There is a tremendous opportunity for you to make a significant difference today by supporting the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery.
About the Division: Clinical Excellence, Compassion, Quality Care & Innovation
The Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery is an integral part of the UCSF Heart and Vascular Center, a multidisciplinary program which brings together vascular surgeons and other cardiovascular specialists to provide the most advanced and effective treatments for vascular disorders. Faculty members have achieved national and international recognition as leaders in clinical innovation, surgical education, and research.
In continuous practice since 1951, the program has long set a standard for treatment of the most complex vascular problems, providing compassionate care to patients, and advancing science through discovery in the laboratory. This tradition of excellence and innovation continues with our development of safer and less-invasive techniques for treating vascular disease.
Research & Discovery
The Division's research team is comprised of experts that have long been recognized for innovation in vascular surgery and for their many contributions to the field. They hold scores of patents for stents and other related devices, including the invention of the first bifurcated endovascular stent-graft for the treatment of aneurysms, which was the precursor to many future innovations.
There are a number of active studies taking place in the area of endovascular aneurysm repair as the group is actively involved in developing stent technology and improving devices to make them function reliably for a longer time.
The Laboratory for Accelerated Vascular Research's (LAVR) pioneering work is focused on the factors which regulate blood vessel growth and development. Investigators are on the path to discover the distinct functions of specific genes as they relate to the blood vessels, veins and capillaries that transplant nutrients and waste throughout the body. These promising investigations may lead to new treatment options for patients with cardiovascular disease and cancer.
In the area of peripheral artery disease (PAD), the research team is primarily concerned with identifying new drug targets to control the healing response of blood vessels, thereby improving the long term results of procedures such as angioplasty, stenting, and bypass surgery. This basic laboratory work is complemented by a vigorous program of clinical research, studying the patterns of failure in patients and examining their relationship to markers of inflammation in the blood. Ultimately, the goal is to translate these advances from the laboratory into patient care.
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Ways to Contribute
- Major gifts- both outright and endowed, provide our faculty with the funds needed to pursue their important investigations, purchase equipment, or establish a lecture fund- to name a few. Amid drastic cutbacks in funding from the NIH, personal philanthropy is more important now than ever before. Many donors choose to establish both current and endowed funds that will benefit an area of personal or intellectual interest. Outright support allows our faculty members the flexibility to support projects that need funding immediately, while endowed funds create an enduring, highly visible link between the donor or honoree for whom the endowment is named and further, provide our donors the opportunity to share in the pleasures of the program's successes in perpetuity. Private philanthropy is essential- it is the catalyst for success as our physicians tirelessly investigate new, more effective treatments for our patients.
- Endowments such as Distinguished Professorship and Chairs will allow the Department to grow and enrich the program in many ways. These gifts help to facilitate our faculty members to enhance existing programs and to create fellowships and lectureships. They also support promising new programs that might otherwise go unfunded. Additionally, endowed funds are powerful recruiting tools for attracting and retaining the most talented and sought after health scientists and teachers. With such first-rate faculty come the brightest graduate students, the most accomplished colleagues and the public and private support that contribute to an intellectually challenging environment. Naming opportunities are often available with endowments.
- Additional Opportunities include unrestricted funds to support priorities such as faculty initiatives, research efforts and capital projects, just to name a few.
Contact Us
We thank you in advance for your interest. Please contact our Director of Development, Regan Botsford. In her role with the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Regan works with our friends and supporters to encourage philanthropic giving to our programs. Historically, private philanthropy has played a crucial role in the advancement of teaching, education and research. With the financial support of those whose lives have been touched by our faculty and staff, the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery will continue to make pioneering discoveries that will improve the lives of our patients.
If you would like to support the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at UCSF, or know of someone that would, please contact:
Regan
Botsford
Director of Development
Department of Surgery
University of California San Francisco
(415) 502-1573 Voice
(415) 476-1590 Fax
rbotsford@support.ucsf.edu