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Dr. Jason Smith , a native of San Francisco, has joined our department as a Professor of Clinical Surgery and as the Surgical Director of Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support. He is a cardiac surgeon with experience in ischemic and valvular heart disease, complex aortic surgery, endocarditis, and...

The UCSF Lung Transplant Program provides comprehensive care for patients before and after lung transplantation. Since our founding in 1991, we have given more than 700 patients with advanced lung disease the chance at a longer, more active life. We perform about 50 transplants each year. Our program has...

REMINDER, Our Haile T. Debas Diversity Scholarship application is NOW open. Created to build diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in surgery. It provides a stipend of $2,500, towards expenses. Apply: http://ow.ly/2pap50I7ov7

The first beating heart mitral valve repair on the West Coast was performed by Tom C. Nguyen , MD, chief of UC San Francisco’s Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, and his surgical team in September 2021. The HARPOON™ Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System was used for the procedure as part of the RESTORE...

Tobias Deuse, M.D. and Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D., were awarded the UH3 Supplement Grant worth $260,009 to continue their work on how spaceflight changes the immune system and stem cell niche. To better understand the relevance of the astronauts’ experience to human health — both on the ground and beyond — NIH’s...

Melissa H. Coleman, MD, was the one of the eight recipients of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, the Dean’s Diversity Fund. This diversity grant is named after John A. Watson, PhD, a pioneer for diversity, an inspiring mentor, and a tenacious scientist. During his tenure as dean of admissions in the 1970s, he...

The annual Association For Surgical Education (ASE) meeting took place from April 29th – May 1 st. 2021, and throughout the three days, several research presentations were presented. 14 of those presentations were given by our team members, and we couldn't have been prouder. Below are the topics of the...

We are thrilled to announce that on April 30th, 2021, Adnan Alseidi, M.D., Ed.M was formally inducted as the next President of The Association for Surgical Education during the ASE annual meeting. ASE is the global leader for surgical education across the continuum of education from medical students, residents...