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Michael Conte, MD Awarded 4-year $1.7M NIH U01 Grant to Fund National Center in Diabetic Foot Consortium
UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
October 26, 2018
Michael S. Conte, MD, chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF, and one of nation's leading vascular surgeons, was awarded a 4-year, $1.7M U01 grant by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a unit of the NIH, to fund one of 6 national centers in the...
Qizhi Tang, Ph.D. One of Featured Speakers at 1st Annual UCSF Immuno"XX": Women in Immunology Symposium
UCSF Transplantation Research Lab
October 19, 2018
Immunologist Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., p rofessor and director of the Department of Surgery's Transplantation Research Lab and Tang Lab, is one of the featured speakers at the first annual UCSF Immuno"XX": Women in Immunology Symposium on October 22, 2018 and will lead the session on Tolerance and Immunity. Immuno“XX” is...
Sanziana A. Roman, M.D. Interviewed by UCSF School of Medicine for Global Diversity Awareness Month
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 17, 2018
Sanziana A. Roman, M.D., FACS, professor of surgery and Dean’s Diversity Leader for Leadership Equity and Inclusion at UCSF, was interviewed by the School of Medicine (SOM) in conjunction with "Global Diversity Awareness Month", October 2018. Differences Matter is a multi-year, multi-faceted School of Medicine...
Gregory P. Victorino, M.D. Appointed Chief of UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 16, 2018
Gregory P. Victorino, M.D., currently the Interim Chief of the UCSF East-Bay Surgery Program, has been appointed to the position of Chief. Victorino, a highly regarded trauma surgeon and professor of surgery, is also Director of Trauma Services at Highland Hospital. His leadership was crucial to the designation of...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Clinical Fellows for the 2018-19 Academic Year
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 03, 2018
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our new clinical fellows for the 2018-19 academic year, a diverse group of accomplished surgeons bringing a rich array of experiences from leading institutions. The UCSF Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgical departments in the world with a rich history of...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Clinical Fellows for the 2018-19 Academic Year
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 03, 2018
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our new clinical fellows for the 2018-19 academic year, a diverse group of accomplished surgeons bringing a rich array of experiences from leading institutions. The UCSF Department of Surgery is one of the leading surgical departments in the world with a rich history of...
FDA Awards UCSF and Stanford 5-year $6.7M P50 Pediatric Device Consortia (PDC) Grant
UCSF Surgical Innovations Program
August 31, 2018
Michael Harrison, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Shuvo Roy, PhD, Professor of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences at UCSF, and James Wall, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery at Stanford...
Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD Awarded NASA and National Science Foundation Grants to Study Microgravity in Biological Systems
The Chang Laboratory for Liver Tissue Engineering
August 26, 2018
Surgeon-scientist Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD , principal investigator in the The Chang Laboratory for Liver Tissue Engineering , has been awarded grants by two prestigious federal funders of research, the NASA Space Biology Program, and the National Science Foundation (NSF) in collaboration with the Center for the...
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA Selected as 2018 OncLive Giant of Cancer Care in Cancer Diagnostics
UCSF Breastcare Program
August 25, 2018
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA was selected as the 2018 OncLive® "Giant of Cancer Care" in Cancer Diagnostics. Dr. Esserman is professor of Surgery and Radiology at UCSF and director of the UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center. She was chosen by an elite committee of her peers based on her long history of...
Hoping to Save Limbs and Toes, California Moves to Curtail Diabetes
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 23, 2018
Dr. Alexander Reyzelman treats diabetes patient Michael Rubenstein. Photo by David Gorn/CALmatters The word “amputation” threw a chill down Michael Rubenstein’s spine. The 67-year-old diabetic from San Mateo still winces at the thought. “They told me I’d need to cut it off right about here,” he said, sawing his...
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program Ranked No. 1 in Western U.S. in Annual Doximity Survey
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 23, 2018
The UCSF General Surgery Residency was ranked No. 1 in research output and by reputation among sister programs in California and across the western U.S. in the Doximity 2018-19 annual survey. Nationally, the program placed in the 99th percentile for research output . The residency program is led by Department...
The New Transportation Revolution: UCSF Research Team to Track Injuries Involving Electronic Scooters
UCSF Department of Surgery at ZSFG
August 22, 2018
"When technology enters transportation, people forget that it also becomes public health. It becomes something where human lives are at stake.” --- Dr. Catherine Juillard, UCSF trauma surgeon at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) The New York Times, NBC Nightly News and UCSF News Center report on the...
Unveiling of Wraparound Mural in Ward 3M
August 01, 2018
The Wraparound Project recently unveiled a new mural in Ward 3M of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General. This mural was designed by Wraparound clients who participated in an Art workshop facilitated by Marco Razo and generously funded by Bank of America. The Art Workshop fast became a safe, welcoming space for...
Bay Area Girl Undergoes First-Ever Pediatric Heart Transplant At UCSF
UCSF Division of Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery
July 17, 2018
CBS SF Bay Area (KPIX) reports on the first-ever pediatric heart transplant at UCSF. The surgical team was led by Peter Kouretas, M.D., Ph.D., a ssociate professor of surgery and surgical director of Pediatric Heart Transplantation at UCSF. The first-ever pediatric heart transplant at UCSF Benioff Children’s...
Trauma Surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. Recipient of (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship
Department of Surgery at ZSFG
July 14, 2018
Trauma Surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. has been awarded the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship to study post-injury platelet biology. Dr. Kornblith is a graduate of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and subsequently completed fellowships in Surgical Critical Care...
Nancy Ascher, MD, PhD Invited to Serve on WHO Task Force on Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues
UCSF Transplant Surgery
July 10, 2018
Nancy Ascher, M.D., Ph.D., the world-renowned organ transplant surgeon and a former Chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, has also been invited to serve on the WHO Task Force on Donation and Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues, an international multidisciplinary task force of 31 experts spanning the...