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A Daughter’s Gift to Her Mother Saves Two Lives

Washington Post
May 11, 2019
Just 42 years old, Erosalyn Deveza was drifting toward death. Her kidneys were barely functioning. She was constantly exhausted. She had vertigo and vomited frequently. She was tethered to a home dialysis machine for eight hours each night as she slept. A kidney transplant was the only thing that could save her...

Living Transplant Donors Need Long-Term Monitoring, Too

Sarwal Lab
April 14, 2019
UCSF Researchers Recommend Creation of National Donor Registry While organ transplant recipients receive continual care as the end-stage treatment to their condition, attention also should be given to living donors, who can suffer from hypertension, diabetes and other disorders after donation, according to a study...
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UCSF Surgical and Critical Care NP Fellowship Achieves Accreditation with Distinction from ANCC

UCSF Surgical and Critical Care NP Fellowship Program
October 29, 2018
The UCSF Surgical and Critical Care Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program, a joint program of the Department of Surgery, Department of Anesthesia, and UCSF Health, was recently awarded the Accreditation with Distinction, the highest recognition awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Accreditation...