Transplant Week at UCSF
September 22-28, 2008
UCSF will celebrate its 45th year as a world leader in transplantation from September 22-28, 2008. During Transplant Week at UCSF, we invite you to an exciting series of lectures and events. Please join us as we celebrate sharing life through the UCSF Transplant Service-now 10,000 patients, 45 years and growing!
Calendar of Events
Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday
General Information | In the News
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.
Monday September 22, 2008
Fitness for Life (Workshops)
Monday, September 22, 2008
9:00 - 10:00 am - Millberry Fitness and Recreation Center, Parnassus Campus, Millberry Studio 2
10:45 - 11:45 am - Bakar Fitness and Recreation Center, Mission Bay Campus, Bakar Studio 2
The Power of Personalized Lifestyle Changes (Lecture)
Monday, September 22, 2008
2:00 pm - Cole Hall, 513 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco
Dean Ornish, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF and founder of the non-profit Preventative Medicine Research Institute
Transplantation in HIV+ Patients (Lecture)
Monday, September 22, 2008
5:00 pm - Westin St. Francis Hotel, St. Francis Suite, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco
Peter Stock, MD, PhD, Principal Investigator
Michelle Roland, MD, Co-Investigator
Laurie Carlson, RN, MSN, Study Coordinator
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Tuesday September 23, 2008
Sun Protection and Skin Cancer Education: Tried and True, Plus Something New (Lecture)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
12:00 pm - Westin St. Francis Hotel, St. Francis Suite, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco
Steven Tomlanovich, MD, Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Service
Sarah Tuttleton Arron, MD, PhD, UCSF Department of Dermatology
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Liver Health: From Hepatitis to Cirrhosis to Transplant (Lecture)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
5:00 pm - Westin St. Francis Hotel, St. Francis Suite, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco
Sandy Feng, MD, PhD, Director, UCSF Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program
Marion Peters, MD, UCSF Chief of Hepatology Research
Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, UCSF Liver Specialist
Francis Yao, MD, Medical Director, UCSF Liver Transplant Service
Rationing Healthcare: Lessons from Organ Transplantation (Lecture)
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
6:00 pm - Commonwealth Club, 595 Market Street, San Francisco
John P. Roberts, MD, Chief, UCSF Transplant Service
Tickets available through the Commonwealth Club's website: http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/default.asp or by calling (415) 597-6700
Wednesday September 24, 2008
Pasta Picnic in Golden Gate Park
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
12:00 - 2:30 pm - Pioneer Log Cabin
Event by invitation only
Map of Golden Gate Park
Diabetes and Islet Cell Transplantation (Lecture)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
5:00 pm - Westin St. Francis Hotel, St. Francis Suite, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco
Andrew Posselt, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Pancreatic Islet Transplant Program
Peter Stock, MD, PhD, Surgical Director, Pancreas Transplant Program
Greg Szot, Manager of the Islet Transplant Facility, Diabetes Center at UCSF
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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
Friday September 26, 2008
Sexuality after Transplantation (Lecture)
Friday, September 26, 2008
12:00 pm - 513 Parnassus Avenue, Room N-217, San Francisco
John Chamberlain, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, UCSF Department of Surgery - Moderator
Saturday September 27, 2008
Event by invitation only
Sunday September 28, 2008
Liver Transplant Service at UCSF 2,000 patients, 20 years and growing...
Sunday, September 28, 2008
1:00 - 4:00 pm - Westin St. Francis Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 335 Powell Street, San Francisco
Event by invitation only
General Information
Generous Donors We'd Like to Recognize
In the News
Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD on NPR