The UCSF Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging has “planted” a Gratitude Tree at Parnassus to display the many messages of gratitude radiology that staff receive on a daily basis ..read more

For more than 20 years, Jessica Pfannenstiel, MS, RT(R)(CT), has seen first-hand how technology advancements continually transform radiology and biomedical imaging. Now, as she steps into a new role – Interim Director of Imaging Quality & Technology – she will partner with radiology faculty to advance UCSF’s leadership in implementing innovative technology.  ..read more

At UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in Mission Bay and Oakland, radiologists are now offering a new, more comfortable, and radiation-free imaging method called pediatric Contrast-enhanced voiding urosonography (ceVUS ..read more

Kazim Narsinh, MD, and colleagues discuss the challenges of treating glioblastoma, with an emphasis on novel drugs and alternative methods of drug delivery, covering the ongoing challenges of drug design, positing combination therapy and novel trial designs ..read more

“UCSF takes MRI Safety very seriously. It is a priority,” says MRI Safety Officer and MRI Supervisor Christina L. Calvin. This MRI Safety Week, July 21-27, Calvin spotlights the three most important things patients need to know ..read more

Susan Wall, MD, completed her 25th and final Speaker Training Course on Monday, July 8. Since 2007, Dr. Wall has worked on 2 years of course development, co-instructed 100 course meetings over 15 years, and engaged with 97 participants, all with exponential impact ..read more

No two hearts are the same. And no one knows that better than Shezhang Lin, MD. Lin spends his days creating detailed, interactive, models of patient’s hearts at UCSF’s 3DLab. His 3D heart models help surgeons visualize a patient’s heart before surgery, to better understand and address the unique case at hand, to plan the best surgical approach, and to help explain complex procedures to patients and their families ..read more

An elective for fourth-year medical students at UCSF School of Medicine provides hands-on experience combined with narrative medicine principles in a structured setting, offering a holistic approach to scenarios that newly minted doctors might encounter before, during, and after a procedure ..read more

On a typical day at the office, our reading room practice coordinators – Araceli Zavala-Sheridan, Flora Stewart, and Mark Antonio – answer about 150 incoming calls, facilitate a handful of urgent outbound calls, and receive and process several overread requests. The new team was established six months ago to handle administrative tasks that contribute to physician burnout while also helping radiologists streamline their workflow.  ..read more

Torianna Lomax Truong, MS, makes a trip to Washington DC to raise awareness about HHT. Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT) is a genetic disorder characterized by abnormal blood vessel growth ..read more