4 UCSF Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2021
Four UCSF faculty members wer elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
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New Pediatric ICU Opens to Serve East Bay Children
The 20,000-square-foot facility, located on the second floor of the main hospital building, is the latest milestone in UCSF’s ongoing investment to expand and enhance services in the 109-year-old Oakland hospital for children in Oakland and the greater Bay Area.
Hospitals Face Urgent Need for Addiction Treatment in Emergency Departments
An increasing percentage of emergency visits and hospitalizations in the United States before the pandemic involved patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders, according to a study by UCSF researchers.
For Newborns with Fever, New Guideline Offers Clarity to Pediatricians, Parents
A new guideline from the American Academy of Pediatrics offers dome clarity around diagnosing and treating newborns with a fever.
Long-Term Prognosis for Some Patients With Severe Brain Injury Better Than Expected, Study Shows
Researchers found that among the patients in a vegetative state, 1 in 4 “regained orientation” – meaning they knew who they were, their location and the date – within 12 months of their injury.
UCSF Co-Leads National Project for Health Providers to Prevent Gun Deaths and Injuries
UCSF, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and collaborators across the country have created a national guideline on educational priorities on firearm injury prevention for health professionals.
Peter Chin-Hong Explores Identity and History in 2021 Last Lecture
Knowing the whole story matters. That idea was at the heart of the 2021 UCSF Last Lecture, delivered by Peter Chin-Hong, MD, associate dean and professor in the School of Medicine. The last
Frontline Health Workers Across US Faced Unique Stressors During COVID-19
The study is among the first to assess mental health effects of the pandemic at a geographically diverse sample of emergency rooms.
Minorities Benefit Less from Regionalizing Heart Attack Care
California’s Black and Hispanic communities may be falling further behind whites in the quality of care they receive for heart attacks, despite recent medical efforts aimed at improving the standards of care for these populations, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.
COVID-19 Frontliners: ER, the Hospital’s First Line of Defense
As Emergency Medicine Chief, Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Healing the San Joaquin Valley
UCSF Fresno physician Kenny Bahn, MD, fights both COVID-19 and inequity in the San Joaquin Valley.
COVID-19 Frontliners: Confronting a Lethal Disease Unlike Any Before We’d Seen Before
What’s it like – as a clinician, researcher, student, or hospital staffer – to confront a lethal disease unlike any you’ve seen before? In this special series, professionals across UCSF share first-person accounts of COVID-19 that reveal grit, ingenuity, and resolve in the face of fear.
