Biography
Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP is an assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery. She serves as an acute care surgeon and surgical critical care intensivist at UCSF Parnassus, and trauma surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG).
Dr. Bongiovanni earned her BS in Commerce from Santa Clara University and a Master’s in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Dr. Bongiovanni has deep roots at UCSF spanning more than a decade. She earned her MD at UCSF, and then stayed on to complete her General Surgery Residency here, followed by fellowships in Surgical Critical Care and Trauma Surgery at UCSF/ZSFG. As a research resident, she was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar at the Yale University School of Medicine. Recently, she was named as a recipient of a Learning Health Systems NIH K12 Grant and a 2019 John A. Watson Faculty Scholar Award.
Awards & Honors
Award | Conferred By | Date |
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Watson's Faculty Scholars, Dean's Diversity Award | UCSF School of Medicine | 2019/2021 |
Phyllis J. Nusz- Maurice Galante, MD Scholarship Award | UCSF Department of Surgery | 2010/2011 |
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
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San Francisco General Hospital | Fellowship | Trauma and Acute Care Surgery | 2019 |
University of California | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2019 | |
University of California, San Francisco | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training | 2019 | |
University of California, San Francisco | UCSF Health Lean Champion Training | 2019 | |
University of California, San Francisco | Fellowship | Surgical Critical Care | 2018 |
University of California, San Francisco | Surgical Residency | General Surgery | 2017 |
Yale University, School of Medicine | Master Health Sciences | Health Services Research | 2015 |
Harvard Kennedy School of Government | Master Public Policy | Health Policy | 2010 |
University of California, San Francisco | M.D. | Medicine | 2010 |
Board Certifications
American Board of Surgery, General Surgery
American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Collaboration Interests
I am interested in:
- PolicyChange
Clinical Interests
General Surgery
Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care
Bongiovanni, T. Kim, S. Kim, A. Killelea, B. Gross, C. Variation in Private Payer Payments to Cancer Surgeons. Oral Presentation at: American College of Surgeons 2016 Clinical Congress. Washington, D.C.
Bongiovanni, T. Ranasinghe, I. Krumholz, H. Ross, J. Unplanned Hospital Admissions after Same-Day
Surgery. Oral Presentation at: American College of Surgeons 2016 Clinical Congress. Washington, D.C.
Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Trompeta, J.A. Knowledge and Spirituality Surrounding Organ Donation in the Native American Community. Oral Presentation at UCSF Transplant Symposium 2016: Building Bridges to Excellence. San Francisco, CA. Sept 2016.
Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Trompeta, J.A. The Effect of Families on Organ Donation Among Native Americans. Poster Presentation at: American Transplant Congress. Boston, MA. 2016
Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Trompeta, J.A. Nunez-Smith, M. Understanding Organ Donation among Urban Native Americans. Oral Presentation at: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar National Meeting. Seattle, WA. 2015.
Bongiovanni, T. Yeo, H. Sosa, JA. Long, T. Rosenthal, M. Berg, D. Curry, L. Nunez-Smith, M. Structural and Cultural Factors Leading to Attrition from Surgical Residency: Real-life Experiences from Those who Left. Oral Presentation at: Association of Women Surgeons/American College of Surgeons National Conference. Chicago, IL. 2015.
Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Lucas, G. Trompeta, J.A. Nunez-Smith, M. Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Organ Donation in the Native Community. Poster presentation at: American Transplant Congress. Philadelphia, PA. 2015. Awarded “Poster of Distinction.”
Bongiovanni, T. Kim, S. Kim, A. Killelea, B. Gross, C. Variation in surgeon payment for cancer resection. Oral Presentation at: University of California, San Francisco, Department of Surgery Resident Research Symposium. 2015.
Long, T. Bongiovanni, T. Dashevsky, M. Halim, A. Ross, J. Fogerty, R. Silvestri, M. Impact of laboratory price display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs. Oral presentation at: Society of General Internal Medicine National Meeting. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 2015. Winner: #1 Research Project of Meeting.
Bongiovanni, T. Yeo, H. Sosa, JA. Long, T. Rosenthal, M. Berg, D. Curry, L. Nunez-Smith, M. Structural and Cultural Factors Leading to Attrition from Surgical Residency: Real-life Experiences from Those who Left. Poster Presentation at: Association of American Medical Colleges, Workforce Conference. Alexandria, VA. 2015.
Long, T. Bongiovanni, T. Dashevsky, M. Halim, A. Ross, J. Fogerty, R. Silvestri, M. Impact of laboratory price display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs. Oral presentation at: Society of General Internal Medicine. New England Regional Meeting. Boston, MA. 2015.
Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Lucas, G. Trompeta, J.A. Nunez-Smith, M. Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Organ Donation in the Native Community. Poster presented at: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program National Meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2014.
Bongiovanni, T. Rawlings, J. Lucas, G. Trompeta, J. Nunez-Smith, M. Cultural Attitudes, Beliefs and Knowledge about Organ Donation and Transplantation in Indian Country. Poster acceptance for: UCSF Health Disparities Symposium. San Francisco, CA. 2014.
Bongiovanni T, Clark A, Garnett E, Heyman M. Impact of Gluten-Free Camp for Children and Adolescents with Celiac Disease. Poster presentation at: Pediatric Academic Societies Conference. Baltimore, MD. 2009.
Bongiovanni, T. Trihn, K. Ravikumar, D. Lobby Day Results and Lessons. Poster presentation at: American Medical Student Association. National Conference. Chicago, IL. 2006.
In the News
Grants and Funding
- Delivery of Surgical Care to Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic | CHESA & ADGHE | 2020-09-18 - 2021-09-17 | Role: Co-Investigator
- UCSF Learning Health System K12 Career Development Program | NIH/AHRQ | 2019-07-01 - 2021-07-31 | Role: K Scholar
- Surgical Care for Benign Gallbladder Disease During COVID-19: Operational Barriers and Areas for Intervention at a Safety-Net Hospital | Research and Policy Initiative Award through the UCSF Center for Healthcare Value Grant | 2020-10-01 - 2021-06-30 | Role: Co-Investigator
Research Interests
Health Services Research
Underserved Communities
Native American Health
Publications
- Association of Race and Ethnicity With Postoperative Gabapentinoid and Opioid Prescribing Trends for Older Adults.| | View in PubMed
- Early Opioid Use and Postoperative Delirium Following Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.| | View in PubMed
- Use of Professional Interpreters for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Undergoing Surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Electronic health record intervention to increase use of NSAIDs as analgesia for hospitalised patients: a cluster randomised controlled study.| | View in PubMed
- Screening for Intimate Partner Violence in Trauma: Results of a Quality Improvement Project.| | View in PubMed
- Large Language Model-Based Chatbot vs Surgeon-Generated Informed Consent Documentation for Common Procedures.| | View in PubMed
- Optimizing Uptake of Multimodal Pain Management After Surgery Using the Electronic Health Record.| | View in PubMed
- A behavioral intervention to promote use of multimodal pain medication for hospitalized patients: A randomized controlled trial.| | View in PubMed
- 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].| | View in PubMed
- Trends in the Use of Gabapentinoids and Opioids in the Postoperative Period Among Older Adults.| | View in PubMed
- Experiences with targeting inpatient advance care planning for emergency general surgery patients: A resident-led quality improvement project.| | View in PubMed
- Discharge Opioid Over- and Underprescription to Patients after General Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.| | View in PubMed
- Disparities in advance care planning rates persist among emergency general surgery patients: Current state and recommendations for improvement.| | View in PubMed
- 1280: SELF-SELECTED RECORDED MUSIC LISTENING FOR COGNITIVE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL HOMEOSTASIS IN CRITICAL CARE.| | View in PubMed
- Perioperative Gabapentin Use in Older Adults: Revisiting Multimodal Pain Management.| | View in PubMed
- Perioperative Communication Association with Discharge Opioid Prescription in Patients with Limited English.| | View in PubMed
- Prevalence of Advanced Care Planning in Emergency General Surgery: Do We Know Our Patient’s Goals?.| | View in PubMed
- Prospective validation and application of the Trauma-Specific Frailty Index: Results of an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma multi-institutional observational trial.| | View in PubMed
- The Association of Limited English Proficiency With Morbidity and Mortality After Trauma.| | View in PubMed
- See one, do one, teach one: a flipped classroom to make quality improvement experiential in surgical residency.| | View in PubMed
- Prolonged use of newly prescribed gabapentin after surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Association of Race/Ethnicity With Substance Use Testing After Trauma: A Cross-Sectional Study.| | View in PubMed
- Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.| | View in PubMed
- Limited English Proficiency Associated With Suboptimal Pain Assessment in Hospitalized Trauma Patients.| | View in PubMed
- 399 Advanced Practice Provider Perspectives on Advanced Care Planning.| | View in PubMed
- Lessons learned from academic medical centers' response to the COVID-19 pandemic in partnership with the Navajo Nation.| | View in PubMed
- Postoperative Respiratory Events in Surgical Patients Exposed to Opioid Analgesic Shortages Compared to Fully Matched Patients Non-exposed to Shortages.| | View in PubMed
- Access to Surgical Care for Benign Gallbladder Disease During Covid-19 at a Safety-net Hospital.| | View in PubMed
- Does In-Hospital Pain Prescribing Inform Postoperative Discharge?.| | View in PubMed
- Inequity in discharge pain management for trauma patients with limited English proficiency.| | View in PubMed
- There Is No Stereotype of the Intimate Partner Violence Victim: Findings of a Screening Program At a Level I Trauma Hospital.| | View in PubMed
- Unplanned hospital visits after ambulatory surgical care.| | View in PubMed
- Designing an Intimate Partner Violence Screening Program for Surgical Residents in Trauma.| | View in PubMed
- Instilling Resiliency in Surgical Education: The Benefits of Longitudinal Medical Student Learning.| | View in PubMed
- Adverse Drug Events After Hospitalization-Are We Missing the Mark?| | View in PubMed
- Surviving traumatic injury, only to die of acute drug poisoning: Should trauma centers be a path for intervention?| | View in PubMed
- The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis.| | View in PubMed
- Emergency general surgery utilization and disparities during COVID-19: an interrupted time-series analysis.| | View in PubMed
- Patient Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Low-acuity Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic.| | View in PubMed
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and Operative Bleeding in the Perioperative Period.| | View in PubMed
- Jejunal prolapse and incarceration following feeding tube exchange.| | View in PubMed
- Factors associated with delays in discharge for trauma patients at an urban county hospital.| | View in PubMed
- Is there variation in private payor payments to cancer surgeons? A cross-sectional study in the USA.| | View in PubMed
- Drug Screening: Are We Doing What We Should?.| | View in PubMed
- NSAIDs and Surgical Bleeding: What’s the Bottom Line?.| | View in PubMed
- Stress and the Surgical Resident in the COVID-19 Pandemic.| | View in PubMed
- Cultural influences on willingness to donate organs among urban native Americans.| | View in PubMed
- Adopting best practices in post-operative analgesia prescribing in a safety-net hospital: Residents as a conduit to change.| | View in PubMed
- How care decisions are made among interdisciplinary providers caring for critically injured patients: A qualitative study.| | View in PubMed
- Comment on "Consider Culture, Provider Characteristics Associated With Outpatient Opioid Prescribing After Surgery".| | View in PubMed
- Moving to Bundled Payments: Costs of Lung Cancer Resections.| | View in PubMed
- Postoperative Pain Control: Barriers to Quality Improvement.| | View in PubMed
- Hospital Variation in Spending for Lung Cancer Resection in Medicare Beneficiaries.| | View in PubMed
- Residents as Key Effectors of Change in Improving Opioid Prescribing Behavior.| | View in PubMed
- 1787.| | View in PubMed
- Delay in Operative Management of Splenic Injury.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of Cost Display on Ordering Patterns for Hospital Laboratory and Imaging Services.| | View in PubMed
- Unplanned Hospital Admissions after Same-Day Surgery.| | View in PubMed
- Variation in Private Payer Payments to Cancer Surgeons.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of laboratory cost display on resident attitudes and knowledge about costs.| | View in PubMed
- The China Patient-Centred Evaluative Assessment of Cardiac Events (China PEACE)-Prospective Study of 3-Vessel Disease: rationale and design.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of price display on provider ordering: A systematic review.| | View in PubMed
- Attrition from surgical residency training: perspectives from those who left.| | View in PubMed
- Variation in surgeon payment for cancer resection.| | View in PubMed
- Bringing Specialties Together: The Power of Intra-Professional Teams.| | View in PubMed
- Impact of gluten-free camp on quality of life of children and adolescents with celiac disease.| | View in PubMed