Past Newsletters
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Redefining Excellence in Heart Transplantation
Part of UCSF Health’s Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center, the Heart Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Programs treat complex, high-acuity patients while consistently achieving exceptional survival rates, ...
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Redefining Excellence in Kidney Transplantation
UCSF Health’s highly skilled team of kidney transplant specialists has extensive experience in treating medically complex, high-acuity patients while consistently achieving exceptional survival rates, according to the Scientific Registry ...
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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 ...
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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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From the Lab to the Living Room: Decoding Parkinson’s Patients’ Movements in the Real World
For people living with Parkinson’s disease, this gap between laboratory research and real-world behavior has limited efforts to improve gait symptoms outside of the clinic.
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Improving Diagnosis of Aortic Stenosis with Genetics and AI
Joint UCSF and Broad Institute study investigates genetic basis for development of of Aortic Stenosis.
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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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Prominent Thoracic Surgeon to Lead New Division of Thoracic Surgery at UCSF
Johannes R. Kratz, MD, has been appointed as the inaugural Chief of UCSF’s Division of Thoracic Surgery, one of the leading, academic robotic thoracic surgery programs in the western United States.
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Prioritizing Organ Preservation for Rectal Cancer Patients
Although rectal cancer is a life-threatening disease, it is highly curable in its early stages. Depending on the location and state of the cancer, surgery may be required.
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In a study published last January in The Lancet, UCSF researchers sought to assess efficacy and safety of discontinuing treatment in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis by conducting a multicenter, randomized-controlled ...
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Could This Precision Medicine Approach Help Patients Delay Dementia?
Combining genetic risk with cardiovascular disease risk factors — such as high LDL cholesterol, obesity, and hypertension — may predict who is more likely to develop dementia, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco.
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A breakthrough treatment in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease is a class of therapies called anti-amyloid antibodies (anti-A?). These monoclonal antibodies – proteins made in a laboratory intended to stimulate the immune system – have ...
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UCSF Study Finds a Better Way to Screen for Breast Cancer
A pioneering study has found that an individualized approach to breast cancer screening that assesses patients’ risk, rather than automatically giving annual mammograms, can lower the chance of more advanced cancers, while still safely ...
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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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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.
