May 2009
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (MGR07002)
Thursday, 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m.; Room HSW-300

May 7	Expanding Criteria for Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Outcomes at UCSF Francis Y.K. Yao, MD Professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery Medical Director, Liver Transplant Service University of California, San Francisco To provide the audience with a better understanding of the current status of liver transplant for hepatocellular carcinoma To discuss the UCSF experience and research efforts in liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma, specifically in expanded criteria and tumor down-staging
May 14	Unusual Environmental Disease Episodes: From Causation to Precaution 16th Annual Alice Hamilton Lecture Josep M. Anto Boque, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine University Pompeu Fabra Director, Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) Director, CIBER (National Network Center for Biomedical Research) in Epidemiology and Public Health in Spain
May 21	Genes for Heart, Kidney, and Bone Disease: New Insights from Human Genetics 14th Annual Lloyd Holly Smith Visiting Professorship Richard P. Lifton, MD, PhD Chairman of the Department of Genetics, and Internal Medicine Director, Yale Center for Human Genetics and Genomics Investor, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Yale University School of Medicine Recognize genetic mechanisms of abnormalities in heart, kidney, and bone diseases< Discuss genetic mechanisms of sodium re-absorption defects and renal tubular failure to reabsorb electrolytes
May 28	Goals of Glycemic Control in Type 2 Diabetes Umesh Masharani, MD Clinical Professor of Medicine University of California, San Francisco

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Course Number MGR08002.


*Faculty Relationship Disclosure

All speakers listed above have declared that neither they, nor any immediate member of their family, have a financial arrangement or other relationship with the manufacturers of any commercial products except * (where noted).

All conflicts of interest have been resolved in accordance with the ACCME's Standards for Commercial Support.


Medical Grand Rounds Commercial Support Disclosure

No commercial support received for May Grand Rounds.