Having lost her mother and grandmother to breast cancer, Sarah Morse felt sure her own diagnosis was a death sentence. Fifteen years later, she's still here — and fulfilling a promise to help other UCSF cancer patients. Watch her story.
Within months, a rare lung condition turned Clare Dowling from "normal college kid" and competitive equestrian to a desperately sick young woman, bedbound and waiting for a lung transplant. One year later, Dowling talks about learning how to breathe, walk and even ride again.
At PlaySafe's cardiac screening for high school athletes, doctors diagnosed 16-year-old Ryland Burke with a rare heart arrhythmia. After a non-invasive heart procedure at UCSF, Burke has caught four touchdowns for his football team this season. Watch Ryland's story.
Palliative care aims to ease suffering, among the sick and also at the end of life. Dr. BJ Miller considers it a spiritual calling as well as a medical one, and his own life-changing accident has left him with a unique perspective on the job.
UCSF Medical Center is one of the nation's top 10 hospitals for the 11th consecutive year, and the best in Northern California, according to the annual survey by U.S. News & World Report.
