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Yeranuí Ledesma, M.D.
Clinical Instructor
General Surgery
Contact Information
Education
University of California, Los Angeles, B.S., Biology, 2006
University of California, San Francisco, M.D., 2013
Residencies
- General Surgery Internship: University of California, San Francisco, 2013-2014
- General Surgery Residency: University of California, San Francisco, 2014-Present
Clinical Interests
- Acute Care Surgery
- Global Surgery
- Colorectal Surgery
- Surgical Disparities
Biography
Dr. Ledesma is a clinical instructor at the University of California, San Francisco and is interested in acute care surgery and colorectal surgery. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a B.S. in biology. She received an M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco. She also has an interest in global surgery and has worked with the Center for Global Surgical Studies to develop and implement a sustainable surgical registry in Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, a district hospital in Eastern Uganda. The registry will help determine what factors within the system can be adjusted to improve surgical access, outcomes, morbidty and mortality, define the burden of surgical disease and also examine the barriers and facilitators to surgical care.
Publications
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- Ledesma Y, Parekh J, Maw TT, Webber A. An unusual case of ischemic nephropathy. Am J Transplant. 2015 Mar; 15(3):843-4;quiz 845. View in PubMed
- André VM, Cepeda C, Venegas A, Gomez Y, Levine MS. Altered cortical glutamate receptor function in the R6/2 model of Huntington's disease. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Apr; 95(4):2108-19. View in PubMed
- P.R. Joshi Y. Gomez M.S. Levine. Altered striatal AMPA receptor function in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington’s disease. View in PubMed
Posters & Oral Presentations
- An unusual case of ischemic nephropathy. Y Ledesma, J Parekh, T Maw, A Webber. Am J of Trans. 2015. 15:843-845.
- Altered cortical glutamate receptor function in the R6/2 model of Huntington's disease. M.S. Levine et al. J. Neurophysiol. 2006. 95:2108-2119.
- Altered striatal AMPA receptor function in the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease. P.R. Joshi, Y Gomez and M.S. Levine 472.4 No. 626.2 Oct 14-28, 2006. 36th Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting
In the News
- UCSF Department of Surgery - - July 27, 2017Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. and Yeranuí Ledesma, M.D. are among this year's recipients of the 2017 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award. Dr. Kratz, now a member of the Thoracic Oncology Program and Assistant Professor in the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, and Dr. Ledesma, a Senior Resident in General Surgery, were among 8 winners out of 61 nominees, notably the only clinical fellow and resident, respectively, at UCSF to receive the award, and the only recipients not on the faculty. [...]
