News & Events

UCSF Surgeon-scientist Lucy Kornblith, M.D. (PI) and her mentee, Zachary Matthay, M.D. (Co-PI) were awarded two grants for their proposed COVID-19-related research by the UCSF COVID-19 Rapid Response Pilot Grant Program, supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and National Institutes...

The Department of Surgery is pleased and honored to welcome our new class of incoming residents to the UCSF family! This outstanding group of doctors, drawn from diverse backgrounds, includes (49) surgical interns and one new PGY-3 resident. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, resident orientation was predominantly...

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce the selection of Shareef Syed, MBChB, MRCS, assistant professor in the division of Transplant Surgery, as the new Associate Director of the UCSF Surgical Skills Center. Dr. Syed is a general surgeon specializing in abdominal transplantation. After earning his...

The Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society recently announced new inductees and award winners. Sanziana A. Roman, M.D., FACS, Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery, Section of Endocrine Surgery, was honored as a "Faculty Inductee"; Alexa Glencer, M.D., a General Surgery Resident, was honored as...

Eva Gillis-Buck, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2020 and incoming general surgery resident, was awarded the UCSF 2020 Long-Term Dean's Prize in Research. The Long-Term Dean’s Prize is available to all UCSF graduating medical students. Finalists were selected based on the submission of a one-page abstract, letter...

The UCSF Department of Surgery is accepting applications for the Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship. All eligible medical students are invited to apply no later than June 1, 2020*. The Fellowship is offered to fourth year medical students as a sub-internship, providing the opportunity to experience first-hand the...

Mark Barry, M.D., a soon to be general surgery research resident, has received a UCSF Stimulating Access to Research in Residency (StARR) award. Dr. Barry has been mentored and supported in his work by Shibani Pati, MD, PhD and Deborah Stein, MD. Dr. Barry will begin his dedicated research years in July 2020. The...

Patricia Conroy, M.D., a soon to be general surgery research resident, has been awarded a CTSI TL1 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Conroy has been mentored and supported in her work by Kim Kirkwood, MD and Charles Craik, PhD. Dr. Conroy will begin her dedicated research years in July 2020. The CTSI TL1 postdoctoral...

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 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...

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...