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Department of Surgery staff and faculty receive 2022 Chancellor Awards for Diversity
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 27, 2022
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor...
June 09, 2021
The United States population is rapidly aging. Older individuals are estimated to account for more than half of the procedures performed in the United States. Of those aged 70 and older who undergo major surgery, more than half are considered frail. Frailty puts patients at increased risk for adverse outcomes...
UCSF News Services
March 26, 2020
Specific health measures – such as function, cognition and psychological well-being – should be incorporated into the assessment of whether major surgery is suitable for older adults, especially if the mortality risk after surgery outweighs the benefits, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco...
Center for Surgery in Older Adults
January 13, 2020
PrehabPal garnerered a top prize at the recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthcare innovation Competition. For its pitch, Ooney demoed its online app for patients preparing to undergo surgery. By providing a selection of targeted exercises or routines, the company looks to reduce the chance of poor outcomes...
Center for Surgery in Older Adults Receives Funding for PrehabPal: Digitally Enhanced Coaching to Prepare the Mind and Body for Cancer Surgery
Center for Surgery in Older Adults
January 09, 2020
The UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults is pleased to announce that we have been awarded funding from the UCSF Integrative Oncology Collaborative (IOC) for our pilot project: "PrehabPal: Digitally Enhanced Coaching to Prepare the Mind and Body for Cancer Surgery." The principal investigator on the study is...
NextAvenue.com
October 17, 2019
“In modern surgery, it’s a rare event to die from surgery,” says Dr. Emily Finlayson, director of the University of California San Francisco’s Center for Surgery in Older Adults. “The risk comes from being able to recover.” ...... Fragility, cognition, mobility, depression, how much support how someone has at home...
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS, Named Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the UCSF Department of Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 04, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Emily Finlayson, M.D., M.S., FACS, professor of Surgery, Medicine (Geriatrics), and Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco has been named the new Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Finlayson received her MD at...
How Hospitals are Working to Prepare At-Risk Older Patients for Surgery
UCSF Center for Older Adults
February 13, 2018
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, director of the Center for Surgery in Older Adults at UCSF, was interviewed by Becker's Hospital Review on how hospitals work to prepare at-risk older patients for surgery, screening for frailty and meeting patient's health goals. Older patients undergo major surgery on a regular basis...
A Push To Get Older Adults In Better Shape For Surgery
Kaiser Health News
January 29, 2018
Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 45 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death far more often than in younger patients. But...
Carolyn Seib Awarded Grant to Study Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Thyroid Cancer Patients
UCSF Endocrine Surgery
January 28, 2018
Carolyn D. Seib, M.D., MAS, a clinical investigator and member of the UCSF endocrine surgery faculty, has been awarded a RAP (Resource Allocation Program) seed grant by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center to study postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients undergoing surgery for...
Patient Frailty Associated with Increased Morbidity for Common Ambulatory Surgeries in Older Adults
Center for Surgery in Older Adults
December 28, 2017
A new research study shows that patient frailty should be assessed in preoperative planning for surgery in older adults, even for common ambulatory general surgery operations. The study, led by principal investigator and lead author, Carolyn D. Seib, M.D., MAS, a general and endocrine surgeon at UCSF, was reported...
Inside Surgery Spring/Summer 2017
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 17, 2017
The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Inside Surgery is now available online. Inside Surgery is a Department of Surgery brochure showcasing the clinical and research advances of our faculty. The edition highlights minimally invasive bariatric surgery t o treat metabolic disease, and robotic surgery deployed across a...
Jennifer Kaplan Recipient of Award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation at 2015 AHI Meeting
January 06, 2016
Jennifer Kaplan, M.D., a research resident in the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, received the award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation from the Academy for Healthcare Improvement (AHI) at the organization's 2015 annual meeting. The presentation, " Health Coaching By Health Professions Students for Frail...
CSOA Research Team Gives Poster Presentation: "Get Fit for Surgery: An Interdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Wellness Program"
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 03, 2015
A research team at the UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults (CSOA) including faculty, research residents, staff and students, gave a poster presentation about the UCSF Surgery Wellness Program entitled, Get Fit for Surgery: An Interdisciplinary Geriatric Surgery Wellness Program, at the 5th Annual Quality and...
Lower Extremity Revascularization Not Effective in Majority of Nursing Home Residents
April 06, 2015
UCSF News reports that U.S. only a small number of nursing home residents are alive and ambulatory one year after undergoing lower extremity revascularization procedures with those still alive gaining little, if any, function: Only a few U.S. nursing home residents who undergo lower extremity revascularization...
Medical Student Shirley Chan to Begin Fellowship at UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults
Center for Surgery in Older Adults
March 25, 2015
Shirley Chan, a medical student at the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, has been awarded the Medical Student Training in Aging Research (MSTAR) fellowship from the American Federation of Aging Research (AFAR) and the National Institute on Aging (NIA). She will be working with the UCSF Center for Surgery in...