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Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, Legendary Mindfulness Instructor, Lauds Department of Surgery Efforts Studying MBSR in Surgical Interns and Faculty
UCSF Center for Mindfulness in Surgery
February 27, 2018
Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D, the universally acclaimed mediation instructor and Professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, recently gave the "Second Annual Ellen Hughes Lectureship" in Herbst Hall at UCSF Mount Zion, "The Key to Clinician Wellbeing through Mindfulness: Embodied Practice...
Teaching To Technology: Will Robots in the OR Shift the Surgical Instruction Model?
General Surgery Residency Program
February 25, 2018
UCSF general surgery research fellow Courtney A. Green, M.D. was recently interviewed by Daniel Seeger of Surgical Products Magazine about changes in the surgical instruction model heralded by the advent of robotic surgery in the operating room. It’s well understood that robotic-assisted surgical systems are...
Department of Surgery Launches New Medical Student Portal for Surgical Clerkships
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
February 16, 2018
The Department of Surgery has launched a new medical student portal designed as a resource and comprehensive dashboard for medical students during their surgical clerkships. The program is led by Director Andre Campbell, M.D. and Associate Director Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D. The site course coordinators are Heidi...
Medical Students Ammar Joudeh and Carolyn Rennels Develop Project to Reduce Surgical Site Infections
Department of Surgery Medical Student Portal
October 21, 2017
The October 2017 Update of the UCSF Bridges Curriculum highlights a project of UCSF medical students Ammar Joudeh and Carolyn Rennels to reduce surgical site infections by distributing chlorhexidine wipes to patients before elective surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. The project is part of a...
UCSF Department of Surgery Faculty Honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 02, 2017
The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators presented seven Department of Surgery faculty with the Excellence in Teaching Award for 2017 at a ceremony on September 11th at the UCSF School of Nursing, held in conjunction with the Academy's induction of new members. The Academy's Excellence in Teaching Awards...
Inside Surgery Spring/Summer 2017
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 17, 2017
The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Inside Surgery is now available online. Inside Surgery is a Department of Surgery brochure showcasing the clinical and research advances of our faculty. The edition highlights minimally invasive bariatric surgery t o treat metabolic disease, and robotic surgery deployed across a...
Medical Student Gabrielle LaBove Selected as Inaugural Recipient of Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship Award
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 09, 2017
Gabrielle LaBove, a 4 th year medical student from Howard University School of Medicine in Washington, DC, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship. As part of her fellowship, she will be taking an elective course and doing a rotation in Plastic Surgery in September...
20th Maurice Galante Lecture: Robert Reich Cites Political Malaise as Threat to Democracy at Maurice Galante Lecture
UCSF Department of Surgery / Synapse
June 01, 2017
Professor Robert Reich believes that the greatest current threat to our democracy is not our president, not congressmen, and not the bureaucracy of our political system. It is that Americans have lost faith in the strength of their country’s democratic institutions. UCSF held its 20th annual Maurice Galante...
One-Year Anniversary of New Yorker-Inspired Portraits of Women Surgeons
UCSF Department of Surgery
May 26, 2017
Surgeons, from left, Lucy Kornblith, Rita Mukhtar and Carter Lebares pose for a photograph in the lobby of the UCSF Clinical Science Building in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, April 19, 2017. ( Courtesy Anda Chu/Bay Area News Group) The April 3, 2017 cover of the New Yorker depicting four women in blue...
Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship Established to Increase Ranks of Minority Academic Surgeons
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 24, 2017
The UCSF Department of Surgery has established the Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship to foster its goal of increasing the number of underrepresented minority academic surgeons. Haile T. Debas, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Surgery and Director Emeritus of the UC Global Health Institute (UCGHI), is world-renowned...
Maurice Galante Lectures: 1994-2015
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 01, 2015
The Maurice Galante Lecture honors the late Maurice Galante, M.D., UCSF Professor Emeritus of Surgery. A native of the island of Rhodes when it was considered part of Italy, Dr. Galante was educated in the United States, receiving his MD with honors from The Ohio State University in 1944. He interned for one year...