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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.
New Keys to Cancer Care: How 2023 Findings Impact Treatment Decisions Video

New Keys to Cancer Care: How 2023 Findings Impact Treatment Decisions

These four collaborative talks from UCSF and John Muir Health specialists shine a light on recent study results that should inform treatment planning for patients with a variety of GI, breast, lung and blood cancers.
UCSF Health to Mark Thirty-Five Years of Heart Transplantation in 2024 News

UCSF Health to Mark Thirty-Five Years of Heart Transplantation in 2024

In 2024, UC Health will celebrate 35 years of performing heart transplants. Since completing their first heart transplant in March 1989, UCSF surgeons have performed nearly 600, and along the way, the health system has become a recognized leader in treating heart failure and the sixth largest program for transplants in the nation.
Better Management of Lung Nodules: Cutting-Edge Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools Video

Better Management of Lung Nodules: Cutting-Edge Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools

Interventional pulmonologist Diana H. Yu, MD – who performed the first robotic bronchoscopy at UCSF – presents the case for more aggressive lung screening in California and throughout the country, then offers an exciting look at the latest ultrasound and robotic techniques for detecting lesions, assessing risk of malignancy and performing biopsies.
Deadly Dust: Engineered Stone Is Making California Workers Sick News

Deadly Dust: Engineered Stone Is Making California Workers Sick

Workers making artificial-stone slabs for the most popular type of countertops sold in the United States are developing a potentially deadly, irreversible lung disease from tiny particles of toxic dust, researchers from UC San Francisco and UCLA found...
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)...
Can Reducing Insulin Resistance Minimize Severe Asthma Symptoms? News

Can Reducing Insulin Resistance Minimize Severe Asthma Symptoms?

UCSF researchers led a study that found insulin resistance (IR) is common in patients with severe asthma and is associated with lung function impairment and suboptimal responses to asthma medications.
New ATS Recommendation: Use Race-Neutral Equations for Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation to Improve Patient Care News

New ATS Recommendation: Use Race-Neutral Equations for Pulmonary Function Test Interpretation to Improve Patient Care

An American Thoracic Society (ATS) workshop committee, which included many UCSF researchers, recently released an official statement recommending the use of race-neutral average reference equations for pulmonary function test (PFT) interpretation.
Novel Tricuspid and Mitral Valve Procedures Improve Patients' Quality of Life News

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.
Susceptibility to Pathogenic T Cells in Chronic Lung Disease May have a Genetic Basis News

Susceptibility to Pathogenic T Cells in Chronic Lung Disease May have a Genetic Basis

Respiratory viral infections pose significant morbidity and mortality to patients with chronic lung diseases like emphysema and COPD, causing exacerbations that drive destruction of normal lung tissue, and leading to one of the most common diagnoses for hospital admissions.
Chances of Receiving Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Low-Volume Facility are Increasing, Despite Worse Outcomes News

Chances of Receiving Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Low-Volume Facility are Increasing, Despite Worse Outcomes

There is a well-established association between hospitals performing higher volumes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and improved patient outcomes.
Some Patients with Lung Disease Fare Worse Than Others. Could Sleep Explain It? News

Some Patients with Lung Disease Fare Worse Than Others. Could Sleep Explain It?

Flare-Ups in COPD Linked to Sleeplessness, UCSF-Led Study Shows
Killing Pancreatic Cancer with T Cells that Turbocharge Themselves News

Killing Pancreatic Cancer with T Cells that Turbocharge Themselves

Novel Immunotherapy Pumps Out Cancer-Killing Cytokines Only Inside the Tumor
Drug Turns Cancer Gene Into News

Drug Turns Cancer Gene Into "Eat Me" Flag for Immune System

UCSF-led study shows promising pre-clinical results in killing cancer cells resistant to current KRAS-targeted treatments.
Enhancing Care for Thoracic Oncology Surgery Patients News

Enhancing Care for Thoracic Oncology Surgery Patients

Building on a decades-long reputation for innovation in thoracic surgery, UC San Francisco’s Thoracic Surgery and Oncology Clinic has improved the overall experience for patients undergoing lung and esophageal cancer treatment while continuing to maintain strong outcomes.
UCSF Lung Transplant Clinic in Roseville Document

UCSF Lung Transplant Clinic in Roseville

UCSF Lung Transplant Clinic in Roseville
Race-Based Equations May Lead to Under-Treatment of Lung Disease in Black Patients News

Race-Based Equations May Lead to Under-Treatment of Lung Disease in Black Patients

Using race-based equations to evaluate lung disease -- a practice promoted in the 2019 guidelines of the American Thoracic Society -- may mean that severe lung disease in Black patients is classified as moderate disease, according to a UCSF-led study.
Better Cancer Care: Pearls From the Best Studies of 2022 Video

Better Cancer Care: Pearls From the Best Studies of 2022

Focusing on blood, breast and lung cancers, our specialists deliver exciting findings from the latest phase III trials.
UCSF Health Reaches 20,000 Organ Transplants News

UCSF Health Reaches 20,000 Organ Transplants

UC San Francisco surgeons have performed the health system’s 20,000th solid organ transplant, making it just the third in the nation to reach that milestone.
UCSF Surgeons Perform First Pure Robotic Whipple Surgery in the Bay Area News

UCSF Surgeons Perform First Pure Robotic Whipple Surgery in the Bay Area

Gastrointestinal surgeons at UC San Francisco have performed the first pure robotically assisted Whipple surgery in San Francisco.
Prominent Cardiac Surgeons Join UCSF’s Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center News

Prominent Cardiac Surgeons Join UCSF’s Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center

UC San Francisco’s Cardiovascular team is welcoming two highly regarded cardiac surgeons to its renowned program. The specialists will join the newly formed Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center (AHF CCC).
Lung Transplant Candidates: Shining a Light on UCSF’s Evaluation Process Video

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.
Renowned Pulmonary Disease Specialist to Lead UCSF Pulmonology Program News

Renowned Pulmonary Disease Specialist to Lead UCSF Pulmonology Program

Prescott Woodruff, MD, MPH, a renowned leader in the pathogenesis and treatment of airway disease, has been appointed chief of UC San Francisco’s Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Sleep Medicine. Prescott will assume the role of chief on July 1.
The COPD Blues: A Guide to Optimizing Outpatient Management Video

The COPD Blues: A Guide to Optimizing Outpatient Management

For the 30 million adults in the U.S. with COPD, effective care requires providers to have an up-to-date understanding of treatment options as well as the ability to respond to changes in a patient’s status.

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