News & Events: Julie Ann Sosa, M.D., M.A., FACS

A research team including Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, Chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery, have published a paper in the journal Thyroid about patient preferences pertaining to surgical options for thyroid cancer. Specifically, the study identifies patient preferences for ascertaining risks and benefits associated with lobectomy vs. total thyroidectomy for low-risk thyroid cancer.  The paper was recommended by faculty at F1000 Prime, a continually updated collection of over 145,000 recommendations of top articles in biology and medicine, contributed by the F1000 Faculty.   Related [...]

Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS (right), Chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery and Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery, has been awarded a prestigious NIH-FDA R01 Grant as Co-Principal Investigator on a multi-institutional study of medullary thyroid carcinoma. The other PI in the study is Elizabeth Gardner Grubbs, MD, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgical Oncology, Division of Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. By elucidating the natural history of medullary thyroid cancer and incorporating patient experiences, the investigators [...]