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The UCSF Department of Surgery is delighted to introduce our new General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Vascular Surgery residents! We are proud to welcome this exceptional, diverse group of future surgeons to UCSF Surgery and congratulate each new intern for matching into our programs. We are excited to partner with these new colleagues as they begin their training in June, 2024. General Surgery Categorical Interns Plastic Surgery Categorical Interns Vascular Surgery Integrated Categorical Intern General Surgery Preliminary Interns

The Exceptional Physician Awards recognizes select physicians for exemplary demonstration of UCSF Health's values in their clinical practice and interaction with patients, faculty and staff. The Department of Surgery wants to congratulate Dr. Hillary J. Braun, one of our Chief Residents in General Surgery and future transplant surgeon, for receiving an Exceptional Physician Award for the academic year 2022-23.     Watch the 2023 Exceptional Physician Award Winner Hillary Braun Acceptance Video:

The UCSF Department of Sugery is very pleased to introduce our new General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Vascular Surgery residents! We warmly welcome this extraordinary, diverse group to UCSF Surgery and congratulate each incoming intern for matching into our programs. We are honored to partner with these future surgeons as they begin their training in June, and are thrilled that they will be joining the UCSF Surgery family.

Congratulations to Dr. Adnan Alesidi who has been selected as a new member of The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. He will be inducted into the distinguished Academy on September 21, 2022 at the Sandler Neurosciences Center Auditorium.

The Muriel Steele Society congratulates Dr. Ashley Campbell, one of the General Surgery categorical interns, on her Dr. Patricia Numann Medical Student Award from the Association of Women Surgeons. The mission of the Patricia Numann Medical Student Award is to encourage and support an outstanding female medical student who is pursuing a career in surgery and recipients have demonstrated leadership potential or made significant contributions to surgery.   Dr. Campbell graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in June 2022. She has extensive global health [...]

The annual Association For Surgical Education (ASE) meeting took place from April 29th – May 1st. 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 presentations and every person who was involved in each. At UCSF, we are deeply committed to Surgical Education and wanted to highlight all who've given their time to intense research and making sure we continue to move forward. Thank you!   PP64: THIRD-YEAR MEDICAL STUDENT PERCEIVED KNOWLEDGE [...]

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, fellows, faculty development, and simulation. Dr. Alseidi has spoken about his recent appointment and is working on a considerable number of initiatives to be released over the next couple of years. These multiple avenues include Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, educator [...]

The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our new General Surgery Preliminary residents. We congratulate these new members of our program and look forward working with them as they launch their surgical careers.  UCSF Department Of SurgeryPGY-1 General Surgery Preliminary Residents (2021-22) Mishaal AliUniversity of Wisconsin Ahmad AljobehMayo Clinic  Rachel BorthwellUCLA Fara DayaniUCSF         Elizabeth GerzinaBaylor Grace HaHofstra/Northwell Iram ShafqatUCLA Ramsey SittaWayne State University

The Department of Surgery is pleased to introduce the General Surgery Resident Class of 2028! We congratulate our eight new categorical residents and are thrilled for them to join the UCSF Surgery family in June. It is an honor to have the opportunity to partner with these future leaders in surgery as they begin their training. UCSF Department Of SurgeryPGY-1 Categorical General Surgery Residents (2021-22) Alison BaskinUniversity of Michigan Kara FaktorUCLA Axel Gomez CasarezUCSF Sophia HernandezUCSF         Alexandra HighetUniversity of [...]

The UCSF Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that third year UCSF medical student Mary Kathryn (Katy) Abel, A.B. was awarded the inaugural Thomas K. Hunt Memorial fellowship from the Division of General Surgery for her research project: "Optimizing outcomes in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast: addressing barriers to clinical trial enrollment and personalizing therapy," with mentor Rita Mukhtar, M.D., assistant professor in the Division of General Surgery. Under the leadership of Hobart Harris, M.D., MPH and supported by the Division of General Surgery and the Department of [...]

General surgery resident Elizabeth Lancaster, M.D. and Surgery Education Office Administrative Director Rachelle Bresnahan each received the UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education (2019-20) at a virtual GME reception on June 15th. Award recipients have demonstrated a commitment to advancing graduate medical education at UCSF through educational and clinical quality improvement, service excellence, and innovation, and have demonstrated excellence in:  Educational leadership at UCSF or nationally; Participation in innovative GME-related [...]

The UCSF Department of Surgery invites all interested medical students* to join a virtual tour of the UCSF General Surgery Residency with program leadership and residents. Three virtual tours are scheduled for 5:45PM-7:00PM PT: Session 1: Tuesday, August 25th Registration: https://tinyurl.com/UCSFGS-0825 Session 2: Tuesday, September 1st Registration: https://tinyurl.com/UCSFGS-0901 Session 3: Thursday, September 10th Registration: https://tinyurl.com/UCSFGS-0910 Interested medical students should register for their preferred session by following the links above or QR codes [...]

Hannah Decker, M.D., a General Surgery PGY-2 resident, was presented with the 2020 Krevans Award in recognition of her clinical and professional excellence throughout her intern year at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). The Krevans Award recognizes "excellence in patient care, as exemplified by clinical competence, professional conduct, concern for patients and interaction with all level of staff, including peers." Recipients are selected by the chiefs of the various medical departments at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg [...]

We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Evan C. Werlin, M.D., a rising chief resident in General Surgery, and a beloved colleague and friend. Evan Charles Werlin was born December 22, 1985 and passed peacefully May 27, 2020 following a three-year hard fought battle against a rare form of cancer. Evan excelled at everything he did; graduating from Brown University Magna cum laude, and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and happily became a stellar general surgery resident at UCSF. During that time, Evan received numerous awards including the prestigious Teaching [...]

Joseph Lin, M.D., a general surgery research resident, was awarded an Education Innovations Funding Grant by the The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. These grants, which address a range of priorities in education of students and trainees, are expected to make significant contributions to educational excellence at UCSF. Dr. Lin is a principal investigator on the project entitled, Integrating Palliative Care Skills into Surgical Training along with Patricia O'Sullivan, Ed.D., Professor of Medicine and Surgery, who supported and mentored Dr. Lin along with Kimberly Kirkwood, [...]

Eva Gillis-Buck, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2020 and incoming general surgery resident, was awarded the UCSF 2020 Long-Term Dean's Prize in Research.  The Long-Term Dean's Prize is available to all UCSF graduating medical students. Finalists were selected based on the submission of a one-page abstract, letter of nomination, and 5-minute presentation to the faculty review committee. Five prizes for long-term research were awarded and all winners presented a virtual pre-recorded video at the virtual Inquiry Symposium on April 29th, 2020. Ms. Gillis-Buck's research work has been [...]

The UCSF Department of Surgery is accepting applications for the Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship. All eligible medical students are invited to apply no later than June 1, 2020*. The Fellowship is offered to fourth year medical students as a sub-internship, providing the opportunity to experience first-hand the Department's multi-faceted environment of clinical excellence, inquiry, and investigation. The Fellowship provides a stipend of $2,500.00 to defray the cost of tuition, transportation, housing, and incidental expenses. Recipients of the fellowship award will be selected based on [...]

The Department of Surgery is thrilled to welcome our eight new general surgery categorical residents comprising the Class of 2027. We congratulate this diverse, talented group for matching into our program. We look forward to our new intern class joining the UCSF Surgery family in June and are honored to be part of their journey as they train to become future leaders in academic surgery.   UCSF Department Of SurgeryPGY-1 Categorical General Surgery Residents (2020-21) Ali AbbasiUniversity of Chicago Kirkpatrick FergusUCSF Jonathan FreiseUCSF Eva [...]

Daniela Rebollo Salazar and Natalie Rodriguez were selected as recipients of the 2019 Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship. Daniela, a 4th year medical student from New York University School of Medicine, took an elective course in Advanced General Surgery - Colorectal at UCSF in September. Natalie is a 4th year medical student from the University of Illinois - Chicago and took an elective course in Advanced General Surgery - Red at UCSF in October. The Haile T. Debas Diversity Fellowship, established in 2017, supports the goal of increasing the number of under-represented minority surgeons [...]

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Wen T. Shen, M.D., M.A. has been named Director of the UCSF Surgery Grand Rounds Education Series. Dr. Shen is an endocrine surgeon and a Professor of Clinical Surgery. In his new role, Dr. Shen will assess the ongoing educational needs of faculty and learners, and will oversee the content and scheduling of Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. Dr. Shen will work closely with Lygia Stewart, who led Grand Rounds for many years, during a time of transition, as well as with the Vice Chair for Education and the Chair to select Grand Rounds [...]