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Dr. Adnan Alseidi to Join Faculty and Named Inaugural Vice Chair for Education
UCSF Department of Surgery
November 18, 2019
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Adnan Alseidi, MD EdM FACS has been named the inaugural Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Surgery, effective April 1, 2020. As Vice Chair, Dr. Alseidi will work collaboratively with our educators and teachers to strengthen the Department’s...
UCSF Medical Student Kirk Fergus Recipient of AAS Senior Medical Student Travel Award
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Kirk Fergus, UCSF class of 2020, was awarded the 2020 Senior Medical Student Travel Award by the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). This award is to recognize the outstanding research efforts by medical students who have demonstrated a strong interest in pursuing a career in surgery. Only six awards are given...
UCSF Medical Student Iris Liu Wins First Place in Medical Student Poster Competition for Basic Science Research at ACSCC 2019
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Iris Liu, BA, a second-year medical student at UCSF, won first place in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Basic Science Category for her poster " Deep Immune Profiling of High- vs. Low-Risk Early-State Lung Adenocarcinoma." The ACS Medical Student Program e-Poster Session included 48...
Elizabeth Wick, MD and Jason Pomerantz, MD Appointed Co-Chairs of the Department of Surgery Research Committee
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 07, 2019
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Elizabeth C. Wick, M.D. and Jason H. Pomerantz, M.D. have been appointed Co-Chairs of the Department of Surgery Research Committee. Dr. Wick is a professor of surgery in the Section of Colorectal Surgery. She is an experienced laparoscopic surgeon, treating the...
Dr. Hueylan Chern Named Director of the Surgical Skills Center
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 02, 2019
Hueylan Chern, M.D., an associate professor in the Section of Colorectal Surgery, has been named the new Director of the UCSF Surgical Skills Center. The UCSF Surgical Skills Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons, and it is one of the crown jewels of the Department’s teaching enterprise. It...
Four Department of Surgery Members Honored with UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Awards
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 22, 2019
Four members of the UCSF Department of Surgery were recently honored with Exceptional Physician Awards by UCSF Health. The four were nominated and selected based on their demonstration of UCSF's core PRIDE values -- Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence. Their hard work, dedication and...
Mary McGrath, Carter Lebares, and Courtney Green Honored with UCSF Excellence and Innovation Awards in Graduate Medical Education
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 19, 2019
Faculty members Mary McGrath, M.D. and Carter Lebares, M.D., and general surgery resident Courtney Green, M.D.,MAEd each received the UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education (2018-19) at the end-of-year GME Celebration on June 17th at the Kalmanovitz Library on the UCSF Parnassus Heights...
Muriel Steele Society Announces Awards Honoring Pioneering and Influential Women in Surgery
Muriel Steele Society
June 18, 2019
This spring, the Muriel Steele Society announced the inaugural recipients of its two annual awards honoring pioneering and influential women in surgery. Please join us in congratulating all of these inspiring women! The Muriel Steele Society Award The Muriel Steele Society Award is voted on by the senior residents...
Winners Announced for Presentations at 32nd Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
April 17, 2019
The 32nd Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium was held Wednesday, April 17, 2019 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 Welcomes New Class of General Surgery Residents on Match Day 2019
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 15, 2019
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our eight new general surgery categorical residents comprising the Class of 2026. We congratulate this diverse, highly accomplished group for matching into our program. We look forward to the arrival of our new intern class in June and are honored to be part of their...
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, 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...
Simon N. Chu, M.S. Recipient of Association for Academic Surgery Outstanding Medical Student Award
Transplantation Research Lab
February 13, 2019
Simon N. Chu, M.S., a 4th Year UCSF medical student and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow in the laboratory of Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2019 Association for Academic Surgery Outstanding Medical Student Award at the 14 th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on...
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...
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...
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 Chair...