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UCSF Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building Opens to Patients
UCSF is welcoming its first patients to the Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building, a one-of-a-kind treatment center that aims to redefine mental health services and make a bold statement against stigma.
A Brain Tumor Patient Celebrates Survival
When Cheryl Broyles was diagnosed with glioblastoma, her goal was to outlive the disease’s 15-month prognosis. That was 22 years ago. Broyles’ survival has been the result of luck, tumor location, and cutting-edge treatment and diagnostics.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among the Best for 2022-23
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have been recognized among the nation’s best pediatric medical centers in all 10 specialties assessed in U.S. News & World Report's Best Children’s Hospitals 2022-23, reflecting the caliber of specialty care the hospitals provide.
The Bandaged Place: From AIDS to COVID and Racial Justice
This award-winning documentary explores grief, rage, and identity through the stories of three men, all Asian American artists, including producer, director, and UCSF resident alum Ravi Chandra, MD.
Why Cope When You Can Heal? How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD
Diana Hendel, PharmD ’89, and psychiatrist Mark Goulston, MD, share empathetic advice and tangible tools in this guide for health care professionals and leaders. Hendel’s perspective on trauma and healing stems from her journey leading a hospital through the aftermath of a deadly workplace shooting.
Five Questions for UCSF Health’s New President & CEO
Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA, recently assumed the helm of UCSF Health, which includes about 18,000 staff and physicians; it admits 41,000 patients and handles more than 2.5 million outpatient visits yearly.
Envisioning the Operating Room of the Future
Glimpse the technologies that will catapult neurosurgery to the next level of precision.
The Case of the Curious Clots
A less meticulous physician might have mistaken the man’s complaints for run-of-the-mill vascular disease. Not UCSF resident Ori Lieberman.
Nurses Needed Now
A nursing shortage is hammering hospitals everywhere. Nursing leader Gina Intinarelli-Shuler, PhD ’13, RN, shares how UCSF is handling the challenge.
Get Back in the Game
UCSF sports medicine experts share their savvy on how to overcome injuries and stay active for life.
Training the Eye to See Disease On Dark Skin
Most dermatologists aren’t adequately taught to treat patients of color. UCSF’s Jenna Lester wants to fix that.
Stad Gift Launches Center for Pediatric Pain and Integrative Medicine
A $3 million gift from Elisa and Marc Stad will launch the Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative & Integrative Medicine at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals – one of the most innovative and comprehensive programs of its kind in the nation.
