Biography
Jessica Gosnell, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Dr. Gosnell earned her BA in Biology and French Studies at Wellesley College, and her medical degree at the University of Washington in Seattle. She then completed a residency in general surgery at the UCSF-East Bay program. She received a Gastrointestinal Research Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health as a research fellow at San Francisco General Hospital (now Zuckerberg San Francisco General). She thereafter was appointed the TS Reeve International Fellow in Endocrine Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia, later joining the Department of Surgery faculty at UCSF.
Dr. Gosnell’s clinical practice in endocrine surgery focuses on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. She is one of the founding members of the Acute Surgical Case Service at Parnassus. She is also the Director of the Endocrine Surgery Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation Lab. In her research, Dr. Gosnell studies new treatments for thyroid cancer through translational work and clinical trials, with a particular focus on multiple endocrine neoplasia and medullary thyroid cancer.
Dr. Gosnell is also Associate Surgery Clerkship Director to which she brings a wealth of experience in mentorship and surgical education. As a resident, she received the Hunicutt Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching for two consecutive years. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Haile T Debas Academy of Medical Educators teaching award. She was a longtime PISCES preceptor before becoming a UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Coach in 2016. As clinical educators, Coaches provide formal instruction in clinical skills as well as mentorship and support to a small group of students throughout their medical school curriculum.
Dr. Gosnell’s clinical practice in endocrine surgery focuses on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. She is one of the founding members of the Acute Surgical Case Service at Parnassus. She is also the Director of the Endocrine Surgery Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation Lab. In her research, Dr. Gosnell studies new treatments for thyroid cancer through translational work and clinical trials, with a particular focus on multiple endocrine neoplasia and medullary thyroid cancer.
Dr. Gosnell is also Associate Surgery Clerkship Director to which she brings a wealth of experience in mentorship and surgical education. As a resident, she received the Hunicutt Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching for two consecutive years. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Haile T Debas Academy of Medical Educators teaching award. She was a longtime PISCES preceptor before becoming a UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Coach in 2016. As clinical educators, Coaches provide formal instruction in clinical skills as well as mentorship and support to a small group of students throughout their medical school curriculum.
Education
Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date |
---|---|---|---|
University of Washington | M.D. | School of Medicine | 1995 |
University of California, San Francisco | Clinical Fellowship | School of Medicine - Surgery |
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery, 2004
Clinical Expertise
Adrenal Tumors
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
Conn's Syndrome
Cushing's Syndrome
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperthyroidism
Adrenalectomy
Parathyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy
Multinodular Goiter
Neuroendocrine (Islet Cell) Tumors
Pheochromocytoma
Thyroid Cancer
Thyroid Nodules
In the News
January, 10, 2020 | UCSF Department of Surgery
April, 12, 2018 | UCSF Department of Surgery
February, 16, 2018 | UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 98
- Novel technique for placement of hemodialysis catheters using a combined open procedure with the Seldinger micropuncture technique.| | PubMed
- Minimal access thyroid surgery: technique and report of the first 25 cases.| | PubMed
- Parathyroidectomy for tertiary hyperparathyroidism associated with X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic rickets.| | PubMed
- Chylomicron-bound endotoxin selectively inhibits NF-kappaB activation in rat hepatocytes.| | PubMed
- The Mann-Williamson procedure: a historical contribution.| | PubMed
- Cinematic nuclear scintigraphy reliably directs surgical intervention for patients with gastrointestinal bleeding.| | PubMed
- Extracellular matrix regulates the hepatocellular heat shock response.| | PubMed
- The lipemia of sepsis: triglyceride-rich lipoproteins as agents of innate immunity.| | PubMed