News & Events

The General Surgery Residency Program at UCSF-East Bay is proud to welcome our seven new general surgery categorical residents comprising the incoming intern Class of 2020. Congratulations to this group of exceptional physicians for matching with us in Oakland. We are thrilled for their arrival in June and feel...

Zachary Matthay, M.D., a general surgery research resident, received the prestigious Ernest E. Moore Basic Science Research Prize from the Western Trauma Association for his investigations and manuscript on “Dynamic Effects of In-Vivo and In-Vitro Calcium on Platelet Behavior”. The award was given during the 50 th...

The Department of Surgery has launched a new Faculty Affairs and Development Portal . The portal provides an array of tools and resources for our diverse faculty to achieve success in academic surgery over the arc of their careers through mentorship and leadership development. The portal also provides resources...

The Department of Surgery congratulates transplant surgeon Sandy Feng, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Surgery and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Surgery, on being named the next Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Transplantation (AJT). The full joint news release from ASTS and AST appears below...

The Organ Procurement Transplantation Network (OPTN) recently updated the liver distribution policy to provide better efficiency and fairness for transplant patients – regardless where they live, what hospital they choose for care or how sick they must be before being likely to get a transplant – and a UC San...

The UCSF Department of Surgery is accepting abstracts for presentations at the upcoming 33rd annual Resident Research Symposium, to be held on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at the UCSF Mission Bay, William and Susan Oberndorf Auditorium. All surgical residents, fellows, and medical students are invited to submit an...

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Wen T. Shen, M.D., M.A. has been named Director of the UCSF Surgery Grand Rounds Education Series. Dr. Shen is an endocrine surgeon and a Professor of Clinical Surgery. In his new role, Dr. Shen will assess the ongoing educational needs of faculty and learners...

Zachary Matthay, M.D., a general surgery research resident, received second place in the American College of Surgeons Region IX Committee on Trauma Resident Research Competition, held at Cedars Sinai Medical Center on December 7th, 2019. His presentation, titled "Dynamic Effects of Calcium on Platelet Behavior...

"In this video, Dr. David Donner, Director of the Surgical Oncology Research Lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) discusses the research taking place at the Surgical Oncology Research Laboratory at UCSF, and explains how he uses drug dispensing technology* and patient-derived organoids to...

“Looking at the genomic aspect of tumors allows us to get deeper than just looking at the microscopic appearance of the tumor and see how aggressive they are biologically,” said Johannes Kratz, MD, FACS, director of minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF...

PrehabPal garnerered a top prize at the recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Healthcare innovation Competition. For its pitch, Ooney demoed its online app for patients preparing to undergo surgery. By providing a selection of targeted exercises or routines, the company looks to reduce the chance of poor outcomes...

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Jessica Gosnell, M.D. has been named Associate Surgery Clerkship Director. Dr. Gosnell is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Her clinical practice is in endocrine surgery, focused on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and...