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Advances in Obesity Medicine: Better Bariatric Surgery Options and Outcomes Video

Advances in Obesity Medicine: Better Bariatric Surgery Options and Outcomes

With obesity affecting 40% of the U.S. population, bariatric surgeon Jonathan Carter, MD, reviews the devastating health effects of excess body fat and contends that clinicians can no longer sidestep difficult conversations about weight management.
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.
Living Donor Renal Transplant Video

Living Donor Renal Transplant

In this narrated surgical video, Chris Friese, MD, performs a right laparoscopic donor nephrectomy.
Lung Cancer Screening: Who, How and When to Refer Video

Lung Cancer Screening: Who, How and When to Refer

†horacic radiologist Brett M. Elicker, MD, and thoracic surgeon Johannes Kratz, MD, present about current lung cancer screening guidelines: who, how, and when to refer.
How Technology, Human Values and New Scrutiny of Old Methods Are Improving Cancer Outcomes Video

How Technology, Human Values and New Scrutiny of Old Methods Are Improving Cancer Outcomes

Three surgical oncologists offer exciting news on hepatobiliary, thyroid and breast cancers. First up is a look at benefits of minimally invasive robotic surgery for rectal cancers; regional therapy for metastatic GI cancer; 3D virtual surgical planning; and biomarkers for pancreatic cysts.
Know Your Thyroid: Here’s Help With Understanding Nodules and Cancer Video

Know Your Thyroid: Here’s Help With Understanding Nodules and Cancer

Thyroid disease is increasingly common. In this video, UCSF specialists clearly explain the basics of thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer, helping patients make sense of their treatment options, from monitoring to surgery to radioactive iodine.
Update on Liver Lesions: What Works in Managing HCC Video

Update on Liver Lesions: What Works in Managing HCC

Based on clear metrics, transplant hepatologist Neil Mehta, MD, presents diagnostic criteria for hepatocellular carcinoma, then shows how UCSF’s HCC team reaches decisions on treatment for individual cases – with plans ranging from resection or ablation to downstaging drugs and transplantation.
Adrenal Tumors and Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy (PRA): A Case Study Video

Adrenal Tumors and Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic Adrenalectomy (PRA): A Case Study

Sanziana Roman, MD, an endocrine surgeon, discusses a patient’s treatment for a tumor in the retroperitoneum, near the adrenal gland.
Personalized Therapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer at UCSF Video

Personalized Therapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer at UCSF

Follow the journey of a UCSF patient with early-stage, high-risk lung cancer, from history to treatment and prognosis, including how surgeons chose to do a robotic assisted VATS lobectomy and an analysis of how well chemo is likely to work for her.