Patient Experiences

A

• Apnea
  • Amelia, Huxley, Selina Marvit
    Siblings with Sleep Apnea Finally Find Relief
  • Maggie O'Donovan
    Fourth-grader Undergoes New Tonsillectomy Procedure

B

• Bone Marrow Transplant
  • Harry Drake
    Betting on Harry: Boy Diagnosed with Leukemia Receives Life-Saving Treatment
  • Lavinia Epps
    Teen Inspired to Share Her Bone Marrow Transplant Experience
  • Marcus Espino
    Bone Marrow Transplants Save Boy with Hurler's Syndrome
  • Vann Hale
    Unrelated Marrow Donor Saves Youngster's Life
  • Melissa Macalisang
    Father Donates Marrow to Save Young Daughter's Life
  • Mina Olson
    Bone Marrow Transplant Helps Baby Beat Aggressive Leukemia
  • Kenna Stuck
    Documenting Her BMT Journey

C

• Cancer
  • Elizabeth Ford
    Teen's Future Remains Bright After Lung Surgery
  • Elijah Leung
    Caring for the Tiniest Cancer Patients
  • Stevie Mitchell
    Comprehensive Care for Kids with Leukemia
    
  • Paddy O'Brien
    Boy Tackles Bone Cancer with a Positive Attitude

• Critically Ill Infants
  • Chinazah Enemouh
    Intensive Care Saves Preemie with Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Sloane Rilliet
    After Specialized Prenatal and Newborn Care, a Healthy Girl
  • Anna Tavistock
    A Life-Threatening Pregnancy

D

• Diabetes
  • Justin Gubser
    Teaching Kids How to Manage Diabetes
    

• Digestive Disorders
  • John Fullerton
    Teen Raises Funds to Combat Crohns Disease

F

• Fetal Treatment
  • Dylan and Hunter Anderson
    "A True Success Story" for Boys with Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
  • Jennifer Canova
    Fetoscopic Technology Offers Hope for Twins
  • Beverly Garza
    Surgery Saves Baby, Offers New Hope for Rare Birth Defect
  • Luke Marton
    After Three Surgeries, Boy with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Thrives
  • Jennifer McGee
    Fetal Surgery Successfully Removes Tumor
  • Carson and Dylan Riggs
    Fetal Surgery Saves Boys with Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome

H

• Heart Center
  • Ryland Burke
    Needle in a Haystack
  • Arabella and Adriana Cipponeri
    Fetal Heart Surgery Saves Twins
    
  • Chinazah Enemouh
    Intensive Care Saves Preemie with Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Ally Jenkins
    After Two Lung Transplants, Teen Gets Her Life Back
  • Sadie Perez
    Defibrillator is Like a Guardian Angel
  • Olivia Stuckert
    'Team Olivia' Mend Newborn with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
    
  • Weston and Delaney Williams
    Brother and Sister Share Special Hearts

• High-Risk Pregnancy
  • Josh and Laurie Anderson
    Taking the Mystery Out of Multiple Births
  • Sloane Rilliet
    After Specialized Prenatal and Newborn Care, a Healthy Girl

I

• Intensive Care Nursery
  • Sloane Rilliet
    After Specialized Prenatal and Newborn Care, a Healthy Girl
  • Liam Watters
    Decades of Discoveries in Neonatal Care Help Countless Kids

L

• Leukemia
  • Peter Dickson
    After Three Years of Treatment, Boy Lives Leukemia-Free
  • Mina Olson
    Bone Marrow Transplant Helps Baby Beat Aggressive Leukemia

• Liver Transplant
  • Tim Bergholz
    Father Saves Son by Donating Part of His Liver
  • Alfonso Garcia
    A Young Man Saves Teen's Life

• Lung Transplant
  • Ally Jenkins
    After Two Lung Transplants, Teen Gets Her Life Back

M

• Muscular Dystrophy
  • Maliylah Silva
    UCSF Diagnoses Toddler with Musclar Dystrophy

N

• Neurology
  • Kirstiene Catapusan
    Teen Diagnosed with MS Stays Positive About Her Future
  • Perry Lampman
    Young Stroke Patient Finds Answers at UCSF
  • Lauren McLaughlan
    From Stroke Patient to SnowFest Queen
  • Kendra Mitchell
    Second-Grader Undergoes Complex Brain Surgery
  • Johnny Oliver
    Finding a Way to End His Frightening Seizures
  • Sarah Santana
    Deep Brain Stimulation Helps Teen
  • Zac Vanni
    Brain Surgery Sets Teen Free from Seizures

O

• Orthopedics
  • Grace Rego
    Innovative Spinal Stapling Leads to Astonishing Outcome for Little Girl
  • Nathan Yamamoto
    Physical Therapy Helps Young Violinist

P

• Pulmonary Medicine
  • Jeremy Kharrazi
    Nothing Holds Back Ambitious Teen with Cystic Fibrosis