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Greg J. Haro, MD Named a 2019 STAT Wunderkind
General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Greg J. Haro, MD, a general surgery resident at UCSF, has been named a 2019 STAT Wunderkind by STAT News, a journal that reports the latest in health, medicine, and scientific discoveries. This prestigious award is given to early-career scientists who are performing groundbreaking research. Dr. Haro is currently a...
Dr. Tobias Deuse Awarded 4-year NSF Grant to Study Effects of Aging Aboard ISS Using Novel Platform
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
October 04, 2019
Cardiac and heart/lung transplant surgeon-scientist Tobias Deuse, M.D. has been awarded a 4-year $400K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate space-related physiological changes in liver aging and regeneration. The work will be carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using...
Tobias Deuse, MD and Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD Lead Research Team Unearthing New Clues to Stem Cell Transplant Rejection
UCSF News
August 20, 2019
Mutations in Mitochondrial DNA Induced by Cell Reprogramming May Trigger Immune Response In 2006, scientists discovered a way to āreprogramā mature cells ā adult skin cells, for example ā into stem cells that could, in principle, give rise to any tissue or organ in the body. Many assumed it was only a matter of...
Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D. Awarded Hellman Family Early Career Faculty Award
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Lab
August 20, 2019
UCSF Assistant Professor Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D., a member of the UCSF Thoracic Oncology Lab, was awarded the Hellman Family - Early Career Faculty Award for 2019-2020. Established by Warren & Chris Hellman and their children in 1994, the purpose of the Hellman Fellows Program is to support the research of...
UCSF Health
August 15, 2019
Tobias Deuse, MD, Professor of Surgery at UCSF, and a cardiac and heart transplant surgeon internationally renowned for his pioneering work in the development of minimally-invasive techniques for mitral valve repair, discusses the advantages of minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of mitral valve...
Four Department of Surgery Members Honored with UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Awards
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 22, 2019
Four members of the UCSF Department of Surgery were recently honored with Exceptional Physician Awards by UCSF Health. The four were nominated and selected based on their demonstration of UCSF's core PRIDE values -- Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. Their hard work, dedication and...
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program and Kratz Lab
May 20, 2019
Despite adoption of molecular biomarkers in the management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the recently adopted 8th Edition staging utilized only clinicopathologic characteristics, and validated improvement in risk stratification of early-stage disease remains elusive. We therefore evaluated the integration...
Gavitt A. Woodard, MD, Awarded Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship from AATS Foundation
UCSF Cardiothoracic Surgery
May 08, 2019
Gavitt A. Woodard, M.D., a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at UCSF, has been awarded an Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship from the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS) Foundation. This opportunity provides advanced robotic training and certification to a select group of fellows each year. Dr...
Johannes Kratz, MD Recipient of the Inaugural ImmunoX Hellman Family Clinical-Translational Research Development Award
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
May 06, 2019
UCSF surgeon-scientist Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. was awarded the Inaugural Hellman Family Clinical-Translational Research Development Award from the Bakar ImmunoX initiative. This development award embeds a young investigator in an ImmunoX CoLab for two years in order to rapidly translate clinical insights into...
Julius Guccione, Jr., PhD Inducted into American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) College of Fellows
UCSF Surgical Innovations and Cardiac Biomechanics Lab
March 27, 2019
Julius Guccione, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Co-Director of the UCSF Cardiac Biomechanics Lab, was inducted into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering ( AIMBE) College of Fellows at its annual meeting in Washington, DC, on March 25, 2019. Guccione was one of four UCSF faculty...
CRISPR Gene Editing Makes Stem Cells āInvisibleā to Immune System
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
February 26, 2019
Technique Prevents Transplant Rejection in the Lab, a Major Advance for Stem Cell Therapies Human heart muscle cells derived from triple-engineered stem cells that are āinvisibleā to the immune system. The red is troponin, a protein that participates in cardiac muscle contraction. The blue is the cellās nucleus...
Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD and Tobias Deuse, MD AwardedĀ 4-Year $3M NIH R01 Grant to Study Role of Cardiomyocytes in Heart Repair
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
December 05, 2018
Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D. and Tobias Deuse, M.D. have been awarded a 4-Year $3M NIH R01 Grant to study the role of cardiomyocytes in heart repair. Dr. Schrepfer is an associate professor and director of the UCSF Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab . Dr. Deuse, a renowned heart surgeon, is associate...
Paper on Potential Novel Therapeutic for Shh-Driven Cancers Featured on Cover of Oncotarget
Thoracic Oncology Lab
March 27, 2018
A team led by Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D. and David M. Jablons, M.D. has developed and characterized a potential novel therapeutic for Sonic hedgehog (Shh)-driven cancers, including some lung cancers. Dr. Tolani is an assistant professor and member of the Thoracic Oncology Program , and principal investigator in the...
Thoracic Oncology Program Launches Kratz Lab Focused on Therapeutic Interventions for Early-Stage Lung Cancers
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
March 26, 2018
The Thoracic Oncology Program proudly announces the launch of the Kratz Lab, which will focus on understanding the genetic and immunological mechanisms that drive early-stage, surgically resectable thoracic malignancies, most notably non-small cell lung cancer. The translationally-focused Kratz Lab will use t he...
Sonja Schrepfer and Tobias Deuse Awarded 4-year $2.4M NIH Grant to Study Space-Related Physiological Changes and Altered Immune Function
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
February 26, 2018
Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D. and Tobias Deuse, M.D. have been awarded a 4-year $2.4M NIH grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to investigate space-related physiological changes, analogous to those observed during aging, including defects in bone healing, loss of cardiovascular...
Johannes Kratz Named Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 24, 2018
Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. has been named the new Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology. Kratz is an assistant professor in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, a member of the Thoracic Oncology Program, and director of Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery. The Van Auken Endowed Chair supports...