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Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of UCSF-East Bay General Surgery Residents on Match Day 2019
March 15, 2019
The General Surgery Residency Program at UCSF-Eastbay is proud to welcome our seven new general surgery categorical residents comprising the Class of 2026. Congratulations to this group of exceptional physicians for matching with us in Oakland. We are thrilled for their arrival in June and feel privileged to...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of General Surgery Residents on Match Day 2019
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 15, 2019
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our eight new general surgery categorical residents comprising the Class of 2026. We congratulate this diverse, highly accomplished group for matching into our program. We look forward to the arrival of our new intern class in June and are honored to be part of their...
The Muriel Steele Society Invites You to Celebrate International Women's Day at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
March 08, 2019
The Muriel Steele Society invites you to celebrate International Women's Day at UCSF by recognizing our fantastic women surgeons and supporting initiatives that help us achieve gender equity that enable all of us to excel. To stimulate frank discussions about gender parity, inclusion and diversity, we'd like to...
Leonardo Ferreira, Ph.D. Recipient of Jeffrey G. Klein Family Diabetes Fellowship for Study of Engineered Regulatory T Cells
UCSF Tang Lab
February 26, 2019
UCSF molecular immunologist Leonardo M.R. Ferreira, Ph.D., @ enhancerleo, a postdoctoral scholar in the laboratories of Dr. Qizhi Tang and Dr. Jeffrey Bluestone at UCSF, has been awarded the 2019 Jeffrey G. Klein Family Diabetes Fellowship to study engineered regulatory T cells (Tregs). The proposal, titled...
Aaron R. Jensen, M.D., MEd, FACS, FAAP Joins Department of Surgery Faculty
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 26, 2019
We are pleased to announce that pediatric and trauma surgeon Aaron R. Jensen, M.D., MEd, FACS, FAAP has joined the Department of Surgery faculty as an assistant professor and Associate Director of the Pediatric Surgery Fellowship. Dr. Jensen will be based at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, where he will...
CRISPR Gene Editing Makes Stem Cells ‘Invisible’ to Immune System
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
February 26, 2019
Technique Prevents Transplant Rejection in the Lab, a Major Advance for Stem Cell Therapies Human heart muscle cells derived from triple-engineered stem cells that are “invisible” to the immune system. The red is troponin, a protein that participates in cardiac muscle contraction. The blue is the cell’s nucleus...
Arya Zarinsefat, M.D. Recipient of Prestigious UCSF-Gladstone Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) Mentored Scientist Award
Sarwal Lab
February 26, 2019
Arya Zarinsefat, M.D., a UCSF general surgery resident and research fellow in the Sarwal Lab, has been awarded a prestigious UCSF-Gladstone Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) Mentored Scientist Award. Dr. Zarinsefat's research will focus on better understanding the genes and process of rejection in kidney...
Department of Surgery Has Banner Year at 2019 Pacific Coast Surgical Association Meeting
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 25, 2019
The UCSF Department of Surgery had a banner year at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA) annual meeting in Tuscon, Arizona on February 15-18, 201 9 Seven department faculty were voted in as active members: Jade Hiramoto Elizabeth Wick Carter Lebares Rita Mukhtar Amar Nijagal Ankit Sarin Aaron Jensen Our...
Quoc-Hung “Key” Nguyen, MD Receives Two Prestigious Research Awards from Association for Academic Surgery
Mackenzie Lab
February 13, 2019
Quoc-Hung “Key” Nguyen, MD , a UCSF general surgery resident and a research fellow in the basic science laboratory of Tippi MacKenzie, M.D., received two prestigious awards at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on February 5-7, 2019. His participation was underwritten by the...
Department of Surgery Shines at Academic Surgical Congress 2019 Highlighted by Three Prestigious Individual Awards
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 13, 2019
The UCSF Department of Surgery was among the strong performers at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on February 5-7, 2019, placing sixth in quality scores among academic medical centers that submitted at least 10 abstracts and three prestigious awards. The Association for Academic...
Simon N. Chu, M.S. Recipient of Association for Academic Surgery Outstanding Medical Student Award
Transplantation Research Lab
February 13, 2019
Simon N. Chu, M.S., a 4th Year UCSF medical student and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Fellow in the laboratory of Qizhi Tang, Ph.D., has been awarded the 2019 Association for Academic Surgery Outstanding Medical Student Award at the 14 th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on...
Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS, Named Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the UCSF Department of Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 04, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Emily Finlayson, M.D., M.S., FACS, professor of Surgery, Medicine (Geriatrics), and Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco has been named the new Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Finlayson received her MD at...
Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM Appointed Chief of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
UCSF Department of Surgery
January 24, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Deborah M. Stein, MD, MPH, FACS, FCCM, currently the R Adams Cowley, MD Professor in Shock and Trauma at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, has been appointed Chief of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), commencing May 13, 2019...
Andre Campbell, M.D. Elected to Board of Governors Executive Committee of the American College of Surgeons
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
December 17, 2018
UCSF trauma surgeon Andre R. Campbell, MD, FACS, FACP, FCCM has been elected to the Board of Governors Executive Committee for the American College of Surgeons, a prestigious honor. His election was announced at the 2018 Annual Meeting of American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress in October. Dr. Campbell is...
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS Delivers 8th Annual Joseph A. Ignatius, MD Lecture in Surgery at Stanford University
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 10, 2018
Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery and chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, delivered the 8th Annual Joseph A. Ignatius, MD Lecture in Surgery at Stanford University on October 30, 2018. The topic was " The rise of thyroid cancer and its evolving management...
Symposium Celebrating Women Surgeons Around the World
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 10, 2018
UCSF endocrine surgeon Sanziana A. Roman, M.D., FACS, was the organizer of a symposium centered on the experiences of women surgeons from around the world. In an article published in the December 2018 edition of the World Journal of Surgery, seven women surgeons drawn from diverse geographical backgrounds...