Meet Barbara C.S. Hamilton, M.D., M.A.S, New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
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 prestigious Manhattan School of Music. She earned a Master of Music in Jazz Performance. After graduating, Dr. Hamilton stayed in Manhattan to work as a freelance musician and ultimately obtained her medical degree at Columbia University. She then came to UCSF to complete her training in General Surgery. During her residency, Dr. Hamilton received a Master's degree in Clinical Research and was admitted into the our integrated 4/3 Thoracic Residency Program. In December 2021, Dr. Hamilton successfully graduated the Thoracic Surgery residency training.
Dr. Hamilton achieved outstanding resident education and research accomplishments during her training. She developed a novel bronchoscopic learning curriculum for our general surgery residents. In addition, she led our cardiac surgery simulation didactic curriculum while helping to disseminate and popularize training with a novel cardiac skills simulator developed by one of our pediatric cardiac surgery attendings.
Dr. Hamilton was also awarded a highly competitive COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative grant for her project "Safe reinstitution of elective surgeries with universal testing at UCSF during the COVID-19 pandemic". She used support from this grant to track outcomes of patients undergoing surgery at UCSF early in the pandemic, culminating in a first-author publication in the New England Journal of Medicine Catalyst. Her current research focuses on surgeon wellness, specifically stress and resilience as measured by heart rate variability and surgical ergonomics.
Dr. Hamilton will be based at Parnassus Heights. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Hamilton to the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery.