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Support the Transplant Surgery Program in the quest to discover new treatments for diseases of the kidney, liver and pancreas and to improve transplantation outcomes.
The Nathan Bass UCSF Liver Transplant Conference - 2012
The Annual Conference at The Siverado in Napa features an outstanding group of faculty, led by Francis Y.K. Yao, M.D., discussing the latest developments in liver transplantation and liver disease.
UCSF Study Shows that Deadly Liver Cancer May Be Triggered by Cells Changing Identity
Holger Willenbring, M.D., Ph.D., and researchers from his lab show that cholangiocarcinomas, also known as bile duct cancers, may actually develop when one type of liver cell morphs into a totally different type, a process scientists used to consider all but impossible.
With advances in
surgical technique and improved drugs to prevent infection
and rejection, organ transplantation is
now recognized as the most effective treatment
for many diseases. UCSF is a leader in
both adult and pediatric transplants for liver, kidney,
pancreas and small bowel, attracting patients nationally
and internationally. Children who previously
had little hope of survival in the event of organ
failure, now thrive as healthy adults with
transplanted organs. Each tranplant candidate is carefully
evaluated by a multidisciplinary team that includes transplant
surgeons, gastroenterologists, nephrologists,
hepatologists, infectious disease specialists, and
social workers. Patients receive state-of-the-art
care for highly complex procedures with intensive long-term
followup.
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Patient Stories
Amy Baghdadi, The Gift of a Lifetime
With two children to raise and time ticking down, Amy Baghdadi was fast running out of options. But at her daughter's soccer practice, a fellow parent, who happened to be UCSF transplant surgeon, Andrew Posselt, M.D., Ph.D., heard Amy's story.Convinced there were other options, he referred Amy to the UCSF Liver Transplant Center. Ultimately, a life-changing gift from a family friend, Olivia Lemen, enabled Amy to receive a living-donor liver transplant performed by a team of UCSF transplant surgeons, Nancy Ascher, M.D., Ph.D. and John Roberts, M.D.
After Islet Cell Transplant, Glucose Control is
Amazing
Alison Wesley
received her diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes when she was just 11
years old, after she developed the classic symptoms of the disease
- severe weight loss, excessive thirst, sugar cravings, frequent
urination, and feeling lethargic. Doctors put her on the first
generation of insulin pumps, which she continued with unitl
her early 30s until they could no longer control her glucose.
Wesley eventually enrolled in a clinical trial at UCSF's Islet and Cellular Transplantation Facility,
undergoing successive islet cell transplants performed by
UCSF transplant surgeon Andrew M. Posselt, M.D.,
Ph.D. She now now describes her glucose control as
"amazing".