UCSF Health

JUST IN: We’re proud to rank among the #BestHospitals for kids again, according to @usnews! We were best in Northern California in three pediatric specialties! 🎉 ucsfh.org/3CE3nFz

UCSF cardiologist Dr. Michelle Albert joined her @American_Heart team at @NYSE this morning to ring in #HeartMonth #WearRedDay! So proud to see @UCSFCardiology @GoRedForWomen celebrated in NYC today! 🔔🥳

NEW RESEARCH published in @NEJM today: A new gene therapy has already saved 10 kids born with the most severe form of "bubble boy" disease called Artemis-#SCID! Learn more about this exciting treatment, which uses a patient's own corrected stem cells! ucsfh.org/3BUkEKM

We performed our 20,000th organ transplant! Our transplant program started in the 1960s & has some of the highest patient survival rates in the country. Congrats to our entire transplant team & the patient, who is recovering after receiving a new heart! ucsfh.org/3HU1iJJ

BREAKING: So proud to rank among the #BestHospitals in the country, according to @usnews! We’re No. 2 in the nation for Neurology & Neurosurgery and Best in Northern California in nine specialties! 🎉 ucsfh.org/3PPyaDU

Hundreds of UCSF staff and students marched at the #SFPride parade yesterday! THANK YOU to everyone who came out to celebrate and support our #LGBTQ+ community! #UCSFProud

BREAKING: UC regents have approved @UCSF's plans to build a new state-of-the-art hospital at Parnassus Heights! Opening in 2030, the new hospital will help us serve the Bay Area & region’s growing healthcare needs, in a beautiful, healing environment! ucsfh.org/3wthECI

RT to wish a happy #NursesWeek to the exceptional nurses who care for patients with skill, compassion and grace all year long! We are forever grateful to you. ❤️

Last month Patrick received UCSF's 1000th lung #transplant. Next up: A trip to Ireland! "Transplanted patients at UCSF, like Patrick, can live a normal life, with medications to ward off infections, healthy diet & exercise," Dr. Steve Hays (@shaysmd) says. ucsfh.org/3kzGQ3O

Congrats to siblings Carswell and Matthew! Earlier this month, they both received donor kidneys less than 24 hours apart! Both siblings have a rare genetic disease affecting the kidneys & were waiting for donors. Their story on @CNN: ucsfh.org/3s0eHqN #DonateLifeMonth

RT to wish a happy #DoctorsDay to all the exceptional physicians who care for sick kids during the pandemic and every day! #UCSFDoctors

RT to wish a happy #DoctorsDay to all the exceptional physicians who care for patients during the pandemic and every day! #UCSFDoctors

RT to wish a happy #WomensMonth to all the exceptional women who care for our patients and keep our hospitals running smoothly!

BREAKING: We rank among the #BestHospitals for kids, according to @usnews! Our hospitals in #SanFrancisco and #Oakland placed in all 10 specialties and were top-ranked in Northern California in pediatric cancer and urology! ucsfh.org/3pXjozs 🎉

PLEASE SHARE: Help spread awareness of the signs of #stroke. Time is critical for people experiencing these symptoms. ucsfh.org/3f1gg1p #StrokeMonth

Opening this fall! Our new state-of-the-art Nancy Friend Pritzker Psychiatry Building will bring together #MentalHealth care for patients of all ages, clinical research on brain disorders & top training programs. ucsfh.org/3uDl7v8

Happy #LabWeek to all the dedicated laboratory professionals who help diagnose and treat disease! We are grateful for the incredible work of these teams during the pandemic and every day!

After 4+ months in the hospital & 80 days in our ICU with severe #COVID19, Philip played baseball with his rehab team in our courtyard! He looks forward to heading home to Lakeport, where he plays third base & chairs the Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians' Tribal Council! 🎉⚾

Inflammatory conditions "can look significantly more subtle in dark skin & also just maybe a completely different color than you’re expecting" since "textbook" descriptions usually focus on white skin, UCSF's @DermDocJenna told @NPR's @emilykwong1234. ucsfh.org/3duz1bu

Exciting news! Our hospital is working with @UCBerkeley & @UCLAHealth on the first in-human clinical trial using #CRISPR gene-correction therapy for patients with #SickleCellDisease! The technology corrects the patient’s own stem cells. ucsfh.org/2QRWagB @UofCAHealth