The official account of @UCSF's Department of Surgery
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14 Mar 2025
‼️Introducing our latest @UCSFHospitals video featuring @UCSF Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Amy Fiedler @FiedlerAmy. From giving life-changing calls to stopping & restarting the heart—her everyday work is nothing short of incredible. Watch now👇 #womeninmedicine #HeartSurgery 💙
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🎉Funded‼️Dr. Hueylan Chern and @UCSF medical student Jessica Santhakumar have received a 2026–2027 Medical Education Research Seed Grant for their project, "Characterizing Mental Model Formation Across Learner Expertise Levels in Robotic-Assisted Surgery Digital Simulation."👏👏
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Jun 11
‼️After 3⃣0⃣ years with @UCSF—including 2⃣8⃣ years with @UCSFvascular Surgery—Matt Kuhn retires this Friday, June 12th. Colleagues gathered to celebrate his remarkable career and the many contributions he's made to the division over nearly three decades. Enjoy Retirement Matt🥳
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Jun 9
‼️Faculty Spotlight #GrandRounds returns tomorrow, June 10th at 7am, w/ @UCSFChildrens Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Brittany Hasty @ZSFGCare Trauma & Critical Care Surgeon Dr. @NicholeStarr5 sharing insights from their careers and experiences in #surgery. 👉tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS
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Jun 8
‼️Trauma & Acute Care Surgeon Dr. Tasce Bongiovanni (@TasceB) received @UCSFMedicine's 2025–2⃣6⃣ Long-Term Mentor Award. Nominated by medical student Natasha Gonzalez, the award celebrates faculty whose guidance helps learners pursue research, innovation & leadership at @UCSF👏
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Jun 5
‼️ East Bay native Dr. Claire de Crescenzo is returning home. This October, she joins @UCSFSurgery and @UCSFVascular as Assistant Professor of Surgery following advanced training at Massachusetts General Hospital @MassGeneralNews and the University of Washington @UW👏
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Jun 5
💫 Congrats to Dr. Qizhi Tang, Professor of #Surgery in our @UCSFTransplant Division, on her appointment to the Bluestone and Rosenkrantz Immune Tolerance Professorship in Diabetes. This professorship is recognition of her pioneering work in immune tolerance research👏
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A poster❗️A new predictive model❗️National recognition. Dr. Keli Santos-Parker (@KSantosParker), pictured w/ @UCSF's Dr. Laura Esserman, received a Conquer Cancer Merit Award at #ASCO26 for research advancing breast cancer treatment evaluation before survival data matures👏
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‼️This fall, Thoracic Surgeon Dr. Mariya Samoylova returns to @UCSF, joining @UCSFThorSurg as Assistant Professor of Surgery. A #UCSF alumna and fellowship-trained surgeon, she brings expertise in thoracic surgical oncology, robotic surgery, and complex thoracic procedures👏
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Jun 3
Deeply honored to be the Don Morton Visiting Professor and deliver his lectureship at @wvu_surgery. I hope we kept his discoveries alive discussing metastasectomy & immunotherapy. Incredibly impressed w/WVU 🔪 & 🔬 Grateful for incredible hospitality! @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals
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With Mike Texada who is the lead Violence Prevention Professional discussing the importance of the UCSF/ZSFG Wraparound Project. @UCSFSurgery, @ZSFGCare. One of the first Hospital Based Violence Prevention Program.
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Proud to lead 🫀 transplant @UCSFSurgery @UCSFHospitals
For May: 6 HTx in 3 days, 11 for the month. Record shattering 💥All with exceptional outcomes.
This is the result of surgical excellence, innovation, and an elite team working tirelessly for our pts
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Jun 2
‼️Tomorrow, June 3rd at 7 a.m. — Our Faculty Spotlight #GrandRounds will feature and highlight the work and journeys of Trauma Surgeon Dr. Caitlin Collins (@CRCollinsMD) & @UCSFTransplant Surgeon Dr. Hillary Braun 👉tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS
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We all wore orange to honor those we were killed by gun violence. Each day 130 people are killed from gun violence in the US. We can make change happen. @endgunviolence, @traumacareSF, @ZSFGCare
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We wear orange to honor those who have been killed by gun violence. During Trauma Awareness Month we dedicate ourselves to recognizing the families of our patients and their love ones who are affected. @ZSFGCare, #endgunviolence
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May 30
A couple of times each 📆, I enjoy dinner with our clinical asst. professors. Always great to discuss clinical/research updates, share ideas and practices, & learn from one another. Grateful for their new ideas, programs, and energy moving #UCSFSurgOnc forward!
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May 28
‼️A 5-year collaboration between @UCSF Donor Network West expanded access to viable human organs & tissue for research through the VITAL Core program. Since 2021: Labs grew from 8 to 42, Tissue types expanded from 15 to 43 & Sample volume increased 7x tinyurl.com/3m6ps27f
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May 26
‼️Tomorrow, May 27, the @UCSF Department of Surgery hosts its 3⃣9⃣th Annual Resident Research Symposium, featuring 2026 Dunphy Visiting Professor Dr. Ginny Bumgardner, Associate Dean at @OhioStateMed, & research presentations from residents across surgical specialties👇
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May 21
‼️Acute Care Surgeon Dr. Rachel Koch has received a 2026 Mentored Scientist Award in Global Health supporting efforts to expand surgical care across East #Africa through education, partnerships & systems development. The project received $50,000 from @IGHSatUCSF & @UCSF_CHESA 👏
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May 19
‼️Tomorrow May 20th at 7AM — Two rising voices. Two surgical specialties. Our Faculty Spotlight #GrandRounds returns featuring Vascular Surgeon Dr. Ahmed Naiem (@anaiem91) & Surgical Oncologist Dr. June Peng. Join us in HSW-300 or on Zoom👇 tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS
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