News & Events

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Wen T. Shen, M.D., M.A. has been named Director of the UCSF Surgery Grand Rounds Education Series. Dr. Shen is an endocrine surgeon and a Professor of Clinical Surgery. In his new role, Dr. Shen will assess the ongoing educational needs of faculty and learners...

Zachary Matthay, M.D., a general surgery research resident, received second place in the American College of Surgeons Region IX Committee on Trauma Resident Research Competition, held at Cedars Sinai Medical Center on December 7th, 2019. His presentation, titled "Dynamic Effects of Calcium on Platelet Behavior...