News & Events
CRISPR Gene Editing Makes Stem Cells âInvisibleâ to Immune System
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
February 26, 2019
Technique Prevents Transplant Rejection in the Lab, a Major Advance for Stem Cell Therapies Human heart muscle cells derived from triple-engineered stem cells that are âinvisibleâ to the immune system. The red is troponin, a protein that participates in cardiac muscle contraction. The blue is the cellâs nucleus...
Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD and Tobias Deuse, MD Awarded 4-Year $3M NIH R01 Grant to Study Role of Cardiomyocytes in Heart Repair
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
December 05, 2018
Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D. and Tobias Deuse, M.D. have been awarded a 4-Year $3M NIH R01 Grant to study the role of cardiomyocytes in heart repair. Dr. Schrepfer is an associate professor and director of the UCSF Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab . Dr. Deuse, a renowned heart surgeon, is associate...
Paper on Potential Novel Therapeutic for Shh-Driven Cancers Featured on Cover of Oncotarget
Thoracic Oncology Lab
March 27, 2018
A team led by Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D. and David M. Jablons, M.D. has developed and characterized a potential novel therapeutic for Sonic hedgehog (Shh)-driven cancers, including some lung cancers. Dr. Tolani is an assistant professor and member of the Thoracic Oncology Program , and principal investigator in the...
Thoracic Oncology Program Launches Kratz Lab Focused on Therapeutic Interventions for Early-Stage Lung Cancers
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
March 26, 2018
The Thoracic Oncology Program proudly announces the launch of the Kratz Lab, which will focus on understanding the genetic and immunological mechanisms that drive early-stage, surgically resectable thoracic malignancies, most notably non-small cell lung cancer. The translationally-focused Kratz Lab will use t he...
Sonja Schrepfer and Tobias Deuse Awarded 4-year $2.4M NIH Grant to Study Space-Related Physiological Changes and Altered Immune Function
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
February 26, 2018
Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D. and Tobias Deuse, M.D. have been awarded a 4-year $2.4M NIH grant by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) to investigate space-related physiological changes, analogous to those observed during aging, including defects in bone healing, loss of cardiovascular...
Johannes Kratz Named Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 24, 2018
Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. has been named the new Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology. Kratz is an assistant professor in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, a member of the Thoracic Oncology Program, and director of Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery. The Van Auken Endowed Chair supports...
One Year Ago Today, Surgeons Hit the Reset Button on My Life
UCSF Lung Transplant Program
January 30, 2018
Brad Dell relives the exhilirating and captivating events leading up to his lung transplant surgery at UCSF on its one-year anniversary. His riveting account appears at Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Jan. 14, 2017 was the worst day of anxiety Iâd had in the five months of waiting for my lung transplant . A frantic...
Tobias Deuse, M.D., Named The Julien I. E. Hoffman, M.D. Chair in Cardiac Surgery
UCSF Cardiothoracic Surgery
January 26, 2018
Tobias Deuse, M.D., associate professor of surgery and director of minimally-invasive cardiac surgery at UCSF, has been named The Julien I. E. Hoffman, M.D. Chair in Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Deuse, a cardiac and heart transplant surgeon, is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in the development of...
Meet Tobias Deuse, M.D., Internationally Renowned Cardiac and Heart Transplant Surgeon
UCSF Cardiothoracic Surgery
January 17, 2018
Dr. Tobias Deuse was recruited to UCSF from the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, one of the leading mitral valve centers in Germany. He is excited by UCSFâs team approach to complex heart disease, and recently led the establishment at UCSF of a combined clinic where patients see both an interventional cardiologist...
UCSF Earns Highest Performance Rating for Procedures Performed by Cardiac, Colorectal, Thoracic, Vascular and Lung Transplant Surgeons
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 29, 2017
UCSF Medical Center earned âhigh performanceâ ratings â the highest ratings possible â in eight common conditions and procedures in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey for 2017-2018, seven within the UCSF Department of Surgery: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Aortic Valve Surgery Colon Cancer...
Traveling to Mars Will Wreak Havoc on Our Bodies â Can We Prevent It?
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 14, 2017
UCSF News reports on research into the effects of space travel, known and unknown, to the physiology and bodies of astronauts traveling about the international space station (ISS). The research has profound implications for longer trips to distant planets, notably NASA's goal of flying a manned spacecraft to Mars...
Johannes Kratz and YeranuĂ Ledesma Recipients of UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Awards
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 27, 2017
Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. and YeranuĂ Ledesma, M.D. are among this year's recipients of the 2017 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award. Dr. Kratz, now a member of the Thoracic Oncology Program and Assistant Professor in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Dr. Ledesma, a Senior Resident in General...
Johannes Kratz Joins Department Faculty and Thoracic Oncology Program
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 01, 2017
The Department of Surgery welcomes Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. to the faculty as Assistant Professor in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery and member of the Thoracic Oncology Program. Dr. Kratz was a surgical research fellow in the UCSF Thoracic Oncology Laboratory from 2008-2011 where he played a key role...
Sonja Schrepfer Receives CIRM Grant to Develop Hypo-Immunogenic Cardiac Patches for Myocardial Regeneration
UCSF Adult CT, Transplant and Stem Cell Biology (TSI) Lab
June 16, 2017
Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of the UCSF Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab, was recently awarded a grant by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to engineer a "Hypo-Immunogenic Cardiac Patches for Myocardial Regeneration". The funding is part of...
UCSF Clarifies Policy on Marijuana Use and Transplant Eligibility
UCSF Transplant Surgery
June 01, 2017
ABC News San Francisco (KGO) reports on the case of a Utah man, recovering from a lung transplant in Pennsylvania after a Utah hospital refused to put him on their transplant list because of past marijuana use. (The man subsequently died after the airing of the KGO story.) UCSF transplant surgeon, Ryutaro Hirose...