UCSF Surgical Skills Center

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our new space at last week's open house! 🎉

@UCSFSurgery @UCSFThorSurg @UnivSurg @UCSFMedicine @UofCalifornia @UCSFHospitals @FilipinoSurgeon @UCSF 🎉🎉

‼️Dr. Johannes Kratz, Medical Director of Robotic Surgery and Chief of our new Thoracic Surgery (@UCSFThorSurg) division, has been elected to the Society of University Surgeons (@UnivSurg), joining a select group of leaders shaping academic surgery in the U.S.🥳🥳

‼️Tomorrow, March 11th at 7AM — Two Surgeons. One Faculty Spotlight for #GrandRounds featuring talks by Dr. Sarah Cairo, from our #Pediatric Division & @UCSFvascular Surgeon Dr. @ClaraGomezSanc1. Join us in HSW-303 (Parnassus) or on Zoom 👉 visit tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

@UCSFSurgery @UCSFGSResidency @UCSFHospitals @UCSF @UCSFMedicine @UofCalifornia @TraumaDocSF @HPB_Surgeon @UCSFOandO 👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉

‼️@UCSFGSResidency Chief Resident Dr. Karen Trang has been announced as a UCSF Health (@UCSFHospitals) Exceptional Physician Award Winner, for her emphasis on strengthening patient safety and equity through clinical informatics and surgical excellence 🥳 #FutureOfSurgery

@UCSFSurgery @anaiem91 @UCSFHospitals @UCSF @UCSFvascular @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @UCSFGSResidency @TraumaDocSF @ZSFGCare 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊

‼️Calm in complexity. Precise in practice. Vascular Surgeon Dr. Ahmed Naiem (@anaiem91) has been named a @UCSFHospitals Exceptional Physician Award Recipient. His integrity, clarity, and steady leadership define excellence in vascular surgery 🥳

@UCSFSurgery @UCSF @ClaraGomezSanc1 @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @UCSFHospitals @PheoSurgeon @TraumaDocSF @UCSFvascular @MichaelSConteMD 🎉🎉🎉

‼️Honored by the @UCSF Academic Senate. Celebrated by @UCSFSurgery. Congratulations to Vascular Surgeon, Dr. ClaraGomez-Sanchez (@ClaraGomezSanc1), recipient of the 2026 Clinical Excellence Award - recognized for exceptional patient care, leadership, and surgical excellence…

‼️Tomorrow, March 4th at 7 AM, we welcome our Rishwain Visiting Speaker Dr. Beatriz Domínguez-Gil (@BDGuezGil) Director of @ont_esp, for Grand Rounds. Her talk: “Normothermic Regional Perfusion in DCDD: Evidence and Ethical Challenges.” Join us 👉👉tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

‼️Tomorrow, Feb. 18th at 7AM our Grand Rounds will feature Drs. Matthew Lin, Michael Ou, Alexander Lin (@AlexLinPlastic) & Vincent Liu as they jointly present their talk "The Ghost in the Machine: Navigating the Al Avalanche in Modern Surgery," Join us 👉tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

‼️The @UCSF Broad Stem Cell Center & Department of #Surgery is recruiting faculty to help advance the future of Gene Editing. This position focuses on the Development of delivery tools for Gene Editing to enable cutting-edge gene therapies. Apply below👇aprecruit.ucsf.edu/JPF05914

‼️Tomorrow, Feb. 4th at 7 AM, Dr. Kerri Woodberry, Associate Professor & Division Chief of Plastic Surgery at @WestVirginiaU, joins us as our Plastic Surgery Visiting Speaker for Grand Rounds to discuss “Challenges of Panniculectomy Surgery.” Join us 👉tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

On #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay, we honor women physicians who lead with excellence, compassion, and purpose—uplifting patients, advancing science, and shaping the next generation💙 — Muriel Steele Society & @UCSF Dept. of Surgery

Who's Next ❓❓

@UCSFSurgery @CastleConnolly @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @PheoSurgeon @TraumaDocSF @HPB_Surgeon @UCSFGSResidency @UCSFTransplant 👏👏👏👏

‼️Recognition at scale‼️4️⃣1️⃣ physicians from our Department are named to @CastleConnolly’s Top Doctors of 2⃣0⃣2️⃣6️⃣ list—reflecting depth, leadership, and sustained excellence across specialties at @UCSF 💙💙💙

‼️Starting in 1️⃣7️⃣ minutes (7:00 AM): Join us for our State of the Programs Grand Rounds—a look at where we are and where we’re headed.- featuring Dr. Kenzo Hirose @kenzo_hirose, Dr. Michael Conte @MichaelSConteMD & Dr. Scott Hansen @ScottLhansen👇tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

‼️The Residents Are Back‼️6⃣ New faces. New #research. Real momentum. Join us tomorrow, January 14th at 7:00 AM, w/ Dr. Calthorpe, Dr. Castro, Dr. Faktor, Dr. Hernandez, & Drs. Santos-Parker for our next @UCSF "Welcome Residency Applicants" Grand Rounds > tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

@UCSFSurgery @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @UCSFGSResidency @UCSF_EastBay @TraumaDocSF @PheoSurgeon @UCSFvascular @HPB_Surgeon We’re Ready 🫶🫶

‼️2026 starts here‼️Tomorrow at 7am, we kick off the year with Grand Rounds and a deep return to science & discovery. Dr. Hirotake Komatsu presents “Let the Cellular Graft Breathe: Oxygen Improves Post-Transplant Survival of Pancreatic Islets.” Join us👉 tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

We’re proud to receive @AmCollSurgeons' National Surgical Quality Improvement Program recognition for positive surgical outcomes! The honor acknowledges our efforts “to continuously improve surgical care and patient outcomes,” Dr. Elizabeth Wick says. ucsfh.org/3KMylDg

@UCSFSurgery @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @UCSFTransplant @UCSFGSResidency @UCSFvascular @HPB_Surgeon @FilipinoSurgeon @PheoSurgeon Ready‼️

‼️Our @UCSFSurgery Resident-driven Grand Rounds returns tomorrow, Dec. 10 at 7am w/ Part 2⃣ & 6⃣ perspectives. Drs. Anderson, Baskin, Gomez Casarez, Parnell, Ou, & Reyna step forward with new research as we continue our Welcome Residency Applicants series—tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

‼️@UCSFSurgery Resident-powered Grand Rounds tomorrow, Dec. 3rd at 7am.👩‍⚕️Drs. Levy-Lambert, Erickson, Gillis-Buck, Highet, and Miller will share high-impact research at our ‘Welcome Surgery Residency Applicants!’ session. You don’t want to miss this -👉tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

@UCSFSurgery @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @UCSFMedicine @UCSFGSResidency @UofCalifornia @UCSFTransplant @UCSFvascular @HPB_Surgeon @PheoSurgeon @TraumaDocSF ✨✨✨✨✨

@UCSFSurgery @rplevin @ZSFGCare @AmCollSurgeons @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @UCSFMedicine @UofCalifornia @UCSFOandO @LucyKornblith @TraumaDocSF @PheoSurgeon 👏👏🎊

🎉Huge Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Plevin @rplevin, Associate Professor of Surgery and Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Surgeon at @ZSFGCare, on her well-deserved appointment as Vice Chair for the Northern California Committee on Trauma with the @AmCollSurgeons‼️