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UCSF Medical Student Iris Liu Wins First Place in Medical Student Poster Competition for Basic Science Research at ACSCC 2019
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Iris Liu, BA, a second-year medical student at UCSF, won first place in the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress, Basic Science Category for her poster " Deep Immune Profiling of High- vs. Low-Risk Early-State Lung Adenocarcinoma." The ACS Medical Student Program e-Poster Session included 48...
Caitlin Collins, MD, MPH Receives Excellence in Research Award from American College of Surgeons
General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Caitlin Collins, MD, MPH, a general surgery resident at UCSF, received an Excellence in Research Award from the Scientific Forum Committee of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) in the category of Colon and Rectal Surgery. The award was for her abstract, "Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Bundled...
Greg J. Haro, MD Named a 2019 STAT Wunderkind
General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Greg J. Haro, MD, a general surgery resident at UCSF, has been named a 2019 STAT Wunderkind by STAT News, a journal that reports the latest in health, medicine, and scientific discoveries. This prestigious award is given to early-career scientists who are performing groundbreaking research. Dr. Haro is currently a...
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...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Clinical Fellows for the 2019-2020 Academic Year
UCSF Department of Surgery
October 22, 2019
The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our new clinical fellows for the 2019-20 academic year, a diverse group of surgeons bringing a rich array of experiences from leading institutions. Abdominal Transplant Surgery Carrie Thiessen, M.D., Ph.D. Clinical Fellow (PGY-6)Abdominal Transplant Surgery Steven Wisel, M...
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...
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...
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...
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...