Unless otherwise noted, please contact Sarah Krumholz at (415) 502-1899 or skrumholz@support.ucsf.edu to make a reservation for the events listed below.
Please RSVP no later than September 19, 2008. Space is limited.

Thursday September 25, 2008

Navigating the Organ Transplant Maze (Lecture)
Thursday, September 25, 2008
12:00 pm - Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, San Francisco
Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, UCSF Department of Surgery
Tickets available through the Commonwealth Club's website: http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/default.asp or by calling (415) 597-6700

Almost 100,000 children and adults with end-stage organ disease are awaiting transplants in the United States. Dr. Ascher will discuss what patients and their families need to know about finding the safest treatments with the best outcomes available. She will discuss how health systems are evaluated, transplantation outcomes and how to analyze them, and milestones of UCSF’s solid organ transplantation service in its first 45 years.