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Dr. Laura Esserman Awarded $9.1M NIH/NCI R01 Grant to Expand WISDOM Study to Diverse and Underserved Patient Populations
UCSF Breastcare Program
July 15, 2020
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA and her research team have been awarded a $9.1M NIH R01 grant from the National Cancer Institue (NCI). The focus of the grant is to enable expansion of The WISDOM Study to new recruitment sites/partnerships including Louisiana State University, the University of Chicago, the University...
Hannah Decker, M.D. Receives ZSFG Krevans Award
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
July 14, 2020
Hannah Decker, M.D., a General Surgery PGY-2 resident, was presented with the 2020 Krevans Award in recognition of her clinical and professional excellence throughout her intern year at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). The Krevans Award recognizes...
Four Surgery Residents Awarded UCSF CTSI Resident Research Funding
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
July 13, 2020
Mark Barry, M.D. Zachary Matthay, M.D. Adam Wallace, M.D. Ava Yap, M.D.. M.H.Sc. UCSF Surgery residents were well-represented as awardees of the UCSF CTSI Spring 2020 Resident Research Funding Award . Mark Barry, M.D. , Zachary Matthay, M.D. (General Surgery research residents), Adam Wallace, M.D. (Plastic Surgery...
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...
Department of Surgery 2020 Achievement and Education Awards Presented at Surgery Grand Rounds
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 10, 2020
The Department of Surgery celebrated the many achievements of our UCSF Surgery trainees and educators at Surgery Grand Rounds on June 10, 2020, recognizing the tireless hard work and extraordinary talent displayed each and every day by these recipients. In addition, there was a tribute to the late Chief Resident...
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...
Dr. Jay Menaker to Join Department of Surgery Faculty at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
July 08, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Jay Menaker, MD will be joining the faculty at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) on September 1st, providing care to patients in the ICU at the UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights, and in the Emergency Department at ZSFG. Dr. Menaker will serve as the...
Dr. Willieford Moses to Join Department of Surgery Faculty
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
July 08, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Willieford Moses, MD will be joining our faculty in the fall as a pediatric surgeon based at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital – Oakland (BCHO). Dr. Moses graduated from Duke University in 2006 with a BS in Psychology, and received his MD from UCSF School of Medicine in 2011. He...
Dr. Marissa Boeck to Join Department of Surgery Faculty
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
July 07, 2020
We are pleased to announce that Marissa A. Boeck, MD, MPH, currently a clinical fellow in Trauma and Emergency Surgery at ZSFG, will be joining our faculty in the fall. Dr. Boeck has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Surgery. She will serve as an acute care surgeon at Parnassus...
Lucy Kornblith, M.D. and Zachary Matthay, M.D. Awarded Two Grants for COVID-19 Research
UCSF Department of Surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General
July 01, 2020
UCSF Surgeon-scientist Lucy Kornblith, M.D. (PI) and her mentee, Zachary Matthay, M.D. (Co-PI) were awarded two grants for their proposed COVID-19-related research by the UCSF COVID-19 Rapid Response Pilot Grant Program, supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and National Institutes...
Sandy Feng, MD, PhD Recipient of 2020 AST Clinical Science Established Investigator Award
UCSF Department of Surgery
July 01, 2020
Sandy Feng, M.D., Ph.D. , Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery, has been named the 2020 recipient of the Clinical Science Established Investigator Award from the American Society of Transplantation (AST). The award is made to a senior clinical scientist who has made...
Amar Nijagal, MD Awarded American Cancer Society Individual Research Grant
UCSF Nijagal Lab
July 01, 2020
Pediatric surgeon-scientist Amar Nijagal, M.D. has been awarded an American Cancer Society Individual Research Grant to study the crucial link between liver and bile duct development, and hepatobiliary cancers. The study is entitled: “Single cell characterization and organoid development of pediatric choledochal...
Learning Health Systems K Scholar Team Receives Multiple Grants for Research Investigating Opioids and Health Disparities
Department of Surgery at ZSFG
July 01, 2020
The team of Learning Health Systems (LHS) K12 scholars, Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, MHS, William Brown III, PhD, DrPH, MA, James Harrison, PhD, and Matt Pantell, MD (pictured above left to right) are awardees of two grants: a Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Resource Allocation Program (RAP), and...
Christopher Newton and Elliott Vichinsky Honored as Endowed Physicians by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
UCSF Pediatric Surgery
June 26, 2020
Christopher R. Newton, MD, FACS, FAAP and Elliott Vichinsky, MD have been honored as Endowed Physicians by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. Dr. Newton is Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical Director of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, and Co-Director of the...
Barbara Hamilton, MD, MAS Awarded UCSF COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative Grant
UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
June 26, 2020
Barbara C. S. Hamilton, M.D., M.A.S., a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at UCSF, has been awarded a UCSF COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative grant for her project titled “Safe reinstitution of elective surgeries with universal testing at UCSF during the COVID-19 pandemic”. The project has been chosen...
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 26, 2020
Since the first community-transmission of Covid-19 was identified in the United States on February 26, 2020, 1 the medical community has experienced an upheaval like never before. Looking to the experiences abroad, urgent steps were taken to reduce surgical cases and preserve inpatient capacity for a potential...