California Legislative Staff Visit UCSF

On November 16 and 17, 2006, a contingent of Sacramento legislative staff visited our campus. Below are links to the materials we shared with the staffers during their visit. The agenda follows; within each section, you'll find a list of presenters, links to related sites, and materials handed out during the visit.

Thursday, November 16—Parnassus Day
UCSF Parnassus Campus

Introductions and Agenda Overview, UCSF Medical Center

Presenters:
Barb French, Associate Vice Chancellor, University Relations, UCSF
Paul Takayama, Executive Director, Community & Government Relations, UCSF
Kieran John Flaherty, Director, UCSF State Governmental Relations
Kris Kuzmich, Legislative Director, Health & Clinical Affairs, UC State Governmental Relations
Tomi Ryba, COO, UCSF Medical Center
Materials:
•UCSF Fact Sheet
•UCSF Overview: Presentation by Paul Takayama
•Map of UCSF Locations within San Francisco
—(www.ucsf.edu/maps/parnassus.pdf)
•Map of UCSF Parnassus Heights Campus
—(ucsf.edu/maps/parnassus.pdf)
•UC Academic Med Centers "Leaders in Education, Medicine, and Research"
•UC Advisory Council on Future Growth

Round-table Discussion, Presentation, and Tours—UCSF Children’s Hospital and UCSF Fetal Treatment Center
UCSF Children’s Hospital Presenters:
Roxanne Fernandes, R.N., Executive Director
Sam Hawgood, MD, Chief of Physician Services
Diana Farmer, MD, Pediatric Surgery, Fetal Treatment Center
Sally Sehring, MD, Neonatology and Palliative Care
Glenn Rosenbluth, MD, and Isabelle Von Kohorn, MD, Residents
Kathleen Dunn, Manager, Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Kim Scurr, Director, Pediatric Heart Center
Robin Kramer, RN, Compass Care
Materials:
•UCSF Children's Hospital Presentation by Roxanne Fernandes
•UCSF Children's Hospital Website
—(www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/index.html)
•UCSF Fetal Treatment Center Website
—(fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org)
•Fetal Intervention
—(fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/our_team/fetal_intervention.asp)
•Dr. Renee Reijo Pera, as featured in Newsweek UCSF MB Fact Sheet

Stem Cell Presentations and Lab Tours

Presenters:
Keith Yamamoto, PhD, Executive Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine
Susan Fisher, PhD, UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine
Materials:
•Stem Cell Research at UCSF: Presentation by Dr. Keith Yamamoto
•Human Embryonic Stem Cell Program at UCSF:
  Presentation by Dr. Susan Fisher

Friday, November 17–Mission Bay Day
UCSF Mission Bay Campus

UCSF Mission Bay Campus Tour
Presenter:
Erin Escobar, Campus Tourguide
•UCSF Mission Bay Website & link to Mission Bay tour information
—(pub.ucsf.edu/missionbay)

UCSF Academic Medical Center’s Vision, Physical Development, and Challenges
Presenters:
Mark Laret, CEO, UCSF Medical Center
Kevin Beauchamp, Director of Physical Planning, UCSF Campus Planning
Bruce Komiske, Executive Director, Clinical Facilities Development, UCSF
Materials:
•Map of Mission Bay
—(ucsf.edu/maps/mb.pdf)
•Mission Bay Fact Sheet
•UCSF Women's, Children's, and Cancer Hospital of the Future: Presentation by Bruce Komiske, UCSF Medical Center Clinical Affairs Director

California Institute of Quantitative Research (QB3)
Presenters:
Regis Kelly, QB3 Director
Sarah Nelson, Director, UCSF Program in Bioengineering
Tejal Desai (QB3 Faculty—Drug delivery)
Brian Shoichet, Adam Renslo (QB3 Faculty—Drug discovery)
Douglas Crawford, Associate Director, QB3 (Incubator)
Materials:
•California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) Website
—(www.qb3.org/)
•QB3 and Economic Development: Presentation by Regis Kelly
•UCSF Transforming into Engine of Translational Research
•MRI Presentation by Dr. Sarah Nelson (coming soon)
•Presentation by Tejal Desai, Bio-Nano Fabrication Facility (coming soon)
•Presentation by Brian Shoichet and Adam Renslo, Computational Drug
  Discovery & Small Molecule Discovery Center (coming soon)

For more information, please contact Kieran John Flaherty at kflaherty@cgr.ucsf.edu