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UCSF Transplant Program Celebrates National Donate Life Blue & Green Day

UCSF Transplant Surgery
April 17, 2015
Members of the UCSF Transplant Surgery Program participated in National Donate Life Blue & Green Day, wearing the the commemorative blue and green colors, and showing their solidarity with the cause. During this day,the public is encouraged to wear blue and green, hold events and fundraisers, and partner with...

20th Annual Chris Mudge Pediatric Transplant Picnic

UCSF Transplant Surgery
April 06, 2015
The 20th Annual Chris Mudge Pediatric Transplant Picnic will take place McNears Beach in San Rafael, CA on Saturday, August 1, 2015. Attendees will be treated to music, dancing, kayaking, face-painting, piñatas, bubbles, and more.

Dr. Jennifer Lai Honored for Research in Cirrhotic and Liver Transplant Patients

UCSF Transplant Surgery
March 20, 2015
UCSF News reports that Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA, a general and transplant hepatologist and assistant clinical professor in the UCSF Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, has been honored for her "patient-oriented clinical research within the core principles of geriatrics (i.e., frailty, disability, lag-time...
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Wife Gives Husband Battling Kidney Disease Sweet Valentine's Gift

UCSF Transplant Surgery
February 20, 2015
KGO ABC 7 News reports on Sarah Brewster's gift of a kidney to her husband, Jesse Brewster, the latter who suffers from polycystic kidney disease (PKD). Jesse received the kidney in an a living donor kidney transplant performed by UCSF transplant surgeons in mid-February, 2015 at UCSF Medical Center. A Bay Area...
Walnut Creek Man Receives Gift Of Life From Family For A Second Time
Walnut Creek Man Receives Gift Of Life From Family For A Second Time

Walnut Creek Man Receives Gift of Life From Family --- For a Second Time

UCSF Transplant Surgery
February 09, 2015
The Contra Costa Times reports on the heartrending story of Chris Schroeder (pictured center), who received a donated kidney at age 50 from his wife, and then eight years later after the transplant failed, a second donated kidney from his son. Mr. Schroeder underwent successful surgery at UCSF Medical Center in...
Thumb Daughter Donates Liver To Save

Daughter Donates Liver to Save Mom's Life Called A Miraculous Opportunity

UCSF Transplant Surgery
December 21, 2014
The St. Helena Star tells the story of a daughter who donated a portion of her liver to save her mother's life, part of a living donor liver transplant procedure performed by transplant surgeons at UCSF Medical Center . Kimberly St. Clair-Davis calls donating a portion of her liver to her mother, Sandy Zablosky, a...

New AASLD Video Showcases UCSF Liver Transplant Program

UCSF Transplant Surgery
December 20, 2014
A new video on AASLD TV (American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases) features the UCSF Liver Transplant Program and faculty John P. Roberts, M.D. , Norah A. Terrault, M.D., M.P.H. and Francis Y.K. Yao, M.D. A s a leader in the treatment of liver disease and transplantation, UCSF has performed more than 2...

Study Shows Excellent Post-Transplant Outcomes Following Down-Staging of HCC Patients

UCSF Transplant Surgery
December 10, 2014
Successful downstaging of selected patients with HCC (hepatocellular carcinoma) before liver transplantation leads to excellent 5-year recurrence-free and overall survival rates post-transplant, according to a just-reported multicenter study led by UCSF Transplant Program investigators. Medscape Medical News...

Blood Test Predicts Signs of Acute Rejection in Kidney Transplants

Sarwal Lab
December 01, 2014
UCSF News reports on research led by Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD, Director of the Sarwal Lab, in developing a test for diagnosing and predicting acute rejection (AR) in kidney transplants, a finding that eventually could replace the need for biopsies and lead to earlier detection of AR and treatment. 'We have found a...

Organ Transplant Patients Face Higher Risk of Skin Cancer

UCSF Transplant Surgery
November 19, 2014
Organ transplant patients face higher risk of skin cancer according to a recent article in the San Francisco Chronicle online (SFGATE): Studies show the medications increase the odds that transplant patients will acquire skin cancer by up to 100 times compared with the general population, and their risks increase...

Most Liver Transplant Candidates Receive Donation Offers

UCSF Transplant Surgery
October 22, 2014
UCSF News reports on a study that found that the vast majoirty of liver transplant candidates who died or were delisted from the transplant list had previously received one or more liver donation offers: Most liver transplant candidates who died or were removed from the transplant list actually received one or...

Toward Personalized Medicine for Kidney Transplant Recipients

UCSF Transplant Surgery
August 27, 2014
Flavio Vincenti, M.D., UCSF Professor of Medicine and Surgery and a kidney and pancreas transplant specialist, is the principal investigator on a new seven-year, $17 million multicenter study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the study is to determine if certain immune system cells...