Poisonings From a Popular Pain Reliever Are Rising, By Deborah Franklin. The New York Times, November 29, 2005. "It's extremely frustrating to see people come into the hospital who felt fine several days ago, but now need a new liver," said Dr. Tim Davern, one of the authors and a gastroenterologist with the liver transplant program of the University of California at San Francisco.

American Liver Foundation to honor Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD Saturday, March 4 with it's "Salute to Excellence 2000," by Janet Basu. UCSF News Service, February 15, 2000. A pioneering surgeon who introduced liver transplantation to two major medical centers, Ascher is chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, a position she assumed in the fall of 1999.

Americans Getting Transplanted Organs from Chinese Inmates by Craig Smith. The New York Times. Dr. Stephen Tomlanovich, a kidney transplant specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, has several patients who traveled to Shanghai or Guangzhou to receive kidneys...

Triple Blessed by Dave Nordstrand. The Salinas Californian, October 30, 2006. On Tuesday, Martha Robison of Salinas celebrates a most unusual birthday. Not that she was born Oct. 31. No, Nov. 16 is the day 54 candles go on her cake. Yet Tuesday's observance, low-key as it may be, is vital to her...

Liver Lovers/A day in the life of a husband and wife liver transplant team at UCSF Transplant Service, by Sam Whiting. SF Chronicle, Sunday, December 18, 2005. Of all the things for a married couple to bicker about, Nancy Ascher and John Roberts have hit on a first — a pulsing human liver...

UCSF Medical Center & Children's Hospital make U.S. News "America's Best Hospitals" list. UCSF Medical Center has risen to No. 9 among "America's Best Hospitals," and UCSF Children's Hospital has been recognized as one of the highest quality pediatric facilities in California and No. 19 in the United States.

Transition of Kaiser Kidney Transplant Patients to UCSF Begins by Jennifer O'Brien. UCSF Today, Friday, June 2, 2006. UCSF Medical Center has begun the process of accepting some 1,500 Kaiser Permanente patients into its Kidney Transplant Service...

Exchanging life-giving gifts by Eric Branch. Santa Rosa Press Democrat, December 26, 2006. Ex-Santa Rosa volleyball player donating kidney to coach who rescued her from trouble...

Bariatric group assumes new name by UPI, August 22, 2007.  The American Society for Bariatric Surgery has adopted a new name to reflect findings that suggest such surgery can also treat metabolic diseases...