- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Heart Failure Treatment and Management
- Pelvic floor disorders treatments
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
- Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research
- Brain Metastases and Treatment
- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Neurosurgical Procedures and Complications
- Adrenal and Paraganglionic Tumors
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Healthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization
- Meningioma and schwannoma management
- Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments
- Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
- Ureteral procedures and complications
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
University of California, San Francisco
2024-2025
University of California, Berkeley
2025
Harbor–UCLA Medical Center
2016-2020
The Lundquist Institute
2016-2020
California Pacific Medical Center
2017
UCLA Medical Center
2016
Home dialysis has been underused in the United States, especially among minority groups. We investigated whether adjustment for socioeconomic factors would attenuate racial/ethnic differences initiation of home dialysis.Retrospective observational cohort study.Adult patients US Renal Data System who initiated on day 1 with either in-center hemodialysis (HD), HD (HHD), or peritoneal (PD) from 2005 to 2013.Race/ethnicity: non-Hispanic white, Hispanic, black, Asian.Initiating PD versus and HHD...
<h3>BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE:</h3> Intraprocedural aneurysmal rupture is a feared complication of coil embolization intracranial aneurysms and associated with high rates morbidity mortality. We report the incidence, endovascular management, clinical outcome patients IAR, emphasis on role balloon-assisted technique. <h3>MATERIALS METHODS:</h3> conducted retrospective analysis all treated by between September 2001 June 2011. All IAR were studied. Comparison immediate outcomes was performed using...
ObjectiveTo identify upstream factors associated with unplanned urologic surgery cancellations at a safety-net hospital.MethodsA retrospective cohort study of patients (age >18) scheduled for operating room procedures between January 2021 and June 2023 an urban county hospital was conducted. Patient demographics, social determinants health, clinical data were abstracted from electronic health records. The primary outcome day-of-surgery cancellations. Continuous categorical variables analyzed...
We investigated whether the recent growth in home dialysis use was proportional among all racial/ethnic groups and also there were changes differences outcomes.
Introduction: Pituitary neuroendocrine tumors (PitNETs) are typically hypoenhancing and rarely display hyperenhancement on MRI. The frequency significance of this has not been studied.