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Surgical Innovations Accelerator Projects Harness Unique Talents of MTM Student Teams

UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
October 05, 2017
At the heart of the UC Berkeley-UCSF Master of Translational Medicine (MTM) program is a hands-on capstone project, where student teams work on developing medical technologies from idea to bedside. Three Surgical Innovations Accelerator projects from the Spring 2017 cycle have been selected to participate in the...
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UCSF Department of Surgery Faculty Honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards

UCSF Department of Surgery
October 02, 2017
The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators presented seven Department of Surgery faculty with the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2017 at a ceremony on September 11th at the UCSF School of Nursing, held in conjunction with the Academy's induction of new members. The Academy's Excellence in Teaching Awards...
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Traveling to Mars Will Wreak Havoc on Our Bodies — Can We Prevent It?

UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 14, 2017
UCSF News reports on research into the effects of space travel, known and unknown, to the physiology and bodies of astronauts traveling about the international space station (ISS). The research has profound implications for longer trips to distant planets, notably NASA's goal of flying a manned spacecraft to Mars...

Vascular Surgeon Tim Chuter Honored with 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award

UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
June 15, 2017
Timothy A.M. Chuter, BM BS, DM, FACS, Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, has been honored with the 2017 Jacobson Innovation Award by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for his pioneering work, spanning many decades, in the field of endovascular aneurysm repair. Dr...

Marlene Grenon, Space Medicine Trailblazer, Profiled by Society for Vascular Surgery

UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
November 18, 2016
The multifaceted rarefied career of Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., aspiring astronaut cum UCSF vascular surgeon, was recently profiled in the October 2106 issue of "Vascular Specialist", a publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) with a worldwide audience of vascular surgeons, interventional...
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Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care Launches New Website

UCSF Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care
June 22, 2016
The UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery recently launched a new website for its Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care. The program, led by vascular surgeon Michael S. Conte, M.D. and podiatric surgeon Alexander M. Reyzelman, D.P.M. , is the first of its kind in the Bay Area — pooling the expertise...

UCSF Heart & Vascular Center Opens New Clinic Offering Integrated Multidisciplinary Care

UCSF Department of Surgery
June 22, 2016
The UCSF Heart and Vascular Center recently opened a new ambulatory care clinic located on the 5th Floor of the ACC Building at 400 Parnassus Ave. in San Francisco. The multidisciplinary clinic offers outpatient care and testing , and an array medical procedures. The new clinic houses eleven UCSF cardiovascular...

NP Joanna DeLong Profiled in Article Highlighting Advanced Practice Nursing

UCSF Vascular Surgery / Center for Limb Preservation
June 01, 2016
The career of nurse practitioner Joanna Delong, RN, MS, NP, Clinical Director of the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center, was the subject of a recent profile in the School of Nursing's "Science of Caring". The article " Creating Opportunities for Nurse Practitioners to Help Save Limbs and More" describes her diverse...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Vascular Function Among Veterans

UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 01, 2016
UCSF News reports on a recent study led by UCSF researchers linking post-traumatic stress to a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death. The results of the research were reported in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association. Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M. Associate Professor in the...

Rong Wang, Ph.D. to Speak at American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) 2016

UCSF Wang Lab
February 23, 2016
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab, has been invited to speak at the The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) 2016 symposium on the topic of “Angiogenesis in Organ Development and Function." The ASIP 2016 Annual Meeting will be held April 2-6, 2016, in conjunction...
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Conceptual Artist Retains Limb Against Long Odds

UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
January 25, 2016
In his 33-year career as a conceptual artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, John Maduell illustrated futuristic technologies few others could imagine. But he never envisioned the toll diabetes and vascular disease would take on his body—or that one day he might lose his legs because of these problems...

A Fishy Fix For Inflammation

UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 01, 2015
UCSF Magazine reports on the work of researchers using potent compounds, produced naturally from fish oil, to block the inflammation that can reblock arteries opened during stent procedures. Michael S. Conte, M.D. Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Conte Lab, and other...