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UCSF News reports on the link between depression and increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. The Heart and Soul Study research team was led by UCSF vascular surgeon Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M. and included faculty at both UCSF Medical Center and...

The UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery announces the opening of the UCSF Center for Limb Preservation & Wound Care. Led by vascular surgeon Michael S. Conte, M.D. (pictured left), and podiatric surgeon Alexander M. Reyzelman, D.P.M. (pictured right), the Center, the first of its kind in the Bay Area...

Despite substantial research showing that Peripheral artery disease (PAD) puts people at increased risk for heart attack, stroke, amputation and other vascular-related coniditions, PAD remains significantly underdiaganosed and undertreated. “These are very vulnerable patients,” says Michael S. Conte, MD,, chief of...