Peter Liu, IM Chief Resident

I was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawai'i, where I developed a love for the outdoors, including surfing and skating. I moved to L.A. to attend college at the University of…

Annie Smith, IM Chief Resident

I grew up in Littleton, Colorado, just outside of Denver. I went to University of Colorado in Boulder as an undergraduate, with a major in chemical engineering -- but changed my career focus…

Mapping the Heart

Unique "Vests" Offer New Promise for Treating A-Fib The routine beat of the human heart is easy to take for granted—unless you are one of the seven million patients in…

ID & Biodefense Research Day Keynote Address | Joanne Engel, MD, PhD — Intracellular Pathogens As Master Cell Biologists — Understanding How Chlamydia Co-Opts Retromer-Dependent Trafficking To Survive Intracellularly

Joanne Engel, MD, PhD, is chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases and professor of medicine in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at U.C. San Francisco. More>>

Study By ID Team Shows How Bacteria Spread From Sink Drainpipes to Patients

Many recent reports have found multidrug resistant bacteria living in hospital sink drainpipes, putting them in close proximity to vulnerable patients. But how the bacteria find their way out of…

Welcome Back to Medicine Matters!

After a short hiatus, Medicine Matters returns. Our goal is to share Department-wide programs, celebrate successes and the people who make our Department great. As we move into the spring, the…