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Drs. Robert Warren and Carlos Corvera Awarded Pilot Grant by Collaborative Dedicated to Reducing Health Disparities in Cancer
UCSF Surgical Oncology Program
March 26, 2020
Robert S. Warren, M.D. and Carlos U. Corvera, M.D. are co-Principal Investigators on a pilot grant funded through the University of California Minority Patient-Derived Xenograft (PDX) Development and Trial Center (UCaMP) to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities collaborative. Comprised of four of the University of...
Patient preferences around extent of surgery in low-risk thyroid cancer: A discrete-choice experiment
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 26, 2020
A research team including Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, Chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, have published a paper in the journal Thyroid about patient preferences pertaining to surgical options for thyroid cancer. Specifically, the study identifies patient preferences for ascertaining risks and benefits...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of Plastic Surgery Residents on Match Day 2020
UCSF Division of Plastic Surgery
March 20, 2020
The UCSF Plastic Surgery Residency Program welcomes our three new categorical residents. The class of 2027 is an accomplished, diverse group, ready to begin their journey to becoming remarkable surgeons and leaders. We congratulate our new residents and look forward to their arrival at UCSF in June. UCSF...
UCSF-East Bay Surgery Welcomes New Class of General Surgery Residents on Match Day 2020
UCSF-East Bay Surgery
March 20, 2020
The General Surgery Residency Program at UCSF-East Bay is proud to welcome our seven new general surgery categorical residents comprising the incoming intern Class of 2020. Congratulations to this group of exceptional physicians for matching with us in Oakland. We are thrilled for their arrival in June and feel...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of Vascular Surgery Residents on Match Day 2020
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
March 20, 2020
The UCSF Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program welcomes our two new categorical residents comprising the class of 2025. We are honored to partner with these accomplished new residents as they begin their journey to becoming remarkable surgeons and leaders. We congratulate our new interns and look forward...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of General Surgery Residents on Match Day 2020
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 20, 2020
The Department of Surgery is thrilled to welcome our eight new general surgery categorical residents comprising the Class of 2027. We congratulate this diverse, talented group for matching into our program. We look forward to our new intern class joining the UCSF Surgery family in June and are honored to be part...
UCSF Named Second Best Medical School in the Nation for Surgery by U.S. News
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 20, 2020
The UCSF School of Medicine has been named the second best medical school in the nation for surgery in U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of the best graduate and professional schools, m oving up from fifth place last year. This is the third consecutive year in which U.S. News has included surgery as a...
Nature News Feature
March 17, 2020
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, have bypassed external devices and instead focused on developing a kidney prototype that they hope will one day be surgically implanted into a patient’s body. It wouldn’t require a pump because it...
Dr. Ronald Tesoriero Joins Department of Surgery Faculty at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
March 16, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Ronald B. Tesoriero, MD, FACS has joined the Department of Surgery faculty as Associate Professor based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). Dr. Tesoriero will serve as an attending physician on the Acute Care Surgery Service as well as on the Trauma and General...
Zachary Matthay, M.D. Awarded 2020 Ernest E. Moore Basic Science Research Prize from the Western Trauma Association
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
March 02, 2020
Zachary Matthay, M.D., a general surgery research resident, received the prestigious Ernest E. Moore Basic Science Research Prize from the Western Trauma Association for his investigations and manuscript on “Dynamic Effects of In-Vivo and In-Vitro Calcium on Platelet Behavior”. The award was given during the 50 th...
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
March 02, 2020
“This group of vulnerable patients has been relatively ignored in the fetal surgery world,” said UCSF’s Tippi MacKenzie , MD, senior author of the new study and member of the Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, who has worked for a decade developing novel therapies for...
Department of Surgery Launches New Faculty Affairs and Development Portal
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 19, 2020
The Department of Surgery has launched a new Faculty Affairs and Development Portal . The portal provides an array of tools and resources for our diverse faculty to achieve success in academic surgery over the arc of their careers through mentorship and leadership development. The portal also provides resources...
Dr. Sandy Feng Named Next AJT Editor-in-Chief by ASTS and AST
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 11, 2020
The Department of Surgery congratulates transplant surgeon Sandy Feng, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery, on being named the next Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT). The full joint news release from ASTS and AST appears below...
UCSF Transplant Surgeon Ryutaro Hirose, M.D. Instrumental in New Liver Transplant Donation Guidelines
UCSF News Services
February 06, 2020
The Organ Procurement Transplantation Network (OPTN) recently updated the liver distribution policy to provide better efficiency and fairness for transplant patients – regardless where they live, what hospital they choose for care or how sick they must be before being likely to get a transplant – and a UC San...
Call for Abstracts for the 2020 J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
January 29, 2020
The UCSF Department of Surgery is accepting abstracts for presentations at the upcoming 33rd annual Resident Research Symposium, to be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the UCSF Mission Bay, William and Susan Oberndorf Auditorium. All surgical residents, fellows, and medical students are invited to submit an...
Medical Students Daniela Rebollo Salazar and Natalie Rodriguez Recipients of 2019 Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
January 28, 2020
Daniela Rebollo Salazar and Natalie Rodriguez were selected as recipients of the 2019 Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship. Daniela, a 4 th year medical student from New York University School of Medicine, took an elective course in Advanced General Surgery - Colorectal at UCSF in September. Natalie is a 4 th year...