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Theodore R. Schrock, M.D., who had a storied career at UCSF, as a medical student, then a surgery resident, faculty member, Department of Surgery Chair and Chief Medical Officer for UCSF Medical Center, recently passed away at age 76. Theodore (Ted) Schrock was born and raised in Berne, Indiana. He lettered in...

UCSF News reports on the work of a UCSF research team investigating the causes and potential treatments for gastroschisis, a rare disorder in which developing intestines protrude outside of the body through a hole alongside the belly button. Led by pediatric surgeon Tippi MacKenzie, MD, Associate Professor of...

UCSF News reports on the inspirational lecture given by Andre Campbell, M.D., Professor of Surgery at the UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg SFGH, about the importance of social justice and diversity at the annual "UCSF Last Lecture" event, in which Dr. Campbell spoke of his experiences at UCSF dating back...

The Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and Association for Academic Surgery Foundation (AASF) presented S. Ariane Christie, MD, a General Surgery Resident at UCSF, with the 2016 AAS/AASF Global Surgery Research Fellowship Award for her research proposal titled “Long Term Outcomes Following Traumatic Injury in...

Jennifer Kaplan, M.D., a research resident in the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, received the award for Best Trainee Poster Presentation from the Academy for Healthcare Improvement (AHI) at the organization's 2015 annual meeting. The presentation, " Health Coaching By Health Professions Students for Frail...

The San Francisco General Hospital Foundation announced on Yahoo Finance/Marketwired "its public-private partnership to ensure high quality health care for all San Franciscans, a milestone marked with the dedication and ribbon cutting at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and...

UCSF News reports on a new science image and video competition, the first of its kind at UCSF. An image submitted by Xiaoti Xu, M.D., UCSF Plastic Surgery Resident and alumni of the Pomerantz Lab, developed with the help of Hua Tian, Ph.D., a specialist in the lab, was among the top 15 finalists out of more than...

The Department of Surgery recently launched a new website for the Pomerantz Lab. The site showcases the laboratory's research focused on harnessing regeneration biology to drive clinical advances in reconstructive and craniofacial medicine. Led by Jason Pomerantz, MD , Associate Professor in the Division of...

UCSF 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...

Two (2) Department of Surgery research teams were awarded seed funding totaling $40,000 to accelerate their medical device innovations. The Roboimplant device, an expandable rod for orthopaedic surgery applications, took top honors, with the Sentinel Bandage, a non-invasive technology for wound monitoring, taking...

UCSF News reports on the celebration of Diversity Month 2015 at UCSF and the award of the Chancellor Diversity Award for the Advancement of Women to Nancy L. Ascher, M.D., Ph.D.: Nancy Ascher, MD, has been chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery for the past 16 years. Ascher completed her undergraduate and medical...

MedicalResearch.com recently interviewed Quan-Yang Duh M.D. (pictured first), Chief of the Section of Endocrine Surgery, Division of General Surgery, at UCSF, on the differences in etiology of unilateral vs. bilateral incidentalomas. What we found in our study was that although the possible subclinical diseases...

The 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...

KQED Science for Personalized Medicine reports on a multitude of new sensor technologies that are being used to monitor medical issues, which would otherwise be time-consuming for hospital staff to manage. Hanmin Lee, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Pediatric Surgery at UCSF as well as Medical...

Join us on September 24 for Surgical Innovations Shark Tank! Four teams from the Department of Surgery will pitch their medical device technologies to a panel of experts in regulatory affairs, product development, and venture capital for the chance to receive up to $25,000 to accelerate their innovations...