Chancellor Focuses on UCSF Excellence in Interview with KQED Forum

UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, highlights UCSF’s excellence across research, patient care and education in a live interview on Oct. 5 with Michael Krasny on KQED Forum.

The conversation covered a broad range of topics, from the impact of stem cell legislation on UCSF’s ability to attract top young scientists, to UCSF’s efforts to bring innovative therapies to patients more quickly and effectively, to the September approval by the UC Board of Regents to proceed in building the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. 

Among her comments was a reference to the Jim Collins business bestseller, “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies,” which discusses the so-called “tyranny of or.” “People ask me whether we want to be good at research or good at education or good at patient care, and I say, ‘Yes’,” she said.

Desmond-Hellmann peppered her conversation with examples of UCSF initiatives and their leaders, including former Chancellor Mike Bishop, MD; Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Jeff Bluestone, PhD; UCSF neurosurgeon Mitchell Berger, MD; QB3 Director Regis Kelly, PhD; Vice Chancellor Barbara French; and bioengineer Shuvo Roy, PhD.

The hour-long show culminated in questions from outside listeners, which included several patients who credited the UCSF Medical Center with saving their lives or those of their loved ones.

Listen to the Forum podcast on the KQED website.

Article Date: 
October 5, 2010 - 4:06pm