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Associate Professor Dr. Amrita Basu co-led a successful PCORI Health System Implementation Initiative Award, securing $1.2M over four years to implement a system-wide remote symptom monitoring program across UCSF Health. This initiative will scale the use of electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePROs) across 33...

Associate Professor, Dr. Amrita Basu has been awarded a $1,000,000, 2-year grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Biohub to lead work on “Integrated Organoid Systems for Immunotherapy Toxicity.” This project focuses on developing advanced organoid models to study treatment response in live tissue—contributing...

The UCSF Department of Surgery proud to recognize Research Fellow Dr. Elisabeth Abeles, M.D. (University of California, San Francisco Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program) and Surgical Oncologist Dr. Rita Mukhtar, whose innovative work has been awarded a $50,000 Research Development Grant through the UCSF Breast...

The UCSF Department of Surgery would like to congratulate Dr. Hueylan Chern, Director of our Surgical Skills Center, on her admission to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. This prestigious honor recognizes Dr. Chern’s enduring impact on surgical training and innovation in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

After a full internal search process chaired by Dr. Andrew Murr, Ajay Maker, MD, FACS, FSSO has been appointed to the position of Surgeon in Chief for the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This is a newly created role charged with developing and helping implement strategies to enhance and optimize...

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...

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...

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, 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...

Hueylan Chern, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of the UCSF Surgical Skills Center, has been inducted into The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Class of 2020. The Academy's core value is "supporting the people who advance the education mission of UCSF by fostering an organizational...