UCSF GI DIVISION FACULTY

Hal F. Yee, Jr., M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, San Francisco General Hospital

Address:

San Francisco General Hospital
1001 Potrero Avenue
Bldg 40, Rm 4102
San Francisco, CA 94110

Email:

hyee@medsfgh.ucsf.edu

Active Projects:

Laboratory Research:
  1. Molecular and cellular basis of hepatic fibrosis.
  2. Molecular and cellular basis of intestinal fibrosis.
Clinical Research:
  1. Access to subspecialty care and its impact on healthcare outcomes.

Techniques in Use:

Laboratory Research:
  1. High resolution transmission and epifluorescence microscopic imaging
  2. standard molecular biological and protein methods
  3. real-time assays for chemotaxis and contractile force generation
  4. cell culture
  5. animal models of liver and gut injury.
Clinical Research:
  1. Implementation of health services improvements
  2. database development and analysis
  3. decision and cost analysis.

Recent Publications:

Melton, AC, Datta, A, Yee, Jr HF, [Ca2+]i-independent contractile force generation by rat hepatic stellate cells in response to endothelin-1, Am J Physiol, 290: G7-G13, 2006

Melton, AC, Yee, Jr HF, Hepatic stellate cell protrusions couple platelet-derived growth factor BB to chemotaxis, Hepatology, DOI: 10.1002/hep.21606, 2007

Dr. Yee's Biosketch


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