Global Health

Stories About UCSF Radiology Faculty Supporting Global Health Efforts

At the UC San Francisco Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, our faculty members have committed to several global health efforts that truly embrace and exemplify UCSF PRIDE Values – Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. We'll briefly share a few of these efforts.

UCSF Radiologists Collaborate in Tanzania

The cancer burden in Sub-Saharan Africa is growing. A multi-disciplinary collaboration between UCSF, MUHAS, and Ocean Road Cancer Institute (OCRI) has formed to focus on global cancer research.

Free Education for Social Good: Nonprofit Started by UCSF Radiologists and Stanford Medicine Co-Founders Honored with Tech Startup Silver Stevie Award

Bhavya Rehani, MD, William Dillon, MD and Ankur Bharija, MD came to together to create Health4theworld which uses innovative technology for social good. This project was recently honored with a premier business award.

RISE: Radiology International Student Educational Platform Allows Global Teaching; Launches at RSNA

A technology platform that enables live virtual radiology lectures for international radiology residents is among the first grant recipients of  “Inspire-Innovate-Invest, The Campaign for Funding Radiology's Future®.”

Going Global: A UCSF Radiologist's Visiting Professorship in India

I was fortunate to be named the 2014 ASNR Outreach Professor for Mumbai, India, a position which allowed me the opportunity to travel across the world to lecture, perform case reviews and speak at the Indian Radiological & Imaging Association annual meeting

Improving Stroke Imaging Around the World

Dr. Bhavya Rehani, Assistant Professor in Residence in Neuroradiology at UCSF, discusses this topic with reporter Christopher Michael in a radio interview, available to stream below.