Gregory Victorino, MD Receives Siren Award for Emergency Lifesaving Heroism
UCSF Department of Surgery East Bay Surgery Program
May 30, 2014
Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., Professor of Clinical Surgery in the UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program, received the Siren Award from the Alameda County Emergency Medical Services Agency. Dr. Victorino, head of Highland’s Surgical Trauma Center, accepted the award that recognizes action, expertise and care. Here, those heroic actions not only saved a young father’s life, but restored him to a promising recovery from severe head and chest trauma. The 41-year-old father of three, who was struck and run over by a massive water truck, is driving again now and is fully mobile. In a striking moment in a day full of emotion, he thanked the Highland Trauma Team and the EMS personnel who got him safely to the hospital. “Thank you,” he said, “for making me able to hold my baby.” Dr. Victorino also expressed gratitude to EMS: “We couldn’t do what we do,” he said, “if you didn’t do what you do so well.”