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Department of Surgery Has Banner Year at 2019 Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 25, 2019
The UCSF Department of Surgery had a banner year at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA) annual meeting in Tuscon, Arizona on February 15-18, 201 9 Seven department faculty were voted in as active members: Jade Hiramoto Elizabeth Wick Carter Lebares Rita Mukhtar Amar Nijagal Ankit Sarin Aaron Jensen Our...
Department of Surgery Shines at Academic Surgical Congress 2019 Highlighted by Three Prestigious Individual Awards
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 13, 2019
The UCSF Department of Surgery was among the strong performers at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on February 5-7, 2019, placing sixth in quality scores among academic medical centers that submitted at least 10 abstracts and three prestigious awards. The Association for Academic...
Quoc-Hung “Key” Nguyen, MD Receives Two Prestigious Research Awards from Association for Academic Surgery
Mackenzie Lab
February 13, 2019
Quoc-Hung “Key” Nguyen, MD , a UCSF general surgery resident and a research fellow in the basic science laboratory of Tippi MacKenzie, M.D., received two prestigious awards at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on February 5-7, 2019. His participation was underwritten by the...
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS, Named Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the UCSF Department of Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 04, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Emily Finlayson, M.D., M.S., FACS, professor of Surgery, Medicine (Geriatrics), and Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco has been named the new Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Finlayson received her MD at...
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS Delivers 8th Annual Joseph A. Ignatius, MD Lecture in Surgery at Stanford University
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 10, 2018
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery and chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, delivered the 8th Annual Joseph A. Ignatius, MD Lecture in Surgery at Stanford University on October 30, 2018. The topic was " The rise of thyroid cancer and its evolving management...
Symposium Celebrating Women Surgeons Around the World
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 10, 2018
UCSF endocrine surgeon Sanziana A. Roman, M.D., FACS, was the organizer of a symposium centered on the experiences of women surgeons from around the world. In an article published in the December 2018 edition of the World Journal of Surgery, seven women surgeons drawn from diverse geographical backgrounds...
Bian Wu, MD and Edward Kim, MD Receive Prestigious Awards for Teaching Excellence
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 07, 2018
Edward "Ed" Kim, M.D., an associate professor of surgery in the Division of General Surgery and Bian Wu, M.D., a clinical fellow in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, are the recipients of prestigious teaching awards, reflecting their outstanding didactic skills and abiding commitment to the...
S. Ariane Christie, MD Receives Excellence in Research Award from American College of Surgeons
General Surgery Residency Program
December 06, 2018
S. Ariane Christie, MD, a general surgery resident at UCSF, received an Excellence in Research Award from the Scientific Forum Committee of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in the category of Global Surgery. The award was for her abstract, "Feasibility of a Cellular Telephone Follow-up Program After Injury...
UCSF Trauma Surgeons Among Leading Voices Working to Stem Tide of Gun Violence in the U.S.
Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
December 05, 2018
Trauma surgeons at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center have been among the strongest proponents for physicians speaking out on the issue of gun violence and conducting research to reduce suffering and prevent needless and tragic deaths. They have harnessed the power of Twitter in the...
Sanziana A. Roman, M.D. Interviewed by UCSF School of Medicine for Global Diversity Awareness Month
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 17, 2018
Sanziana A. Roman, M.D., FACS, professor of surgery and Dean’s Diversity Leader for Leadership Equity and Inclusion at UCSF, was interviewed by the School of Medicine (SOM) in conjunction with "Global Diversity Awareness Month", October 2018. Differences Matter is a multi-year, multi-faceted School of Medicine...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Clinical Fellows for the 2018-19 Academic Year
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 03, 2018
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our new clinical fellows for the 2018-19 academic year, a diverse group of accomplished surgeons bringing a rich array of experiences from leading institutions. The UCSF Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgical departments in the world with a rich history of...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Clinical Fellows for the 2018-19 Academic Year
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 03, 2018
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our new clinical fellows for the 2018-19 academic year, a diverse group of accomplished surgeons bringing a rich array of experiences from leading institutions. The UCSF Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgical departments in the world with a rich history of...
Dr. Victoria Lyo First General Surgery Trainee in UC System to Earn Robotic Qualification Equivalency Certificate from Intuitive Surgical
General Surgery Residency Program
August 24, 2018
Victoria Lyo, M.D., MTM, a recent graduate of the UCSF General Surgery Residency and now a m inimally invasive surgery and foregut fellow at OHSU, was the first trainee in the UC system to receive the Robotic Qualification Equivalency Certificate (QEC) from Intuitive Surgical. The development of the UCSF Resident...
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program Ranked No. 1 in Western U.S. in Annual Doximity Survey
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 23, 2018
The UCSF General Surgery Residency was ranked No. 1 in research output and by reputation among sister programs in California and across the western U.S. in the Doximity 2018-19 annual survey. Nationally, the program placed in the 99th percentile for research output . The residency program is led by Department...
Trauma Surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. Recipient of (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship
Department of Surgery at ZSFG
July 14, 2018
Trauma Surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. has been awarded the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship to study post-injury platelet biology. Dr. Kornblith is a graduate of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and subsequently completed fellowships in Surgical Critical Care...
Department of Surgery Welcomes Endocrine Surgeon and Diversity Leader Sanziana A. Roman, MD to Faculty
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 02, 2018
The Department of Surgery welcomes endocrine surgeon Sanziana A. Roman, M.D., FACS to the faculty as a professor of Surgery in the Section of Endocrine Surgery , Division of General Surgery. Dr. Roman also has been appointed Director of Learning and Teaching in the Procedural Specialties and Dean’s Diversity...