Offering New Testing and Education For Better Diabetes Management

July 31, 2019

Annette Simmons of Clovis had diabetes fatigue. She had pricked her fingers so many times to check her blood glucose that calluses had formed on her fingertips. So when UCSF Fresno’s Varsha Babu, MD, suggested Simmons try a continuous glucose monitor that would allow her to control her diabetes without painful fingersticks, Simmons quickly agreed.

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UCSF Fresno Toxicologists Provide Higher Level of Care

July 30, 2019

Nicklaus Bradehoff, MD, Patil Armenian, MD, and Michael Darracq, MD Emergency responders were told the three young men had snorted cocaine, but Nicklaus Brandehoff, MD, a UCSF Fresno toxicologist, had doubts. The patients’ repeated pinpoint pupils and depressed breathing despite treatment made him suspect a synthetic opioid, like fentanyl. The…

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Clinical Trials Offer Potential Treatments for Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

July 30, 2019

University Gastroenterology & Hepatology Associates » Four clinical trials at the UCSF Fresno Liver Program could help people who have scarring of the liver that did not result from alcohol abuse. Scarring of the liver can be caused by several things, including chronic alcoholism, Hepatitis B or C, but for…

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Expanding Care in the Valley for Gynecologic Cancers

July 30, 2019

UCSF Fresno is fortunate to have Dr. Nguyen, said Carlos Sueldo, MD, Chief of the UCSF Fresno Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology. “Dr. Nguyen is the only fellowship-trained obstetrician/gynecologist in the area who is fully dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of cancer in females’ reproductive organs,” he said.

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University Centers of Excellence Contact List

February 2, 2020

University Centers of Excellence Contact One-sheet 2020 – PDF | RTF

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