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Tasce Bongiovanni, M.D., MPP, MHS

Tasce Bongiovanni, M.D., MPP, MHS

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery
  • Division of General Surgery
  • Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
  • Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

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Education

Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA. BSC, Accounting. 2003

University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, MD 2010

Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA, MPP 2010

Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, MHS 2015 

Residencies

  • University of California San Francisco, Intern, General Surgery, 2012-2013
  • University of California San Francisco, Resident, General Surgery, 2013-2016
  • University of California San Francisco, Chief Resident, General Surgery, 2016-2017

Fellowships

  • University of California San Francisco, Surgical Critical Care Clinical Fellow, 2017-2018
  • University of California San Francisco, Trauma and Emergency Surgery Clinical Fellow, 2018-2019

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care

Clinical Interests

  • General Surgery
  • Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Research Interests

  • Health Services Research
  • Native American Health
  • Underserved Communities

Biography

Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP is an assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery. She serves as an acute care surgeon and surgical critical care intensivist at UCSF Parnassus, and trauma surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG). 

Dr. Bongiovanni earned her BS in Commerce from Santa Clara University and a Master's in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Bongiovanni has deep roots at UCSF spanning more than a decade. She earned her MD at UCSF, and then stayed on to complete her General Surgery Residency here, followed by fellowships in Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Surgery at UCSF/ZSFG. As a research resident, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the Yale University School of Medicine. Recently, she was named as a recipient of a Learning Health Systems NIH K12 Grant and a 2019 John A. Watson Faculty Scholar Award. 

Awards & Honors

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  • Watson's Faculty Scholars, Dean's Diversity Award
  • UCSF School of Medicine
  • 2019 - 2021
  • Phyllis J. Nusz- Maurice Galante, MD Scholarship Award
  • UCSF Department of Surgery
  • 2010 - 2011

    • Research & Funding

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    • Delivery of Surgical Care to Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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      Sep 2020
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      Sep 2021
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    • Is There More to Opioid Prescribing Than Pain? Examining Associations Between Social Determinants of Health and Opioid Prescribing Using UCSF Electronic Medical Record (EMR) Data
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      Aug 2021
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    • UCSF Learning Health System K12 Career Development Program
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      Jul 2019
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      Jul 2021
      K Scholar
    • Surgical Care for Benign Gallbladder Disease During COVID-19: Operational Barriers and Areas for Intervention at a Safety-Net Hospital
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    • What’s Behind Disparities in Pain Management? Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Map Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to Opioid Prescribing, Misuse/OUD, Screening and Treatment Using UCSF Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data
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      May 2021
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    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 69
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    1. Decker H, Trang K, Ramirez J, Colley A, Pierce L, Coleman M, Bongiovanni T, Melton GB, Wick E. Large Language Model-Based Chatbot vs Surgeon-Generated Informed Consent Documentation for Common Procedures. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Oct 02; 6(10):e2336997. View in PubMed
    2. Bongiovanni T, Lancaster E, Behrends M, Zhang L, Wick E, Auerbach A, Pletcher MJ. Optimizing Uptake of Multimodal Pain Management After Surgery Using the Electronic Health Record. JAMA Surg. 2023 Oct 01; 158(10):1108-1111. View in PubMed
    3. Bongiovanni T, Pletcher MJ, Lau C, Robinson A, Lancaster E, Zhang L, Behrends M, Wick E, Auerbach A. A behavioral intervention to promote use of multimodal pain medication for hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial. J Hosp Med. 2023 08; 18(8):685-692. View in PubMed
    4. Bongiovanni T, Hernandez S, Ledesma Y, Menza R, Wick E, Steinman M, Mackersie R, Stein DM, Coffin PO. Corrigendum to Surviving traumatic injury, only to die of acute drug poisoning: Should trauma centers be a path for intervention? [Surgery 170 (2021) pp 1249-54]. Surgery. 2023 Aug; 174(2):432. View in PubMed
    5. Bongiovanni T, Gan S, Finlayson E, Ross JS, Harrison JD, Boscardin WJ, Steinman MA. Trends in the Use of Gabapentinoids and Opioids in the Postoperative Period Among Older Adults. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Jun 01; 6(6):e2318626. View in PubMed
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    Posters & Oral Presentations

    1. Bongiovanni, T. Kim, S. Kim, A. Killelea, B. Gross, C. Variation in Private Payer Payments to Cancer Surgeons. Oral Presentation at: American College of Surgeons 2016 Clinical Congress. Washington, D.C.
    2. Bongiovanni, T. Ranasinghe, I. Krumholz, H. Ross, J. Unplanned Hospital Admissions after Same-Day
    3. Surgery. Oral Presentation at: American College of Surgeons 2016 Clinical Congress. Washington, D.C.
    4. Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Trompeta, J.A. Knowledge and Spirituality Surrounding Organ Donation in the Native American Community. Oral Presentation at UCSF Transplant Symposium 2016: Building Bridges to Excellence. San Francisco, CA. Sept 2016.
    5. Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Trompeta, J.A. The Effect of Families on Organ Donation Among Native Americans. Poster Presentation at: American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA. 2016
    6. Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Trompeta, J.A. Nunez-Smith, M. Understanding Organ Donation among Urban Native Americans. Oral Presentation at: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar National Meeting. Seattle, WA. 2015.
    7. Bongiovanni, T. Yeo, H. Sosa, JA. Long, T. Rosenthal, M. Berg, D. Curry, L. Nunez-Smith, M. Structural and Cultural Factors Leading to Attrition from Surgical Residency: Real-life Experiences from Those who Left. Oral Presentation at: Association of Women Surgeons/American College of Surgeons National Conference. Chicago, IL. 2015.
    8. Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Lucas, G. Trompeta, J.A. Nunez-Smith, M. Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Organ Donation in the Native Community. Poster presentation at: American Transplant Congress. Philadelphia, PA. 2015. Awarded "Poster of Distinction."
    9. Bongiovanni, T. Kim, S. Kim, A. Killelea, B. Gross, C. Variation in surgeon payment for cancer resection. Oral Presentation at: University of California, San Francisco, Department of Surgery Resident Research Symposium. 2015.
    10. Long, T. Bongiovanni, T. Dashevsky, M. Halim, A. Ross, J. Fogerty, R. Silvestri, M. Impact of laboratory price display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs. Oral presentation at: Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2015. Winner: #1 Research Project of Meeting.
    11. Bongiovanni, T. Yeo, H. Sosa, JA. Long, T. Rosenthal, M. Berg, D. Curry, L. Nunez-Smith, M. Structural and Cultural Factors Leading to Attrition from Surgical Residency: Real-life Experiences from Those who Left. Poster Presentation at: Association of American Medical Colleges, Workforce Conference. Alexandria, VA. 2015.
    12. Long, T. Bongiovanni, T. Dashevsky, M. Halim, A. Ross, J. Fogerty, R. Silvestri, M. Impact of laboratory price display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs. Oral presentation at: Society of General Internal Medicine. New England Regional Meeting. Boston, MA. 2015.
    13. Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Lucas, G. Trompeta, J.A. Nunez-Smith, M. Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Organ Donation in the Native Community. Poster presented at: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2014.
    14. Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Lucas, G. Trompeta, J. Nunez-Smith, M. Cultural Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Organ Donation and Transplantation in Indian Country. Poster acceptance for: UCSF Health Disparities Symposium. San Francisco, CA. 2014.
    15. Bongiovanni T, Clark A, Garnett E, Heyman M. Impact of Gluten-Free Camp for Children and Adolescents with Celiac Disease. Poster presentation at: Pediatric Academic Societies Conference. Baltimore, MD. 2009.
    16. Bongiovanni, T. Trihn, K. Ravikumar, D. Lobby Day Results and Lessons. Poster presentation at: American Medical Student Association. National Conference. Chicago, IL. 2006.
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    In the News

    • Land Acknowledgment Statement of the UCSF Department of Surgery

      UCSF Department of Surgery - October 14, 2020
      Native Americans are still here! Not just in the romanticized past, or in a troubled present where stereotypes of Indians abound (alcoholics, living only on reservations, stoic spiritual leaders, casino owners).    California has the largest Native American population in the country – a shocking statistic to most people. Why are land acknowledgments important? They recognize the past and present of Native American culture. They invite all of us to think about the ways in which we benefit [...]

    • Tasce Bongiovanni, MD Awarded LHS K12 Career Development Grant and Named 2019 John A. Watson Scholar

      Department of Surgery at ZSFG - Richard Barg - June 20, 2019
      Tasce Bongiovanni, M.D., MPP, MHS, a second-year trauma and surgical critical care fellow at ZSFG in trauma and emergency surgery and soon to be USCF faculty member, has been awarded a Learning Health Systems (LHS) K12 Career Development Grant and named to the Class of 2019 John A. Watson Faculty Scholars. Dr. Bongiovanni is a previous graduate of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program On August 1, Dr. Bongiovanni will begin her appointment as assistant professor in the Division of General [...]

    • Department of Surgery Has Banner Year at 2019 Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting

      UCSF Department of Surgery - Richard Barg - 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, 2019 Seven department faculty were voted in as active members: Jade Hiramoto Elizabeth Wick Carter Lebares Rita Mukhtar Amar Nijagal Ankit Sarin Aaron Jensen Our UCSF faculty and learners were also recognized for their outstanding research, with a number of abstracts being chosen for podium presentations, several garnering [...]

    • 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
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      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 service of community outreach and effecting social change. Notably, Rachael A. Callcut, M.D., MSPH was among the group that created the Twitter handle, @ThisIsOurLane and Andre Campbell, [...]

     

     
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