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.
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
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 |
Collaboration Interests
I am interested in:
- policy change
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
- Using the Perspectives of Advanced Practice Providers to Design Strategies to Increase Engagement of Surgical Patients in Advance Care Planning.| | UCSF Research Profile
- Inequities in the Application of Behavioral Flags for Hospitalized Pediatric Patients.| | PubMed
- The Quality of Evidence Supporting Clinical Practice Guidelines in General Surgery: A Meta-Analysis.| | PubMed
- Geriatric nutrition in the surgical patient: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care and Geriatric Trauma Committees clinical consensus document.| | PubMed
- Increasing the use of language-concordant discharge instructions in general surgery: A resident-led quality improvement initiative.| | PubMed
- Stop The Falls! A framework for injury prevention outreach for older adults presented by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Geriatric Trauma and Injury Prevention Committees.| | PubMed
- Pain Assessment in Older Adults After Traumatic Injury.| | PubMed
- Impact of Hospitalizations on Problematic Medication Use Among Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia.| | PubMed
- Personalized music for cognitive and psychological symptom management during mechanical ventilation in critical care: A qualitative analysis.| | PubMed
- American Indian and Alaska Natives in the US Physician Workforce.| | UCSF Research Profile