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Trauma Surgeon Andre Campbell, M.D. Vents Frustration over Toll of Pervasive Daily Gun Violence in Nationโs ERs
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
June 29, 2018
UCSF trauma surgeon Andre Campbell, M.D. , who was on the trauma team that treated victims injured in the shooting at the YouTube headquarters in California, vented his frustration over decades of gun violence in a press conference about the shooting. As reported by CNN , Campbell challenged the news media to look...
Residency Program Director Linda M. Reilly, MD Honored with 2018 UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
June 27, 2018
Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Program Director of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, was named a 2018 Recipient of the UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education (GME). The award was presented at the UCSF GME Celebration and QI Symposium on June 18th at the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library at...
Storied Medical Educator Patricia OโSullivan, EdD Honored with Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 20, 2018
Patricia S. OโSullivan, EdD, professor of Surgery and Medicine at UCSF, received the 2018 Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award from the Faculty Mentoring Program at an award celebration on June 13th at the Lange Room in the UCSF Parnassus Library. Dr. O'Sullivan is director of the Office of Research and...
Highlights of 2018 UCSF Naffziger Surgical Society Meeting in San Francisco
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 16, 2018
The UCSF Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society, the alumni society of graduates of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and associate members, held its 2018 meeting May 10-11 in San Francisco. Proceedings kicked with a Women in Surgery event at the home of Shelley Marks, the past President of the Society. The...
Resident Research Winners Announced for Presentations at 31st Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
May 21, 2018
The 31st Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium was held Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. The program showcased the laboratory research of residents, fellows and medical students in the Department of Surgery, and honors the life and accomplishments of J. Engelbert...
Department of Surgery Announces 21st Maurice Galante Lecture Featuring Bill Browder
UCSF Department of Surgery
May 16, 2018
The 21 st Maurice Galante Lecture will feature Bill Browder, founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management. Browder was the largest foreign investor in Russia until 2005, when he was denied entry to the country for exposing corruption in Russian state-owned companies. In 2009, Browderโs Russian lawyer, Sergei...
UCSF Naffziger Society Symposium to be Held May 11th with Harvard Professor Gerard M. Doherty as Featured Guest Lecturer
UCSF Department of Surgery
May 03, 2018
The UCSF Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society, the alumni society for graduates of the the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and associate members, will hold its 2nd annual "Naffziger Society Day" symposium on Friday May 11th in San Francisco. Naffziger Society Day brings together multiple generations of UCSF...
Resident Research Symposium Headlined by Stanford Professor Carla M. Pugh Set for April 25th at UCSF Mission Bay
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
April 12, 2018
The 31st Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay beginning at 9:00 a.m. The Department of Surgery is honored to have Stanford professor Carla M. Pugh, MD, PhD, FACS as this year's visiting Dunphy Professor. The J. Engelbert...
USNWR Ranks UCSF No. 4 Nationally for Surgical Education of Medical Students
UCSF Department of Surgery
April 12, 2018
UCSF was recently ranked No. 4 nationally for the surgery curriculum taught in medical school, placing it in the top 2.5% of the 177 medical and osteopathic schools surveyed in the U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and professional schools . The curriculum, developed by highly acclaimed Department...
HHMI Research Fellow Simon N. Chu Awarded Deanโs Prize in Research and Scholarship by UCSF School of Medicine
Transplantation Research Lab
April 11, 2018
Simon N. Chu, M.S., has been awarded the 2018 Deanโs Prize in Research and Scholarship by the UCSF School of Medicine for his molecular medicine research. Chu, a senior medical student in the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Fellow, will present his...
Department of Surgery Ranks 3rd Nationally in NIH Funding for Surgery Category - Three Surgeon-Scientists Rank in Top 20
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 27, 2018
The UCSF Department of Surgery now ranks No. 3 nationally in NIH research funding among all academic surgery programs, a stunning rise from 6 th the last time the survey was done. Three Department of Surgery faculty also ranked in the top 20 of all NIH-funded principal investigators nationally in the category of...
Michael Zobel Awarded Prestigious Resident Research Scholarship by American College of Surgeons (ACS)
UCSF Resident Research Program
March 27, 2018
Michael Zobel, M.D, a third-year (PGY-3) general surgery resident at UCSF, has been awarded a prestigious two-year resident research scholarship by the American College of Surgeons for 2018-2020. The scholarships are supported by the generosity of Fellows, Chapters, and friends of the College, to encourage...
Thoracic Oncology Program Launches Kratz Lab Focused on Therapeutic Interventions for Early-Stage Lung Cancers
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
March 26, 2018
The Thoracic Oncology Program proudly announces the launch of the Kratz Lab, which will focus on understanding the genetic and immunological mechanisms that drive early-stage, surgically resectable thoracic malignancies, most notably non-small cell lung cancer. The translationally-focused Kratz Lab will use t he...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of General Surgery Residents on Match Day 2018
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 16, 2018
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our seven new categorical residents comprising the Class of 2025. We congratulate them in matching with our program. This is a diverse group of highly accomplished individuals that bring a wide array of life experiences and academic excellence to UCSF. We look forward to...
Renowned Breast Surgeon Laura J. Esserman Discusses Her Life and Research at Department of Surgery Staff Engagement Event
UCSF Breastcare Surgery
February 28, 2018
Renowned breast surgeon Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA gave a captivating talk about her richly textured life and innovative research at a Staff Engagement Event hosted by the Department of Surgery on February 9th at UCSF Mount Zion. The research portion of her talk focused on two landmark clinical trials she serves...
Quan-Yang Duh, MD Recounts Iconic Immigrant Journey in Address to Pacific Coast Surgical Association
UCSF Endocrine Surgery
February 28, 2018
Quan-Yang Duh M.D. , professor and chief of the section of endocrine surgery at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and outgoing President of the Pacific Coast Surgical Association, told a rapt audience of attendees at the organization's annual meeting of his journey as an immigrant, his rescue by a...