Former Chairs
2016-2018
John P. Roberts, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplantation
1999-2016
Nancy L. Ascher, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Isis Distinguished Professor in Transplantation
1993-1999
Theodore Schrock, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
1987-1993
Haile Debas, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Chancellor Emeritus
Dean Emeritus, School of Medicine
Vice Chancellor Emeritus, Medical Affairs
Senior Global Health Advisor
Founding Executive Director, Global Health Sciences
1975-1985
Paul A. Ebert, M.D.
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1964-1975
J. Engelbert Dunphy, MD
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1956-1963
Leon Goldman, MD
In Memoriam
Professor Emeritus
UCSF Department of Surgery
1947-1956
H. Glenn Bell, MD
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1929-1947
Howard C. Naffziger, MD
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1912-1929
Wallace I. Terry, MD
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1899-1912
Thomas W. Huntington, MD
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1880-1899
Robert A. McLean, MD
Former Chair
UCSF Department of Surgery
1864-1880
Hugh H. Toland, M.D.
Founding Chairman
UCSF Department of Surgery