University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSF<p>San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon Rochelle Dicker, who has treated many pedestrians who ended up in the emergency room after being struck by vehicles, is working with city officials to help make the streets of San Francisco safer.</p>
<p>Quetions and answers about UCSF Shuttles.</p>
<p>UCSF’s effort to enhance the safety of its campus shuttle system, in the wake of a recent fatal accident, is on schedule and proceeding smoothly.</p>
<p>Twenty high school students from San Francisco's public schools completed a summer internship program at UCSF that is designed to stimulate their interest in science and to bolster their confidence to continue on to college.</p>
<p>Mary Blegen, director of the Center for Patient Safety in the UCSF School of Nursing, describes the importance of interprofessional teamwork to improve the quality and safety of patient care.</p>
Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear through an animal’s skin with their razor-sharp teeth, their noses guide them to the best spots – where a precise bite will strike a vein and spill forth nourishing blood. But nobody knew exactly how bats knew where to bite – until now.
A new and simple risk score may aid physicians in gauging the likelihood that a common drug will cause a hemorrhagic stroke or other major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, potentially allowing wider but safer use of the effective drug.
<p>UCSF's Molly Cooke has won an inaugural award recognizing the best articles in medical professionalism for her paper titled "Cost Consciousness in Patient Care - What is Medical Education's Responsibility," which was published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p>