News & Events

General surgery resident Elizabeth Lancaster, M.D. and Surgery Education Office Administrative Director Rachelle Bresnahan each received the UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education (2019-20) at a virtual GME reception on June 15th. Award recipients have demonstrated a commitment to...

Nichole Starr, M.D., MPH, a general surgery research resident, was awarded an NIH Fogarty Global Health Scholars Fellowship for the 2020-21 year. Dr. Starr will spend her fellowship year at Addis Ababa University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the mentorship of Milliard Derbew, M.D., Tom Weiser, M.D., MPH, Andi...

The UCSF Department of Surgery invites all interested medical students* to join a virtual tour of the UCSF General Surgery Residency with program leadership and residents. Three virtual tours are scheduled for 5:45PM-7:00PM PT: Session 1: Tuesday, August 25th Registration: https://tinyurl.com/UCSFGS-0825 Session 2...

Dr. Sanziana Roman, Professor of Surgery and Dr. Elizabeth Ozer, Professor of Pediatrics, and Director of the Faculty Equity Advisors program in the Office of Diversity and Outreach, are the recipients of the UCOP “Advancing Faculty Diversity, Improved Climate and Retention” award of $225,000 through President...

UCSF surgeon-scientist Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. was awarded a Junior Clinical Investigator Award from the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Care Center. This mentored award is given to a junior clinical investigator to support their research efforts in the early stages of their career. Dr. Kratz was given this...

The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has announced that Linda M. Reilly, M.D. and Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., M.A. will be inducted into its prestigious Academy of Master Surgeon Educators . Dr. Reilly is Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery and Director of the UCSF General Surgery...

Jade Hiramoto, MD, Professor of Surgery in the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has been named President-Elect of the UCSF Medical Staff. The appointment began on July 1, 2020 and will continue for the next two years. In this role, Dr. Hiramoto will serve as Chair of the Credentials Committee, as...

Mark Barry, M.D. Zachary Matthay, M.D. Adam Wallace, M.D. Ava Yap, M.D.. M.H.Sc. UCSF Surgery residents were well-represented as awardees of the UCSF CTSI Spring 2020 Resident Research Funding Award . Mark Barry, M.D. , Zachary Matthay, M.D. (General Surgery research residents), Adam Wallace, M.D. (Plastic Surgery...

The UCSF Department of Surgery has just been awarded a paradigm-shifting NIH T-32 training grant for Surgical Oncology. The goal of this new innovative program is to train future leaders in surgery and oncology to be change agents in driving science and value-based medicine by giving them a foundation in...

The Department of Surgery celebrated the many achievements of our UCSF Surgery trainees and educators at Surgery Grand Rounds on June 10, 2020, recognizing the tireless hard work and extraordinary talent displayed each and every day by these recipients. In addition, there was a tribute to the late Chief Resident...

We are pleased to announce that Mohamed Abdelgadir Adam, MBBS will be joining our faculty in the fall as an Assistant Professor in the newly established Division of Surgical Oncology at UCSF. Dr. Adam completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University in translational genomic research in 2010. Dr...

We are pleased to announce that Jay Menaker, MD will be joining the faculty at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) on September 1st, providing care to patients in the ICU at the UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, and in the Emergency Department at ZSFG. Dr. Menaker will serve as the...

We are pleased to announce that Willieford Moses, MD will be joining our faculty in the fall as a pediatric surgeon based at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital – Oakland (BCHO). Dr. Moses graduated from Duke University in 2006 with a BS in Psychology, and received his MD from UCSF School of Medicine in 2011. He...