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UCSF Medical Student Kirk Fergus Recipient of AAS Senior Medical Student Travel Award
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Kirk Fergus, UCSF class of 2020, was awarded the 2020 Senior Medical Student Travel Award by the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS). This award is to recognize the outstanding research efforts by medical students who have demonstrated a strong interest in pursuing a career in surgery. Only six awards are given...
Solving the Unsolvable: Sean Parker, Dr. Francis Collins, Dr. Laura Esserman at Time 100 Health Summit
TIME.com
October 17, 2019
Behind any landmark cure is years of medical research. But the old goal of research — to find a one-size-fits-all treatment for a disease, based on a set of standard protocols — must radically change to further and diversify advances in the field, experts argued at the TIME 100 Health Summit on Thursday. “We’re...
Dr. Thomas S. Monahan III, Former UCSF Vascular Surgery Clinical Fellow and Wiley Scholar, Dies at 44
Baltimore Sun
October 17, 2019
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the untimely passing of Thomas S. Monahan , MD, FACS of Baltimore, MD. Dr. Monahan was Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Maryland, working under the leadership of Dr. Rajabrata Sarkar, a former UCSF faculty member. Dr. Monahan completed...
As We Age, How Safe Is Surgery?
NextAvenue.com
October 17, 2019
“In modern surgery, it’s a rare event to die from surgery,” says Dr. Emily Finlayson, director of the University of California San Francisco’s Center for Surgery in Older Adults. “The risk comes from being able to recover.” ...... Fragility, cognition, mobility, depression, how much support how someone has at home...
Dr. Doruk Ozgediz to Join Faculty and Named Inaugural Director of Global Surgery and Health Equity
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 15, 2019
Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc, FACS, FAAP, will be returning to UCSF to become the inaugural Director of Global Surgery and Health Equity in the Department of Surgery starting March 1, 2020. He will also be a member of the Institute for Global Health Sciences, where he will serve on the Faculty Leadership Committee. Dr...
James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH Awarded 2019 Surgical Outcomes Club Research Fellowship
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
October 09, 2019
James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has been awarded the Michael Zinner Health Services Research Fellowship from the Surgical Outcomes Club (SOC). This fellowship is aimed at providing dedicated mentorship in surgical outcomes research from...
Dr. Tobias Deuse Awarded 4-year NSF Grant to Study Effects of Aging Aboard ISS Using Novel Platform
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
October 04, 2019
Cardiac and heart/lung transplant surgeon-scientist Tobias Deuse, M.D. has been awarded a 4-year $400K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate space-related physiological changes in liver aging and regeneration. The work will be carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using...
22nd Maurice Galante Lecture to Feature James B. McClintock, PhD, Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at UAB
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 23, 2019
The Galante Family, the UCSF Department of Surgery, and the Galante Lecture Committee invite you to the 22nd Maurice Galante Lecture featuring James B. McClintock, PhD, Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). His lecture is entitled: From Penguins To...
Tang Lab's Dr. Leonardo Ferreira Spearheads Participatory Science Education in Latin America
UCSF Tang Lab
August 22, 2019
Leonardo M.R. Ferreira, Ph.D. , @enhancerleo, postdoctoral scholar in the laboratories of Dr. Qizhi Tang (Department of Surgery) and Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone (Diabetes Center) at UCSF, is changing the way science is taught in Latin America. Accounting for over 10% of the world’s population, Latin America nevertheless...
Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D. Awarded Hellman Family Early Career Faculty Award
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Lab
August 20, 2019
UCSF Assistant Professor Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D., a member of the UCSF Thoracic Oncology Lab, was awarded the Hellman Family - Early Career Faculty Award for 2019-2020. Established by Warren & Chris Hellman and their children in 1994, the purpose of the Hellman Fellows Program is to support the research of...
Tobias Deuse, MD and Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD Lead Research Team Unearthing New Clues to Stem Cell Transplant Rejection
UCSF News
August 20, 2019
Mutations in Mitochondrial DNA Induced by Cell Reprogramming May Trigger Immune Response In 2006, scientists discovered a way to “reprogram” mature cells – adult skin cells, for example – into stem cells that could, in principle, give rise to any tissue or organ in the body. Many assumed it was only a matter of...
Tobias Deuse, MD, Discusses Minimally Invasive Approaches for Treatment of Mitral Valve Insufficiency
UCSF Health
August 15, 2019
Tobias Deuse, MD, Professor of Surgery at UCSF, and a cardiac and heart transplant surgeon internationally renowned for his pioneering work in the development of minimally-invasive techniques for mitral valve repair, discusses the advantages of minimally invasive approaches for the treatment of mitral valve...
Elizabeth Wick, MD and Jason Pomerantz, MD Appointed Co-Chairs of the Department of Surgery Research Committee
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 07, 2019
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Elizabeth C. Wick, M.D. and Jason H. Pomerantz, M.D. have been appointed Co-Chairs of the Department of Surgery Research Committee. Dr. Wick is a professor of surgery in the Section of Colorectal Surgery. She is an experienced laparoscopic surgeon, treating the...
Dr. Hueylan Chern Named Director of the Surgical Skills Center
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 02, 2019
Hueylan Chern, M.D., an associate professor in the Section of Colorectal Surgery, has been named the new Director of the UCSF Surgical Skills Center. The UCSF Surgical Skills Center is accredited by the American College of Surgeons, and it is one of the crown jewels of the Department’s teaching enterprise. It...
Lucy Kornblith, M.D. Recipient of The Irene Perstein Award for 2019
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
July 23, 2019
Lucy Kornblith, M.D., Assistant Professor of Surgery in the UCSF Department of Surgery at ZSFG, is the 2019 recipient of The Irene Perstein Award for 2019, awarded by the UCSF School of Medicine to an outstanding, newly recruited, junior woman scientist. This unique award honors the legacy of Ms. Irene Perstein...
Sandy Feng, M.D., Ph.D. Named Inaugural Vice Chair for Research by Department of Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 22, 2019
Sandy Feng, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), has been appointed the inaugural Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery. In her new role, Dr. Feng will serve as a leader in advancing the research mission of the Department, with particular focus on...