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Marlene Grenon to Present Research Talk, “Is Depression a Risk Factor for PAD?” at 2017 Vascular Annual Meeting
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
May 31, 2017
Dr. Marlene Grenon, a UCSF Vascular Surgeon and Researcher has been invited to present her pioneering work on the relationship between mental health and vascular disease at the upcoming Vascular Annual Meeting for the Society for Vascular Surgery. Her presentation will be highlighted as part of Plenary Session 4...
Conte Lab Awarded Multiple Grants to Develop Drug-Device Preventing Restenosis in Cardiovascular Patients
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
May 03, 2017
Michael S. Conte, M.D. , Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Conte Lab, has been awarded two grants to develop a prototype medical device that will deliver bioactive lipid mediators to prevent "restenosis", the recurrent narrowing of blood vessels following...
Shant Vartanian Receives Accelerator Award to Develop Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Device for Dialysis Access
UCSF Division of Vascular Surgery
April 24, 2017
Shant Vartanian, M.D. received an Accelerator Award to d evelop a Percutaneous Arteriovenous Fistula Device for Dialysis Access at the Surgical Innovations Shark Tank on Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. This was the 2 nd Shark Tank hosted by Surgical Innovations, an internal incubator...
Marlene Grenon, Space Medicine Trailblazer, Profiled by Society for Vascular Surgery
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
November 18, 2016
The multifaceted rarefied career of Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., aspiring astronaut cum UCSF vascular surgeon, was recently profiled in the October 2106 issue of "Vascular Specialist", a publication of the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) with a worldwide audience of vascular surgeons, interventional...
Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care Launches New Website
UCSF Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care
June 22, 2016
The UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery recently launched a new website for its Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care. The program, led by vascular surgeon Michael S. Conte, M.D. and podiatric surgeon Alexander M. Reyzelman, D.P.M. , is the first of its kind in the Bay Area — pooling the expertise...
UCSF Heart & Vascular Center Opens New Clinic Offering Integrated Multidisciplinary Care
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 22, 2016
The UCSF Heart and Vascular Center recently opened a new ambulatory care clinic located on the 5th Floor of the ACC Building at 400 Parnassus Ave. in San Francisco. The multidisciplinary clinic offers outpatient care and testing , and an array medical procedures. The new clinic houses eleven UCSF cardiovascular...
NP Joanna DeLong Profiled in Article Highlighting Advanced Practice Nursing
UCSF Vascular Surgery / Center for Limb Preservation
June 01, 2016
The career of nurse practitioner Joanna Delong, RN, MS, NP, Clinical Director of the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center, was the subject of a recent profile in the School of Nursing's "Science of Caring". The article " Creating Opportunities for Nurse Practitioners to Help Save Limbs and More" describes her diverse...
Robert Raffai, Ph.D. Awarded R01 Grant to Study Hyperglycemia and MicroRNA Dysregulation of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis Research Lab
May 27, 2016
The NIH has awarded Robert Raffai, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Atherosclerosis Research Lab, a 4-year R01 grant to study Hyperglycemia and MicroRNA Dysregulation of Inflammation in Atherosclerosis. Dr. Raffai has described the...
UCSF Vascular Surgery Earns Highest Designation in Leapfrog Survey for Quality Outcomes in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 01, 2016
The UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery program earned the highest designation in the 2015 Leapfrog Hospital Survey for quality outcomes in California for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair and tied for the lowest predicted mortality score for the procedure in the state.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Worse Vascular Function Among Veterans
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 01, 2016
UCSF News reports on a recent study led by UCSF researchers linking post-traumatic stress to a higher risk for cardiovascular disease and death. The results of the research were reported in the March 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Heart Association. Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M. Associate Professor in the...
Rong Wang, Ph.D. to Speak at American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) 2016
UCSF Wang Lab
February 23, 2016
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab, has been invited to speak at the The American Society for Investigative Pathology (ASIP) 2016 symposium on the topic of “Angiogenesis in Organ Development and Function." The ASIP 2016 Annual Meeting will be held April 2-6, 2016, in conjunction...
Conceptual Artist Retains Limb Against Long Odds
UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
January 25, 2016
In his 33-year career as a conceptual artist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, John Maduell illustrated futuristic technologies few others could imagine. But he never envisioned the toll diabetes and vascular disease would take on his body—or that one day he might lose his legs because of these problems...
A Fishy Fix For Inflammation
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 01, 2015
UCSF Magazine reports on the work of researchers using potent compounds, produced naturally from fish oil, to block the inflammation that can reblock arteries opened during stent procedures. Michael S. Conte, M.D. Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and Director of the Conte Lab, and other...
Millie Hughes-Fulford and Marlene Grenon to Moderate Panel on Space Medicine and Mars
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
July 23, 2015
Millie Hughes-Fulford, Ph.D.and Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., both of UCSF, and Apollo astronaut Russell Schweickart, will moderate a panel on interplanetary travel to Mars, the session entitled "Mars or Bust". The panel session will take place at the World Future 2015 conference which runs from July 24 - 26th in...
Rong Wang, Ph.D. Gives Plenary Speech at 11th HHT International Scientific & Medical Conference
UCSF Wang Lab
July 01, 2015
Rong Wang, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Director of the Wang Lab, was invited to give a plenary speech at the 11th HHT International Scientific & Medical Conference in Captiva Island, Florida on June 11-14, 2015. She spoke about Notch4-mediated formation of arteriovenous malformation, discussing how changes in...
NHLBI Vascular Interventions/Innovations & Therapeutic Advances (VITA) Program Awards Dr. Michael Conte Medical/Drug Device Grant
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 14, 2015
The NHLBI Vascular Interventions/Innovations and Therapeutic Advances (VITA) Program has awarded Michael S. Conte, M.D., Professor & Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, a translational research grant to study the problem of vascular injury and develop prototype medical drugs and devices that...