News & Events
Meet Marko Boskovski, MD, New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 01, 2021
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Marko Boskovski joined our faculty as an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Boskovski received his BA in physics at Washington University in St. Louis and his MD and MHS at the Yale University School of Medicine. He relocated to...
Laura Scrimgeour, M.D. New UCSF Thoracic Surgery Resident
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
August 01, 2021
Welcome to Dr. Laura Scrimgeour, our new thoracic surgery fellow, to the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery! Dr. Scrimgeour earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2014. Recently, she has completed her general surgery training at Brown University Providence in Rhode...
Ramin Beygui, M.D. Receipent of the Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for AY20-21
UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
July 30, 2021
In recognition of Ramin E. Beygui.’s professionalism, excellence, dedication, and contribution to the teaching of the Thoracic Surgery Residents, Dr. Beygui was selected to receive the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for AY20-21. Ramin E. Beygui, MD, MSc, FACS has concurrently joined the...
Melissa H. Coleman, M.D., the Recipient of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholar Grant
July 01, 2021
Melissa H. Coleman, MD, was the one of the eight recipients of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, the Dean’s Diversity Fund. This diversity grant is named after John A. Watson, PhD, a pioneer for diversity, an inspiring mentor, and a tenacious scientist. During his tenure as dean of admissions in the 1970s, he...
Dr. Tom C. Nguyen Named New Chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 08, 2020
We are excited to announce that Tom C. Nguyen, MD, FACS, FACC has been named the new Chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery and the Helen and Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Nguyen comes to UCSF from...
Johannes Kratz, MD Recipient of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Care Center Junior Clinical Investigator Award
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
August 01, 2020
UCSF surgeon-scientist Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. was awarded a Junior Clinical Investigator Award from the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Care Center. This mentored award is given to a junior clinical investigator to support their research efforts in the early stages of their career. Dr. Kratz was given this...
Melissa H. Coleman, M.D. Recipient of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for FY19-20
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
July 31, 2020
In recognition of Melissa H. Coleman, M.D.’s professionalism, excellence, dedication, and contribution to the teaching of the Thoracic Surgery Residents, Dr. Coleman was selected to be the recipient of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for FY19-20. Coleman earned her medical degree from...
Barbara Hamilton, MD, MAS Awarded UCSF COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative Grant
UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
June 26, 2020
Barbara C. S. Hamilton, M.D., M.A.S., a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at UCSF, has been awarded a UCSF COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative grant for her project titled “Safe reinstitution of elective surgeries with universal testing at UCSF during the COVID-19 pandemic”. The project has been chosen...
Cancer Therapy Adviser
January 16, 2020
“Looking at the genomic aspect of tumors allows us to get deeper than just looking at the microscopic appearance of the tumor and see how aggressive they are biologically,” said Johannes Kratz, MD, FACS, director of minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF...
Kai Ihnken, M.D. Awarded Inaugural UCSF Thoracic Residency Program Teaching Award for FY 2018-2019
UCSF Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
December 16, 2019
Kai Ihnken, M.D. has been awarded the Inaugural UCSF Thoracic Residency Program Teaching Award for FY2018-2019, in recognition of his outstanding teaching efforts for thoracic surgery residents inside and outside of the OR. Dr. Kai Ihnken is cardiac and heart transplant surgeon who specializes in advanced state-of...
Johannes Kratz, MD Recipient of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery Michael DeBakey Research Scholarship
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Program
December 11, 2019
UCSF surgeon-scientist Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. has been awarded the Michael DeBakey Research Scholarship by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and AATS Foundation. This two-year research scholarship is awarded annually to a single North American surgeon committed to pursuing an academic career in...
Greg J. Haro, MD Named a 2019 STAT Wunderkind
General Surgery Residency Program
November 14, 2019
Greg J. Haro, MD, a general surgery resident at UCSF, has been named a 2019 STAT Wunderkind by STAT News, a journal that reports the latest in health, medicine, and scientific discoveries. This prestigious award is given to early-career scientists who are performing groundbreaking research. Dr. Haro is currently a...
Dr. Tobias Deuse Awarded 4-year NSF Grant to Study Effects of Aging Aboard ISS Using Novel Platform
Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab
October 04, 2019
Cardiac and heart/lung transplant surgeon-scientist Tobias Deuse, M.D. has been awarded a 4-year $400K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to investigate space-related physiological changes in liver aging and regeneration. The work will be carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS) using...
Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D. Awarded Hellman Family Early Career Faculty Award
UCSF Thoracic Oncology Lab
August 20, 2019
UCSF Assistant Professor Bhairavi Tolani, Ph.D., a member of the UCSF Thoracic Oncology Lab, was awarded the Hellman Family - Early Career Faculty Award for 2019-2020. Established by Warren & Chris Hellman and their children in 1994, the purpose of the Hellman Fellows Program is to support the research of...
Tobias Deuse, MD and Sonja Schrepfer, MD, PhD Lead Research Team Unearthing New Clues to Stem Cell Transplant Rejection
UCSF News
August 20, 2019
Mutations in Mitochondrial DNA Induced by Cell Reprogramming May Trigger Immune Response In 2006, scientists discovered a way to “reprogram” mature cells – adult skin cells, for example – into stem cells that could, in principle, give rise to any tissue or organ in the body. Many assumed it was only a matter of...