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Willieford Moses, M.D.
- Assistant Professor, Surgery
- Division of Pediatric Surgery
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Education
- Duke University, B.S., Psychology, 2006
- University of California, San Francisco, M.D., 2011
Biography
Dr. Moses graduated from Duke University in 2006 with a BS in Psychology and received his MD from the UCSF School of Medicine in 2011. He completed his general surgery residency at UCSF, graduating in 2018. During his career at UCSF, Dr. Moses was honored with numerous awards, including the Medical Student Teaching Award and Lawrence Way Critical Thinker Award from the Department of Surgery. During his resident research years, Dr. Moses worked in the BioDesign Lab of Dr. Shuvo Roy as a Surgical Innovations Fellow. Dr. Mosesfinished his pediatric surgery fellowship in 2020 from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and USC. In addition to performing the broad spectrum of surgery in infants and children, Dr.Moses has a special interest in pediatric surgical oncology and will guide the program at BCHO
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 15
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- Iqbal Z, Kim S, Moyer J, Moses W, Abada E, Wright N, Kim EJ, Park J, Fissell WH, Vartanian S, Roy S. In vitro and in vivo hemocompatibility assessment of ultrathin sulfobetaine polymer coatings for silicon-based implants. J Biomater Appl. 2019 08; 34(2):297-312. View in PubMed
- Iqbal Z, Moses W, Kim S, Kim EJ, Fissell WH, Roy S. Sterilization effects on ultrathin film polymer coatings for silicon-based implantable medical devices. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater. 2018 08; 106(6):2327-2336. View in PubMed
- Dharia A, Abada E, Feinberg B, Yeager T, Moses W, Park J, Blaha C, Wright N, , Roy S. Silicon Micropore-Based Parallel Plate Membrane Oxygenator. Artif Organs. 2018 Feb; 42(2):166-173. View in PubMed
- Song S, Blaha C, Moses W, Park J, Wright N, Groszek J, Fissell W, Vartanian S, Posselt AM, Roy S. Correction: An intravascular bioartificial pancreas device (iBAP) with silicon nanopore membranes (SNM) for islet encapsulation under convective mass transport. Lab Chip. 2017 06 27; 17(13):2334. View in PubMed
- Song S, Blaha C, Moses W, Park J, Wright N, Groszek J, Fissell W, Vartanian S, Posselt AM, Roy S. An intravascular bioartificial pancreas device (iBAP) with silicon nanopore membranes (SNM) for islet encapsulation under convective mass transport. Lab Chip. 2017 05 16; 17(10):1778-1792. View in PubMed
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Posters & Oral Presentations
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2015, Oral Presentation with Dr, Shuvo Roy: "Artificial Kidneys: The Potential Role in Pediatrics"
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2015, Poster Presentation: "Renal artery embolization for minimally invasive induction of renal failure"
- Fourth Annual Academic Surgical Congress, Fort Myers, FL, Feb 2009, Quick-shot oral presentation "Younger age at diagnosis of papillary thyroid cancer is associated with the presence of multiple somatic mutations"
- Harvard's Disparities in Surgical Care: Research to Practice Conference, Boston, MA, Oct 2008, Poster Presentation: "Characterizing Thyroid Disease and Identifying Barriers to Care and Treatment in Uganda"
- UCSF's Second Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium, Oct 2008, Poster Presentation: "Barriers to Conducting Collaborative Projects in Resource-Constrained Settings: The Feasibility of Creating a Patient Database in Uganda"
- UCSF Dean's Research Fellowship Poster Session, Jan 2008, Poster Presentation "Does BRAF mutation testing in thyroid fine-needle aspiration biopsy improve diagnosis and predict extent of disease?
Books Chapters & Edited Books
- Moses, W and Suh, I. "Surgical Approach to Primary Hyperthyroidism (unilateral approach)." Textbook of Endocrine Surgery, 3rd Edition. Ed. Orlo Clark. Philadelphia: JP Brothers Medical Publishers. In press.
In the News
- UCSF Pediatric Surgery - - July 08, 2020We are pleased to announce that Willieford Moses, MD will be joining our faculty in the fall as a pediatric surgeon based at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital – Oakland (BCHO). Dr. Moses graduated from Duke University in 2006 with a BS in Psychology, and received his MD from UCSF School of Medicine in 2011. He completed his general surgery residency at UCSF, graduating in 2018. During his resident research years, Dr. Moses worked in the BioDesign Lab of Dr. Shuvo Roy as a Surgical Innovations [...]
- UCSF Surgical Innovations Program - November 18, 2016A presentation by UCSF General Surgery Resident and Innovations Fellow Willieford Moses, M.D. (pictured), "Surgical Considerations for an Implantable Renal Replacement System", was named Top Renal Abstract at the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) Conference in San Francisco on June 15, 2016. Dr. Moses completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Dr. Shuvo Roy's Biodesign Lab in June 2016 in the Surgical Innovations Pathway for research residents in the Department of [...]
- UCSF Surgical Innovations Program - - November 06, 2015UCSF News reports on the latest developments in the quest to create a surgically implantable artificial kidney and the award of a $6 million NIH grant to a research team led by Shuvo Roy, Ph.D., Professor of Bioengineering & Surgery, Director of the Biodesign Laboratory at Mission Bay, and Engineering Director of the UCSF Surgical Innovations Program, and Vanderbilt University nephrologist William Fissell, MD. Development of a surgically implantable, artificial kidney – a promising [...]
- UCSF Surgical Innovations Program - - September 24, 2015The UCSF Surgical Innovations Program recently arranged for three general surgery research fellows to be interviewed by writer Elizabeth Chur: Willieford Moses, M.D., Isabelle Chumfong, M.D., and Victoria Lyo, M.D., MTM (pictured below). The interviews focused on their respective career aspirations and inspirations, notably the highlights of their surgical innovations experience at UCSF. The UCSF Surgical Innovations Program, an initiative of the Department of Surgery in partnership with the [...]
