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11/16/2025

Please congratulate Lee — he's enjoying life with his family after 14 years of treatments for blood cancer!
When doctors diagnosed Lee with an aggressive blood cancer called multiple myeloma, they gave him at most four years to live.
Almost a decade-and-a-half later, he's still here, thanks to a series of medications and treatments at our hospital, including a stem cell transplant and CAR-T gene therapy.
“Every time I relapsed, there would be a new course of therapy, a new drug would be available,” he says. “I feel very lucky. I never thought I’d live to see my kids get married or see my grandchildren."
Now Lee is doing great and loves gardening, hiking and riding his bike. He even rode a stationery bike in his hospital room, while connected to a chemotherapy pole!
Read Lee's story ➡️ https://ucsfh.org/4975zai

11/15/2025

So proud that our Parnassus, Mission Bay, Mount Zion and Stanyan hospitals all earned an “A” rating for patient safety from The Leapfrog Group! That’s the highest safety grade possible! 🎉
More about the ratings ➡️ https://ucsfh.org/47HCrFp

11/13/2025

🐾 Meet Alexis Row, an "ear-resistible" Flemish Giant rabbit! She visited us for the first time and received lots of snuggles and kisses.
Alexis is a 16-week-old baby still, but could grow to 20 pounds/2.5 feet! �Alexis is baby sister to Alex the Great, who used to visit our patients but sadly passed away earlier this year.
Luckily, Alexis’ handlers are preparing her to start visiting UCSF patients next year! 🐇

11/09/2025

Please send Sarah your best wishes — last year she recovered well from surgeries to remove a tumor and her gallbladder and returned to work as a nurse practitioner at our hospital. Unfortunately, our team recently found a new mass, and she's now waiting for results.
In April 2024, Sarah received a steroid injection from a provider in the East Bay for pain in her chest, but her condition didn’t improve.
Sarah's radiology coworkers encouraged her to get a CT scan, which led our team to diagnose her with Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a rare condition in which a type of white blood cell builds up excessively in the body, often forming masses.
Sarah had surgery to remove a tumor and completed 10 rounds of radiation. During treatment, Sarah became seriously ill, and our doctors discovered she had a stone in her bile duct and needed another surgery to remove her gallbladder.
Since her last surgery in August 2024, Sarah has recovered great, and she was thrilled to run her first 10K with her husband.
We recently found a new mass in her ribs, and Sarah could use your best wishes while she awaits results.

11/06/2025

After years of struggling with essential tremor, Stan got his life back in less than a minute!
Neurosurgeon Dr. Doris Wang used high-intensity focused ultrasound to treat Stan's tremor. Also called HIFU, the incision-less surgical procedure can dramatically improve the debilitating illness in around a minute.
Essential tremor is a neurological condition in which uncontrollable shaking, most often in the hands, head or voice, happens during movement.
It can impair a person’s ability to function normally and also limit their social lives due to self consciousness.
Even simple social events like eating dinner at a restaurant with friends can become unbearable.
Our patient Stan celebrated his successful HIFU procedure by eating a bowl of soup — something he hadn’t been able to do for 10 years!�
“Next thing on my list is a glass of champagne,” he says. 🥂

10/29/2025

👏 A $100 million gift from the Edward Fein Charitable Trust will advance dementia research and care at UCSF! This critical support will help us better understand, diagnose and treat Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, improving lives around the world!
More on the gift ➡️ https://ucsfh.org/3WuSnUX

10/28/2025

Our patient Charaighn brought lots of smiles and handmade gifts to staff at our Berkeley Infusion Center! Diagnosed with breast cancer in late 2024, Charaighn taught herself how to crochet as a distraction during chemo. She's now done with chemo and will finish her last monoclonal antibody infusion in January!

10/25/2025

THANK YOU to our wonderful Respiratory Care team! This dedicated group cares for patients with lung and breathing issues every day of the year! 👏

10/20/2025

Happy National to our pharmacists and technicians! This dedicated team makes sure our patients receive safe and effective medications every day of the year! 🎉

10/18/2025

Please send Charaighn your best wishes — she’s doing well after finishing her chemo for breast cancer!

In November 2024, after a normal mammogram in her hometown of Clovis, Charaighn opted to do a follow-up MRI because she has dense breast tissue and a family history of breast cancer.

Unfortunately, the testing revealed a type of breast cancer called invasive ductal carcinoma, and she decided to have a double mastectomy at a local hospital, due to her family history. Charaighn’s cancer also turned out to be HR2-positive, suggesting it was aggressive, so her doctor suggested immediate chemotherapy.

A friend recommended UCSF oncologist Dr. Natalie Marshall, and Charaighn began chemo at our Berkeley Infusion Center in early 2025. Friends and family came together to drive Charaighn to her appointments, after a traffic accident left her car-less. Charaighn finished her 12 weeks of chemo and will continue with monoclonal antibody infusions until January.

To pass time during her chemo treatments, Charaighn took up crocheting! She has become passionate about the new hobby and even made beautiful flower bouquets for her care team during Nurses’ Week! Charaighn is also an avid runner and plans to run the San Diego Rock n’ Roll Marathon in May 2026! “My daughters will be there to cheer me on,” she says.

10/14/2025

Congratulations to the 40 nurses who graduated from our six-month Nurse Residency Program this fall and are officially joining the UCSF Health team! From a fun mini award ceremony—complete with party hats and trophies—to nurses walking the red carpet to receive their certificates, it was such a joyful celebration!

10/07/2025

We're proud to be among the first health systems in the Bay Area to bring histotripsy to patients with primary or metastatic liver tumors!
In June, we began offering the zero-radiation procedure, which uses high-frequency focused ultrasound waves to destroy liver tumors.
It’s precise, noninvasive and offers new hope for patients with certain liver cancers visible on ultrasound.
More about histotripsy at UCSF: https://ucsfh.org/3IAuZlL

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