to help PCPs efficiently assess and treat patients prone to urinary tract infections, with a focus on both young and elderly adults.
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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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Erectile Dysfunction: Guide to Diagnosis and Complete Care for a Common Condition
This presentation from urologist John Lindsey, MD, lays out the numerous contributing factors as well as treatments for erectile dysfunction, which affects about 30 million men in U.S. but isn’t always discussed during regular checkups
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Keys to the Knees: How to Approach a Variety of Meniscus Tears
Historically misunderstood even by sports medicine specialists, meniscus tears are a range of conditions best managed by considering specifics of both the injury and the patient.
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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.
