Leadership
Research Committee Chairs
Jason H. Pomerantz, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Co-Director, Craniofacial Center Benioff Children’s Hospitals
Co-chair, Department of Surgery research Committee
Director, Pomerantz Laboratory
Elizabeth C. Wick, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Vice Chair of Quality and Safety
Co-chair, Department of Surgery Research Committee
Research Committee Members
Adnan Alseidi, MD, EdM
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Vice Chair for Education
Department of Surgery
Kyle Cromer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Pamela Derish, MA
Director, Scientific Writing Core
UCSF Department of Surgery
Rochelle A. Dicker, MD
Section Chief of Acute Care Surgery in the Division of General Surgery at UCSF Surgery
Co-Director of the Surgical Intensive Care Units at UCSF Health
Professor of Surgery and Anesthesia
Affiliated faculty member, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery and Radiology
Chief, Section of Breast Care Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Alfred A. de Lorimier Endowed Chair in General Surgery
Director, UCSF Breast Care Center
Warren J. Gasper, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery,
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Chief, Vascular Surgery Section,
San Francisco VA Health Care System
Director, Vascular Integrated Physiology and
Experimental Therapeutics (ViperX)
Associate Director, Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program
Scott L. Hansen, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stephen J. Mathes Endowed Chair
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Chief, Hand and Microvascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Director, UCSF Microsurgery Fellowship
Kenzo Hirose, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Director, General Surgery Residency Program
Gillian L Hirst, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
Administrative Director
T32 Training Grant in Surgical Oncology
Daniel B. Hoffman, MD
Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery
James C. Iannuzzi, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Aaron R. Jensen, MD, MEd
Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of California San Francisco
Associate Trauma Medical Director
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Lucy Kornblith, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
The Director of Gender Equity
Co-chair, Muriel Steele Society
Director of Research, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Johannes R. Kratz, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Interim Chief of Thoracic Surgery
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
Medical Director of Robotic Surgery, UCSF Health
Hanmin Lee, MD
Professor & Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Michael R. Harrison, MD, Endowed Chair in Fetal Surgery
Surgeon in Chief, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco
Director, Fetal Treatment Center
Clinical Lead, Surgical Innovations UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco
Alexander Y. Lin, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor and Director of Surgical Innovations, UCSF Plastic Surgery
Co-Director, Craniofacial Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (BCH)
Co-Director, Center for Advanced 3D+ Technologies at UCSF Health
Tippi MacKenzie, MD
Professor of Surgery
Benioff UCSF Professor of Children’s Health
Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF
Co-Director, Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine
John G. Bowes Distinguished Professor of Stem Cell and Tissue Biology
Ajay V. Maker, MD, FACS, FSSO
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology
Maurice Galante Distinguished Professor in Surgical Oncology
Amar Nijagal, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco
Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Director, Office of Research and Development in Medical Education (RaDME)
Endowed Chair in Surgical Education
Doruk Ozgediz MD, MSc
Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Center for Global Surgery and Health Equity
Amanda Sammann, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
Founder and Director of The Better Lab
Director of the Wraparound Program
Peter G. Stock, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Surgical Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Program
Surgical Director, Pediatric Renal Transplant Program
Co-Director, Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplant Program
Program, Director, T32 Training Program in Transplant Surgery
Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Member, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research
Associate Director, Liver Center