A six-year study of a special type of brain aneurysm -- the thrombotic aneurysm -- has led to a treatment "roadmap" that should mean better outcomes for patients with this unusual medical problem.
The campus community is invited to hear national health expert, Dean Ornish, MD, clinical professor of medicine at UCSF, who will discuss how his pioneering scientific research has reversed and prevented chronic illnesses and how lifestyle changes can improve health and quality of life.
The campus community is invited to a ceremony honoring two of UCSF's top teachers, Tracy B. Fulton, PhD, and Martin S. Bogetz, MD, who will be presented the 2004-2005 UCSF Distinction in Teaching Awards on Thursday, April 28.
Lewis T. "Rusty" Williams, founder and executive chairman of FivePrime Therapeutics Inc., will be the keynote speaker at tonight's (April 19) Scientist to CEO event at UCSF Mission Bay.
The campus community is invited to hear Mark Smith, CEO and president of the California HealthCare Foundation, who will address "Advocacy for Access and Cost Control in Health Care: We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us" next week.