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Legendary Surgeon Maurice Galante Dies
Maurice Galante, M.D., a legendary master surgeon at UCSF and renaissance man, died on February 5, 2013. His career is memorialized by the Maurice Galante Lecture Program and Maurice Galante Distinguished Professorship.
William Y. Hoffman, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Stephen J. Mathes, MD, Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Contact Information
505 Parnassus Avenue, Suite M-593
San Francisco, CA 94143-0932
(415) 353-4285 Telephone
(415) 353-4320 Fax
Clinical Practice
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 509
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-4287 Appointments
(415) 353-4330 Clinical Fax
William.Hoffman@ucsfmedctr.org
BiographyEducation
- 1969-73 Yale University, B.A. Biology
- 1973-77 University of Rochester School of Medicine, M.D.
Residencies
- 1977-80 UCSF Resident General Surgery
- 1980-81 UCSF Resident Plastic Surgery
- 1981-83 UCSF Senior Resident General Surgery
- 1984-85 UCSF Chief Resident Plastic Surgery
- 1985-86 New York University Medical Institute
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1985
- American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1987
Program Affiliations
- UCSF Center for Craniofacial Anomalies
Clinical Expertise
- Aesthetic Surgery
- Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery
- Craniofacial Surgery
- Facial Rejuvenation
- Pediatric Plastic Surgery
- Rhinoplasty Arteriovenous Malformations
Research Interests
- Biology of hemangiomas
- Clinical outcomes of cleft surgery
- Fetal surgery for congenital facial deformities
Biography
Dr. William Hoffman is the Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF. He graduated cum laude from Yale University and obtained his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed training in General Surgery at UCSF in 1983 and in Plastic Surgery at UCSF in 1985.
An additional year of training was spent at the Institute for Reconstructive plastic Surgery at NYU with Dr. Joseph McCarthy studying craniofacial and cleft lip surgery. Subsequently Dr. Hoffman returned to UCSF to join the faculty, serving as the chief of plastic surgery at San Francisco General Hospital from 1988 to 1996, and Director of Education for the division from 1996 to 2005. He became the head of the division and Program Director of the residency in plastic surgery in 2005.
Recently, Dr. Hoffman led a successful effort to pass legislation in California greatly expanding insurance coverage for children with disfiguring cleft palate and other craniofacial anomalies. Hoffman, a pioneer of cranial re-animation surgery and acknowledged innovator in the field, performs complex and intricate surgeries at the UCSF Center for Craniofacial Anomalies. Working in tandem with orthodontists and other specialists, he and colleagues work to restore children's faces to a normal appearance as well as improving their breathing and ability to chew.
Dr. Hoffman is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.He is the primary craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgeon at UCSF, performing 300-400 pediatric operations a year on children with a wide range of deformities, including cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis, facial palsy, hemangiomas, birthmarks, and vascular anomalies. His adult practice deals with complex facial reconstruction as well as facial aesthetic surgery, including facelifts, rhinoplasty, and blepharoplasty. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles as well as numerous invited chapters. Highly respected by his peers, Dr. Hoffman was named to the list of U.S. News "America's Top Doctors," a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for a given specialty.
He is on the Board of the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery, the Executive Council of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, is the current President of the American Society of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, and is a senior examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Selected Publications
- Oberoi S, Gill P, Chigurupati R, Hoffman WY, Hatcher DC, Vargervik K. Three-dimensional assessment of the eruption path of the canine in individuals with bone-grafted alveolar clefts using cone beam computed tomography. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2010 Sep; 47(5):507-12.
- Paydar KZ, Hansen SL, Chang DS, Hoffman WY, Leon P. Implantable venous Doppler monitoring in head and neck free flap reconstruction increases the salvage rate. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2010 Apr; 125(4):1129-34.
- Vargervik K, Oberoi S, Hoffman WY. Team care for the patient with cleft: UCSF protocols and outcomes. J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Sep; 20 Suppl 2:1668-71.
- Oberoi S, Chigurupati R, Gill P, Hoffman WY, Vargervik K. Volumetric assessment of secondary alveolar bone grafting using cone beam computed tomography. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2009 Sep; 46(5):503-11.
- Porwal R, Ousterhout DK, Hoffman WY, Vargervik K, Oberoi S. Hemimaxillofacial dysplasia: a variable presentation. J Craniofac Surg. 2008 Nov; 19(6):1554-7.
In the News
Twenty-Five Department of Surgery Faculty Named to U.S. News Top Doctors List
U.S. News - Mar 01, 2012In its most recent survey, U.S. News in collaboration with Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. listed twenty-five (25) surgeons in the UCSF Department of Surgery, nearly one-third (1/3) of the clinical faculty, on the list of U.S. News "Top Doctors". The list, compiled from the opinion of colleagues, denotes the top 10% of physicians within a region practicing a given specialty. Fifteen of the 25 department surgeons were also named by their peers to the list of America's Top Doctors (ATD), a distinction reserved for the top 1% of physicians in the nation for that specialty. The listings are published online at U.S. News. The group rankings are intended to guide patients in selecting a doctor and physicians in making specialty referrals.
Patient Tells New York Times He's Thrilled with Neck-Lift Surgery
New York Times - Dec 22, 2010"After a 50th reunion for business school made him "very neck-conscious," Douglas Weil, 74, signed up for an isolated neck-lift in November with Dr. William Y. Hoffman, the Professor and Chief of the Plastic surgery division at the University of California, San Francisco. "It was one of the last things I ever thought I'd do," Mr. Weil said, adding he hasn't thought twice about his baldness. But now he's thrilled with his sleek neckline, he said, and even told his rabbi about the surgery. The rabbi's retort? "What men do to please their women!"
William Y. Hoffman, M.D. Spearheads Successful Effort to Expand Insurance Coverage for Children with Disfiguring Craniofacial Deformities
Cleft Palate Foundation - Oct 12, 2009William Y. Hoffman, M.D., Chief of the Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, has led a successful effort to pass legislation in California greatly expanding insurance coverage for children with disfiguring cleft palate and other craniofacial anomalies. Hoffman, a pioneer of cranial re-animation surgery and acknowledged innovator in the field, performs complex and intricate surgeries at the UCSF Center for Craniofacial Anomalies.
Cranial Re-animation Surgery Used to Treat Mobius Syndrome
NevadaAppeal.com - Jan 22, 2008"Last June, Ashlee underwent an eight-hour surgery at UCSF performed by Dr. William Hoffman, chief of the school's division of plastic and reconstructive surgery. The procedure was called a "cranial re-animation." Surgeons removed nerves and muscles from Ashlee's thigh and transplanted them to her face through an incision behind her ear."
