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Department of Surgery Launches Surgical Skills Center Website
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
February 07, 2018
The Department of Surgery has launched a new website for its Surgical Skills Center. The program is led by director Edward Kim, M.D., associate director Hueylan Chern, M.D., both associate professors in the Division of General Surgery. The goal of the Center is to maximize learning in the operating rooms by...
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS Named Chair of UCSF Department of Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
January 31, 2018
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS will be the new chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, effective April 1, 2018. She will also hold the Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery. Dr. John P. Roberts, who has led the department as interim chair since October 2016, will continue in his leadership role...
One Year Ago Today, Surgeons Hit the Reset Button on My Life
UCSF Lung Transplant Program
January 30, 2018
Brad Dell relives the exhilirating and captivating events leading up to his lung transplant surgery at UCSF on its one-year anniversary. His riveting account appears at Cystic Fibrosis News Today. Jan. 14, 2017 was the worst day of anxiety I’d had in the five months of waiting for my lung transplant . A frantic...
A Push To Get Older Adults In Better Shape For Surgery
Kaiser Health News
January 29, 2018
Navigating Aging focuses on medical issues and advice associated with aging and end-of-life care, helping America’s 45 million seniors and their families navigate the health care system. Surgery can be hard on older adults, resulting in serious complications and death far more often than in younger patients. But...
Carolyn Seib Awarded Grant to Study Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Elderly Thyroid Cancer Patients
UCSF Endocrine Surgery
January 28, 2018
Carolyn D. Seib, M.D., MAS, a clinical investigator and member of the UCSF endocrine surgery faculty, has been awarded a RAP (Resource Allocation Program) seed grant by the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center to study postoperative cognitive dysfunction in elderly patients undergoing surgery for...
Automatic Acoustic Gunshot Sensor Technology May Benefit Shooting Victims
UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
January 28, 2018
A study led by UCSF-East Bay general surgery resident Magdalene Brooke, MD, and UCSF trauma surgeon Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., found that the use of automatic acoustic gunshot sensor technology may benefit shooting victims. The study was presented at the most recent Clinical Congress of the American College of...
Tobias Deuse, M.D., Named The Julien I. E. Hoffman, M.D. Chair in Cardiac Surgery
UCSF Cardiothoracic Surgery
January 26, 2018
Tobias Deuse, M.D., associate professor of surgery and director of minimally-invasive cardiac surgery at UCSF, has been named The Julien I. E. Hoffman, M.D. Chair in Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Deuse, a cardiac and heart transplant surgeon, is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in the development of...
Meet Tobias Deuse, M.D., Internationally Renowned Cardiac and Heart Transplant Surgeon
UCSF Cardiothoracic Surgery
January 17, 2018
Dr. Tobias Deuse was recruited to UCSF from the University of Hamburg-Eppendorf, one of the leading mitral valve centers in Germany. He is excited by UCSF’s team approach to complex heart disease, and recently led the establishment at UCSF of a combined clinic where patients see both an interventional cardiologist...
Marlene Grenon and Greg Zahner Discuss Link Between Depression and PAD In Vascular News
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
January 10, 2018
Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., and Greg Zahner, MSc discuss the link between depression and the increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a story at Vascular News. Marlene Grenon is an associate professor in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Greg J. Zahner is a fourth year medical...
UCSF Earns Highest Performance Rating for Procedures Performed by Cardiac, Colorectal, Thoracic, Vascular and Lung Transplant Surgeons
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 29, 2017
UCSF Medical Center earned “high performance” ratings – the highest ratings possible – in eight common conditions and procedures in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey for 2017-2018, seven within the UCSF Department of Surgery: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Aortic Valve Surgery Colon Cancer...
Patient Frailty Associated with Increased Morbidity for Common Ambulatory Surgeries in Older Adults
Center for Surgery in Older Adults
December 28, 2017
A new research study shows that patient frailty should be assessed in preoperative planning for surgery in older adults, even for common ambulatory general surgery operations. The study, led by principal investigator and lead author, Carolyn D. Seib, M.D., MAS, a general and endocrine surgeon at UCSF, was reported...
Courtney Green Awarded CESERT Robotic Grant from Association for Surgical Education (ASE) Foundation
General Surgery Residency Program
December 27, 2017
Courtney A. Green, M.D., research fellow in the General Surgery Residency program, has been awarded a CSERT (Center for Excellence in Surgical Education, Research and Training) grant from the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) Foundation. Her research project is entitled, “Investigation into the Perceptual...
UCSF Medical Center Reaccredited as "Comprehensive Center" for Bariatric Surgery by American College of Surgeons, MBSAQIP and ASMBS
UCSF Bariatric Surgery
December 26, 2017
UCSF Medical Center has been reaccredited as a "Comprehensive Center" for bariatric surgery by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The UCSF Bariatric Surgery...
American College of Surgeons Verifies Highland Hospital as Adult Level 1 Trauma Center
UCSF-Eastbay Surgery Program
December 26, 2017
The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has verified Highland Hospital, the flagship facility in the Alameda Health System, as an adult Level 1 Trauma Center, affirming the earlier designation by the state of California through a local Emergency Medical Services Agency (LEMSA). Practically speaking, the imprimatur...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Clinical Fellows for 2017-18 Academic Year
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 23, 2017
The Department of Surgery proudly welcomes our new clinical fellows for the 2017-18 academic year. Clinical fellows receive state-of-the-art subspecialty training, an enriching mentorship experience, and the opportunity to work as integral members of a multidisciplinary clinical team led by world-class attending...
Quan-Yang Duh Receives 2017 Paul Starr Award from American Thyroid Association
UCSF Endocrine Surgery
December 20, 2017
Quan-Yang Duh M.D., professor and chief of endocrine surgery at UCSF, and a nationally and internationally recognized leader in the field, is the recipient of the 2017 Paul Starr Award from the American Thyroid Association (ATA). The Paul Starr Award Lecture recognizes an outstanding contributor to clinical...