News & Events
Congratulations on the 1000th Lung Transplant!
UCSF Department of Surgery
April 13, 2022
On Wednesday, April 13th, Dr. Kukreja and her team conducted our 1000th lung transplant. This is an enormous milestone and congratulations to Dr. Jasleen Kukreja and her team, the UCSF Lung Transplant program, and the UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery. Their relentless dedication, selfless...
Happy 30th Anniversary to our Lung Transplant Program
UCSF Health
April 07, 2022
The UCSF Lung Transplant Program provides comprehensive care for patients before and after lung transplantation. Since our founding in 1991, we have given more than 700 patients with advanced lung disease the chance at a longer, more active life. We perform about 50 transplants each year. Our program has...
Tom C. Nguyen, M.D., performs the first beating heart mitral valve repair on the West Coast
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
March 21, 2022
The first beating heart mitral valve repair on the West Coast was performed by Tom C. Nguyen , MD, chief of UC San Francisco’s Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, and his surgical team in September 2021. The HARPOON™ Beating Heart Mitral Valve Repair System was used for the procedure as part of the RESTORE...
Tobias Deuse, M.D. and Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D., awarded the UH3 Supplement Grant
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
March 07, 2022
Tobias Deuse, M.D. and Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D., were awarded the UH3 Supplement Grant worth $260,009 to continue their work on how spaceflight changes the immune system and stem cell niche. To better understand the relevance of the astronauts’ experience to human health — both on the ground and beyond — NIH’s...
Meet Barbara C.S. Hamilton, M.D., M.A.S., New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 25, 2022
We are delighted to announce that Barbara C.S. Hamilton, M.D.,M.A.S. will join the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery as a Clinical Instructor starting March 1st, 2022. Dr. Hamilton completed her undergraduate work at McGill University, where she majored in music, followed by additional training at the...
Melissa H. Coleman, M.D., Recipient of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educator’s Excellence in Teaching Award 2021
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 17, 2021
Dr. Melissa H. Coleman is one of the seventh faculty members in the UCSF Department of Surgery to receive the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educator’s Excellence in Teaching Award 2021. The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators is dedicated to creating an environment that enhances the status of teachers...
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 Cardiothoracic Surgery! Dr. Scrimgeour earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2014. Recently, she completed her general surgery training at Brown University Providence in Rhode Island...
Ramin Beygui, M.D., Recipient 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., 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 tThoracic 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 the...
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...