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Dr. Sanziana Roman & Dr. Elizabeth Ozer received a $200,000 Advancing Faculty Diversity award from University of California's Office of the President for their work on "Leadership Equity Advances Diversity: Enhancing Processes for Selecting Leaders across UC Health Sciences" UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach...

The Department of Surgery and the Division of Vascular Surgery are proud to announce a major milestone for Alameda Health System: the successful performance of our first TransCarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR) procedure at the state-of-the-art Highland Hospital Cardiovascular Catheterization Laboratory. One...

The Department of Surgery would like to acknowledge and celebrate Dr. Lucy Kornblith, an Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSF and a trauma and acute care surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and Trauma Center. Recently, she played a crucial role in the recovery of San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky...

If the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, my career path has never been linear. And I have no regrets. The longer, less traveled path has allowed me to meet interesting people, and to trial different experiences that have only made me more steadfast in my pursuit of academic surgery as a...

We are thrilled to welcome our new class of incoming residents to the UCSF Department of Surgery! This diverse, accomplished group includes a total of 29 surgical interns, two returning preliminary general surgery PGY-2 residents, and one new categorical general surgery PGY-4 resident. All new residents officially...

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone. UCSF Health has the busiest robotic surgery program in the UC health system and...

It is our pleasure to announce this year's recipients of the annual Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine. Please join me in congratulating the recipents from the Department of Surgery: Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD Kalpana Harish, MPH The award, which recognizes exceptional service to...

The Exceptional Physician Awards recognizes select physicians for exemplary demonstration of UCSF Health’s values in their clinical practice and interaction with patients, faculty and staff. The Department of Surgery wants to congratulate Dr. Hillary J. Braun, one of our Chief Residents in General Surgery and...

The UCSF Department of Sugery is very pleased to introduce our new General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Vascular Surgery residents! We warmly welcome this extraordinary, diverse group to UCSF Surgery and congratulate each incoming intern for matching into our programs. We are honored to partner with...

On National Women Physicians Day, the Muriel Steele Society and the UCSF Department of Surgery honor the amazing team of women surgeons, scientists, learners, and staff that have made so many important contributions to improving the lives of our patients. About the Muriel Steele Society at UCSF The Muriel Steele...

By Elizabeth Fernandez First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden visits UCSF to speak with patients, researchers, and doctors as part of President Biden's Cancer Moonshot program. From left to right: Alan Ashworth, MD, Paola Betancur, MD, Monica Bertagnolli, MD, First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D, Kami Pullakhandam. Photo by Noah...

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor...

The UCSF Department of Surgery is profoundly saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Orlo Herrick Clark. Dr. Clark was a beloved member of the UCSF Surgery Family and an internationally renowned endocrine surgeon. He completed his general surgery residency at UCSF in 1973 and spent his entire faculty career as a...

The UCSF Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that third year UCSF medical student Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel, A.B. was awarded the inaugural Thomas K. Hunt Memorial fellowship from the Division of General Surgery for her research project: “Optimizing outcomes in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast...

We are pleased to announce the appointment of three new Associate Residency Program Directors for our general surgery residency program: Rita Mukhtar, MD as Associate Residency Program Director for Curriculum; Wen Shen, MD, MA as Associate Residency Program Director for Resident Professional Development; and Lan...