Angela Carlson Chan:  

Life 1/2006 Today, I am a wife, a mom, and a radiation therapist at UCSF. I am at the Parnassus site in San Francisco, CA. I also get to cover for a specialty called Gamma Knife. UCSF does have a website for its Radiation Oncology Department and also for Gamma Knife. I am very thankful for my job and my friends there. I have just had a procedure for my heart. It's called a catheter ablation. My heart condition was called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, a fancy name for my heart beats fast when it wants. Thankfully my doctor was the founder of this procedure; his name is Dr. Melvin Scheinman at UCSF Electrophysiology Department (also has a website). So, if any of you have fast heart rates get it checked. I didn't really know I had it until I ended up in ER Nov 30 2005 (before then I attributed my fast heart beat to being in love alot-just kidding) and the cardiologist (electrophysiologist) who visited me in ER is the founder of this procedure (at the time I didn't know that, I just thought he was some nice older doctor, I found out after I looked up his profile and got more information on my condition). It's nice to have a few days off. My procedure was Thursday 1/19/2006 and I get to go back to work Friday 1/27/2006. I'm not suppose t...Expand for more