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 @UCSF @Cornell @WeillCornell @Penn @MayoClinic @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @UCSFPlastic @UCSFOandO @PheoSurgeon @ScottLhansen @UCSFHospitals 🥳

‼️This October, Hand & Microvascular Surgeon Dr. Yoshi Toyoda will join @UCSF Surgery as Asst. Professor of Surgery, bringing training from @Cornell, @WeillCornell, @Penn, & @MayoClinic, w/ a clinical focus on hand surgery, extremity salvage, and peripheral nerve reconstruction👏

@UCSFSurgery @UCSF @JSantosParker @Surg_Education @UCSFGSResidency @UofCalifornia @UCSFMedicine @UCSFHospitals @UCSFOandO @HPB_Surgeon @PheoSurgeon @FilipinoSurgeon 🎉🎉🎉

Bringing it back to San Francisco‼️@UCSF General Surgery resident Dr. Jessica Santos-Parker (@JSantosParker) received the Outstanding Resident Teacher Award at the Association for Surgical Education (@Surg_Education) 2026 Annual Meeting🥳🥳

‼️Tomorrow April 15th, we welcome Dr. Dawn M. Coleman (@ColemanDM_vasc), Professor and Chief of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at @DukeU, as our Binkley Visiting Professor. Her talk explores “Pediatric Renovascular HTN & Multidisciplinary Care” Join us: tiny.ucsf.edu/SurgeryRSS

Before the operating room, it looks like this‼️ Faculty guiding in real time.
Movements corrected as they happen.
Technique refined before it ever reaches the OR. This is surgical training at @UCSF — inside our @UCSFSkillsLab ↓

‼️Yesterday: the system. Today: the detail‼️ Every movement is deliberate. Nothing here is accidental. More on how #surgeons are trained at @UCSF and in our @UCSFSkillsLab ↓

‼️In our Surgical Skills Lab, precision is coached—movement by movement, in real time. This is how we train the next generation of surgeons. Featuring @UCSFGSResidency Resident Dr. Alan Zambeli-Ljepović & @UCSFSkillsLab Director Dr. Hueylan Chern.

@UCSFSurgery @TraumaDocSF @UCSF @UCSFHospitals @UCSFMedicine @ZSFGCare @UCSF_BHI @JoeC_TraumaDoc @UCSFOandO @PheoSurgeon @Surg_Education 👏👏👏

🥳Dr. Andre Campbell @TraumaDocSF, Trauma Surgeon + Vice Chair of Opportunity & Outreach, is being recognized for his leadership in surgical education and mentorship. On April 29th, he will be inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Surgical Education at #ASE 2026 in Atlanta.

‼️Not everything that matters is visible - The hours no one sees. The decisions that carry weight long after the room is quiet. The discipline to show up—steady and precise—when the stakes are anything but. From @UCSFSurgery Happy #NationalDoctorsDay.. 👩🏻‍⚕️👨🏾‍⚕️🧑🏼‍⚕️👩🏿‍⚕️👨🏼‍⚕️🧑🏻‍⚕️👩🏽‍⚕️

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‼️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 💙💙💙