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It is our pleasure to announce this year's recipients of the annual Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine. Please join me in congratulating the recipents from the Department of Surgery: Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD Kalpana Harish, MPH The award, which recognizes exceptional service to...

We are pleased to announce that Johannes Kratz, MD has been selected as UCSF’s first Medical Director of Robotic Surgery. Johannes has served as co-Director of the UCSF Health Robotic Executive committee from 2018-2022 and in 2022 became sole director of the same. Under his careful stewardship, robotic surgeries...

By Jordan Greene Dr. Amy Fiedler was finishing up a standard heart transplant surgery in December — putting the dressings on the patient and getting ready to transport her the intensive care unit — when she noticed something she'd never seen before. The room was entirely women. Behind all the surgical masks and...

Each year INTERLINK identifies the nation’s top-performing transplant programs through our Performance Model Program. Their analytical approach has identified University of California San Francisco Medical Center as INTERLINK’s #1 performing program for lung transplantation in their Programs of Excellence network...

SOURCE: TODAY Dr. Amy Fiedler was finishing up a standard heart transplant surgery in December — putting the dressings on the patient and getting ready to transport her the intensive care unit — when she noticed something she'd never seen before. The room was entirely women. Behind all the surgical masks and gear...

UC San Francisco surgeons have performed the health system’s 20,000th solid organ transplant, making it just the third in the nation to reach that milestone. The surgery also marked UCSF Health’s first donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplant, a procedure performed by only about twenty health...

On National Women Physicians Day, the Muriel Steele Society and the UCSF Department of Surgery honor the amazing team of women surgeons, scientists, learners, and staff that have made so many important contributions to improving the lives of our patients. About the Muriel Steele Society at UCSF The Muriel Steele...

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor...

The 2022 Bay Area Heart Walk is this Friday, September 16 th at the Embarcadero Plaza in San Francisco. UCSF has set a goal to have 150 walkers raising $50,000. Register here 2022 Bay Area CA Heart Walk: UCSF Medical Center - Heart Walk - American Heart Association. Join your our Advanced Heart Failure...

Andrew Wisneski, MD, recent General Surgery Residency graduate class of 2022 and firs t -year Thoracic Surgery Resident won the Lawrence W. Way Critical Th inking Award. The Lawrence W. Way Critical Thinking Award, chosen by faculty only, recognizes the chief re sident who has demonstrated a notable ability to...

Melissa H. Coleman, MD accepted a new Medical Leadership position and is now the Director of UCSF Medicine's Clinical Immersive Experiences (CIEx). CIExes are elective opportunities meant for career exploration or skills building in areas of clinical interest. Medical students will have six 2-week blocks during...

Featured Video: "Day in the Life of a UCSF heart surgeon: Dr. Tom Nguyen"Follow along on a typical day with UCSF Medical Center cardiac surgeon Dr. Tom Nguyen who is the chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCSF Department of Surgery. To learn more about Dr. Nguyen on UCSFHealth, visit: https:/...

Welcome to Drs. Bianca Bromberger and Andrew Wisneski, our new thoracic surgery fellow, to the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery! We are truly excited to have Drs. Bromberger and Wisneski to join our Thoracic Surgery Residency Program.

In recognition of Johannes Kratz.’s professionalism, excellence, dedication, and contribution to the teaching of the Thoracic Surgery Residents, Dr. Kratz was selected to be the recipient of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for AY21-22. Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. Associate Professor of...

Innovation Means Shorter Hospital Stays, Fewer Complications Cardiothoracic surgeons at UC San Francisco have performed the first robotically assisted mitral value surgery in San Francisco. The surgery was recently performed on a 63-year-old patient who had mitral valve prolapse. Mitral valve surgery is performed...