Primary care medicine faces a serious crisis that could threaten the health of millions of Americans, according to a UCSF health policy expert.

One of the world's most prominent health care leaders, Sir Liam Donaldson, MSc, MD, chief medical officer of the United Kingdom and founding chair of the World Health Organization's Alliance for Patient Safety, gave a talk on Monday, Aug. 28, about medical errors and approaches to hospital safety.

Part of a series marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, an article in Monday's Vallejo Times-Herald profiles some of those who participated in volunteer missions to aid hurricane victims.

UCSF police on Saturday arrested John Tobias, who was reportedly found in possession of stolen property in the Medical Sciences Building.

UCSF wants to know what people think about campus life at various satellite sites, like Laurel Heights.

UCSF Cancer Resource Center will host "Living and Laughing with Cancer: An Evening of Improvisational Theater" on Thursday, September 21, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Auxiliary of UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is not letting a recent setback keep it from its century-old tradition of supporting patients.

Our first volunteer is Louann Brizendine, MD. Brizendine completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, did graduate work in London at UCL in Philosophy of Mind and History of Science and Medicine, and completed a residency in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

UCSF's ninth-place ranking in Newsweek International's list of the top 100 global universities is based on a number of different measures.

A study published in the August 24 edition of the journal Nature describes a technique that could derive human embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo.