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Yvonne Kelly, MD has been awarded the prestigious Jon Fryer Resident Scientist Scholarship by the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS) for 2019-2020. The award was presented at the 2019 American Transplant Congress earlier this month in Boston, Massachusetts. The scholarship is supported by the ASTS...

Zachary Matthay, M.D., a rising PGY-3 and soon to be general surgery research resident, has been awarded a CTSI TL1 Postdoctoral Fellowship. Dr. Matthay has been mentored and supported in his career by Lucy Kornblith, M.D., Peter G. Stock, M.D., Ph.D., M. Margaret Knudson, M.D. and Pamela Derish, M.A. The CTSI TL1...

Researcher of the Month: Peter Stock, MD, PhD As a pivotal figure in HIV-to-HIV organ transplantation and its legalization through the passage of the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act , transplant surgeon Peter G. Stock, MD., PhD. , continues to strive toward breakthroughs in research. While Stock is mostly known...

Despite adoption of molecular biomarkers in the management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the recently adopted 8th Edition staging utilized only clinicopathologic characteristics, and validated improvement in risk stratification of early-stage disease remains elusive. We therefore evaluated the integration...

The 32nd Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium was held Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. The program showcased the laboratory research of residents, fellows, and medical students in the Department of Surgery, and honors the life and accomplishments of J. Engelbert...

The 32nd Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium will be held Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay beginning at 8:30 a.m. The Department of Surgery is honored to have UTHealth professor Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS as this year's visiting Dunphy Professor. The J. Engelbert...

The Department of Surgery warmly welcomes our eight new general surgery categorical residents comprising the Class of 2026. We congratulate this diverse, highly accomplished group for matching into our program. We look forward to the arrival of our new intern class in June and are honored to be part of their...

The Muriel Steele Society invites you to celebrate International Women's Day at UCSF by recognizing our fantastic women surgeons and supporting initiatives that help us achieve gender equity that enable all of us to excel. To stimulate frank discussions about gender parity, inclusion and diversity, we'd like to...

Arya Zarinsefat, M.D., a UCSF general surgery resident and research fellow in the Sarwal Lab, has been awarded a prestigious UCSF-Gladstone Center For AIDS Research (CFAR) Mentored Scientist Award. Dr. Zarinsefat's research will focus on better understanding the genes and process of rejection in kidney...

The UCSF Department of Surgery had a banner year at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA) annual meeting in Tuscon, Arizona on February 15-18, 201 9 Seven department faculty were voted in as active members: Jade Hiramoto Elizabeth Wick Carter Lebares Rita Mukhtar Amar Nijagal Ankit Sarin Aaron Jensen Our...

Quoc-Hung “Key” Nguyen, MD , a UCSF general surgery resident and a research fellow in the basic science laboratory of Tippi MacKenzie, M.D., received two prestigious awards at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on February 5-7, 2019. His participation was underwritten by the...