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News & Highlights

  • Dr. Jacquelyn Maher, along with co-investigators Mandana Khalili, Alex Monto, Jay Ryan and Holger Willenbring, was awarded a 2-year grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to collect biological specimens from patients with liver disease for the generation of disease-specific stem cells. This collaborative effort involves the GI Divisions at all 3 UCSF campuses.
  • Dr. Jennifer Lai has received a UCSF RAP Pilot award for junior investigators in clinical/translational research.
  • Dr. Jonathan Terdiman has been elected to the prestigious UCSF Council of Master Clinicians.

Calendar

GI Grand Rounds
“Non-invasive diagnostic tests for cirrhosis; can we replace the liver biopsy?” Varun Saxena (with Norah Terrault, MD) Fellow, GI Division, UCSF
8 am - 9 am | S-214 + Add to calendar
GI Fellows Course
“Liver Pathology” Grace Kim Pathology Division, UCSF
9 am - 10 am | S-214 + Add to calendar
Independence Day UCSF and National Holiday
Labor Day UCSF and National Holiday
Veterans Day UCSF and National Holiday
Thanksgiving UCSF and National Holiday

Fellowship Spotlight

Varun Saxena was awarded the “Rising Star” award for this year’s International Liver Transplant Society conference in Sydney. The award recognizes his research work in "Gender Differences Among Hepatitis C-Infected Liver Transplant Recipients on Protease Inhibitor Triple Therapy."