Robert C. Mackersie, M.D.
- Professor of Surgery
- Division of General Surgery
- Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Contact Information
Campus Box 0807
Department of Surgery
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
(415) 206-8673 Appointments
(415) 206-4622 Office
(415) 206-5484 Fax
[email protected]
Department of Surgery
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center
San Francisco, CA 94143-0807
(415) 206-8673 Appointments
(415) 206-4622 Office
(415) 206-5484 Fax
[email protected]
Education
- UC Berkeley, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1973
- UC Berkeley, M.S., Engineering Science, 1974
- Michigan State University, M.D., 1978
Residencies
- 1978-81, UCSF School of Medicine, Resident, Surgery
- 1983-84, UCSF School of Medicine, Senior Resident, Surgery
- 1983-85, UCSF School of Medicine, Chief Resident, Surgery
Biography
Mackersie is a certified by the American Board of General Surgery, general certificate with subspecialty in surgical critical care. His practice is in general and trauma surgery, which includes vascular and thoracic surgery. In addition, he is a regular attending on the Surgical Critical Care Service at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and serves as Vice-Chief of Surgery there.
Dr. Mackersie is a graduate of UC Berkeley and Michigan State University Medical School. He completed his internship, residency and chief residency training in general surgery and surgical critical care at the University of California, San Francisco, where he continued his specialty training and completed a trauma research fellowship. Dr. Mackersie joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego University Hospital from 1985-1991.
Dr. Mackersie was appointed the Trauma Medical Director in 1992 at the University of California/San Francisco General Hospital (now Zuckerberg San Francisco General) and has been instrumental in expanding the multidisciplinary activities related to the Trauma Program. Dr. Mackersie currently serves as an officer for several surgical organizations and is a Governor of the American College of Surgeons. Dr. Mackersie has been appointed Secretary/Treasurer for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Dr. Mackersie has also expanded the Trauma Nurse Practitioner program, and has progressed in developing the first aero-medical transport facility at San Francisco General Hospital. He has also been appointed Commissioner for the State of California Emergency Medical Services Authority, which is appointed by the Governor/California Speaker of the House.
Dr. Mackersie continues to direct the national program in Trauma System Planning and Evaluation for the American College of Surgeons, which includes the development of national benchmarks for trauma systems and trauma centers, and the creation of national guidelines for trauma systems development.
Research Overview
- Inflammatory Lung Injury following major injury: One of the main areas of focus has been post-traumatic inflammatory lung injury. This collaborative research effort has continued, with new reports of the clinical syndrome of ARDS (ref # 63), the impact of ARDS on specific outcomes (ref # 62), and a recent report examining surrogate serum markers predictive of inflammatory lung injury. (ref # 65). The most recent work, still in preparation (Abstract, WIP ref # 3), attemps to link elements of inflammation with post-traumatic coagulopathy, and to better define the nature of early coagulopathy (pre-massive transfusion) that follows shock, traumatic brain injury, and major organ injury.
- Ventilatory management of patients with ARDS (refs # 66,67). Technical clinical studies performed in ICU patients with ARDS that attempt to expand our understanding of "optimal" modes of lung protective ventilation (LPV) in the setting or acute lung injury. LPV strategies are one of the few, if not the only demonstrable intervention having an impact on the outcome from ARDS over the past 15 years.
- Violence prevention recidivism (Abstracts/WIP ref # 1). Work in progress, this is part of an ongoing clinical and programmatic study that screens victims of youth violence & assesses the likelihood of recidivism. "High risk" patients are then referred into a program linking hospital services with post-discharge neighborhood/community services for violence prevention. A randomized study is being designed to compare recidivism outcomes with and without programmatic influence.
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 94
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- Sullivan GA, Reddy S, Reiter AJ, Zeineddin S, Visenio M, Hu A, Mackersie R, Kabre R, Raval MV, Stey AM. Does Trauma Center Volume Account for the Association Between Trauma Center Verification Level and In-Hospital Mortality among Children Injured by Firearms in California? J Am Coll Surg. 2023 11 01; 237(5):738-749. View in PubMed
- Shi M, Reddy S, Furmanchuk A, Holl JL, Hsia RY, Mackersie RC, Bilimoria KY, Stey AM. Re-triage moderates association between state trauma funding and lower mortality of trauma patients. Injury. 2023 Sep; 54(9):110859. View in PubMed
- 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
- Furmanchuk A, Rydland KJ, Hsia RY, Mackersie R, Shi M, Hauser MW, Kho A, Bilimoria KY, Stey AM. Geographic Disparities in Re-triage Destinations Among Seriously Injured Californians. Ann Surg Open. 2023 Mar; 4(1). View in PubMed
- Slocum JD, Holl JL, Love R, Shi M, Mackersie R, Alam H, Loftus TM, Andersen R, Bilimoria KY, Stey AM. Defining obstacles to emergency transfer of trauma patients: An evaluation of retriage processes from nontrauma and lower-level Illinois trauma centers. Surgery. 2022 12; 172(6):1860-1865. View in PubMed
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In the News
- UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General - - November 23, 2015The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation announced on Yahoo Finance/Marketwired "its public-private partnership to ensure high quality health care for all San Franciscans, a milestone marked with the dedication and ribbon cutting at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center". SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - November 21, 2015) Today, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation was joined by Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, Mayor [...]
