Johannes Kratz, M.D. Recipient of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for AY21-22

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 Surgery, Program Director of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Medical Director of Robotic Surgery at UCSF Health, Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery, and the Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology. Kratz graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Medical School and holds a Master's in Philosophy from Stanford.

Kratz worked as a research fellow in the Thoracic Oncology Lab from 2008-2011 where he played a pivotal role in the development of a prognostic assay for early-stage lung cancer patients. The novel assay was validated in an international clinical trial led by thoracic surgeons David M. Jablons, M.D. and Michael Mann, M.D. The assay better-predicted the risk of death in early-stage lung cancer patients versus conventional staging guidelines and later successfully identified Stage 1A lung cancer patients who had a very high likelihood of mortality after surgery. Kratz finished his clinical training as a clinical fellow in Thoracic Surgery at UCSF from 2014 - 2017.

Kratz has published numerous papers and has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Partners Healthcare Resident/Fellow as Teacher Award, Willard M. Daggett Award, Edward Churchill Surgical Research Fellowship, Wyeth Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons, John E. Thayer Scholarship Award, Howard Hughes Medical Fellows Program Continued Support Award, Howard Hughes Medical Student Research Fellowship, and designation as a Soma Weiss Scholar.