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Dr. Roman receives Advancing Faculty Diversity Award

Congrats to Dr. Roman for receiving Advancing Faculty Diversity Award!

UCSF Department of Surgery
October 15, 2024
Dr. Sanziana Roman & Dr. Elizabeth Ozer received a $200,000 Advancing Faculty Diversity award from University of California's Office of the President for their work on "Leadership Equity Advances Diversity: Enhancing Processes for Selecting Leaders across UC Health Sciences" UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach...
California Academy of Sciences News Story

New Science: Julie Sosa | California Academy of Sciences

California Academy of Sciences
June 21, 2024
If the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, my career path has never been linear. And I have no regrets. The longer, less traveled path has allowed me to meet interesting people, and to trial different experiences that have only made me more steadfast in my pursuit of academic surgery as a...
Welcoming Our New 2024 Surgery Residents!

Welcoming Our New 2024 Surgery Residents!

UCSF Department of Surgery
June 20, 2024
We are thrilled to welcome our new class of incoming residents to the UCSF Department of Surgery! This diverse, accomplished group includes a total of 29 surgical interns, two returning preliminary general surgery PGY-2 residents, and one new categorical general surgery PGY-4 resident. All new residents officially...
Milestone Robotic Surgery

UCSF Health Reaches 15,000 Robotic Surgeries

UCSF News
May 29, 2024
Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone. UCSF Health has the busiest robotic surgery program in the UC health system and...
NationalWomenPhysiciansDay

Celebrating National Women Physicians Day

UCSF Department of Surgery
February 03, 2023
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...
JILL BIDEN RITA MUKHTAR UCSF LOBULAR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM

UCSF Hosts First Lady Jill Biden to Discuss Breast Cancer Research

UCSF Campus News
November 16, 2022
By Elizabeth Fernandez First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden visits UCSF to speak with patients, researchers, and doctors as part of President Biden's Cancer Moonshot program. From left to right: Alan Ashworth, MD, Paola Betancur, MD, Monica Bertagnolli, MD, First Lady Jill Biden, Ed.D, Kami Pullakhandam. Photo by Noah...
Chancellor Awards for Diversity

Department of Surgery staff and faculty receive 2022 Chancellor Awards for Diversity

UCSF Department of Surgery
October 27, 2022
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 Awards for Diversity Chancellor Awards for...
Valerie Weaver news item

Dr. Valerie Weaver Receives NCI Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) and $6.7M R35 Grant

UCSF Department of Surgery
September 23, 2020
Valerie Weaver, Ph.D., Professor of Surgery in the Departments of Surgery, Anatomy, and Bioengineering & Therapeutics Sciences, and Director of the Center for Bioengineering & Tissue Regeneration, is the recipient of a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA) (R35), supporting a 7-year...
Twitter Card T32 Surgical Oncology

Department of Surgery Awarded Prestigious NIH T-32 Training Grant for Surgical Oncology

UCSF Department of Surgery
July 13, 2020
The UCSF Department of Surgery has just been awarded a paradigm-shifting NIH T-32 training grant for Surgical Oncology. The goal of this new innovative program is to train future leaders in surgery and oncology to be change agents in driving science and value-based medicine by giving them a foundation in...
Mohamed Adam New Faculty Twitter Card

Dr. Mohamed Adam to Join Department of Surgery Faculty

UCSF Department of Surgery
July 08, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Mohamed Abdelgadir Adam, MBBS will be joining our faculty in the fall as an Assistant Professor in the newly established Division of Surgical Oncology at UCSF. Dr. Adam completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at Duke University in translational genomic research in 2010. Dr...