UCSF Faculty Named to NANETs Leadership Roles

The North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (NANETS) recently appointed two UCSF faculty members to leadership roles for 2018-2020. Emily Bergsland, MD, will serve as Vice-Chair, and Eric Nakakura, MD, PhD, will serve as a member of the NANETs Board of Directors. The North American...

Fall/Winter 2017: UCSF Oncology Connection

Fall/Winter 2017: UCSF Oncology Connection INSIDE THIS ISSUE A Central Home for Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors.

Emily Bergsland receives Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD Committment to Patient Care Award

Emily Bergsland, MD received the Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD Commitment to Patient Care Award for her long-standing dedication to her patients and her ongoing efforts to improve the care of people with neuroendocrine tumors. The Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD, Commitment to Patient Care Award recognizes...

Eric Nakakura, MD receives NETRF Award

NETRF Award awarded to Eric Nakakura, MD, PhD for his projected entitled “ Development of a Mouse Model of Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Cancer” The objective his research is to characterize a xenograft mouse model of pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer. This model will be useful to help develop and test...

International Research Team Awarded $1.2m Grant to Study Small Intestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors

Eric Nakakura, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSF and a leading authority on neuroendocrine tumors of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and pancreas, is among a group of researchers awarded a $1.2m accelerator grant to elucidate the causes of small intestinal ne

Michael German, MD named NETRF Petersen Investigator

NETRF named Michael German, MD as the NETRF Petersen Investigator for his project entitled, “Treating Neuroendocrine Tumors via Synthetic Lethality” The objective his research is to analyze how the UPR-MEN1-MAPK pathways interact to control neuroendocrine cell survival and death, and to evaluate...

Thomas Hope receives NETRF/ERF Nuclear Medicine Pilot Research Grant

The first NETRF/ERF Nuclear Medicine Pilot Research Grant has been awarded to Thomas Hope, MD. NETRF is funding the grant to explore innovations in nuclear medicine focused on diagnosis and treatment. ERF—The Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging—solicited...