🎉 Huge Congratulations to Dr. Rebecca Plevin, Associate Professor of Surgery and #Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Surgeon at @zsfgcare.bsky.social, on her well-deserved appointment as Vice Chair for the Northern California Committee on Trauma with the American College of #Surgeons @facs.org ‼️

‼️Congratulations to @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social General Surgeon Dr. Tammy T. Chang, a recipient of the 2025 SUS Mid-Career Award from the Society of University Surgeons. Her innovative research earned funding, recognizing her leadership + vision in advancing surgical science 👏👏👏👏 #medicine #UCSF

🎉 Happy to share that Dr. Joseph Cuschieri Prof. and Chief of Surgery, @zsfgcare.bsky.social has been recognized with the 2025 #UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award🌟 Nominated by Drs. Andre Campbell & Adnan Alseidi — thank you for shaping the next generation of physicians‼️

The future of surgery is here, and these learners have a front-row seat. UCSF is the first university to certify medical students as bedside assistants for robotic surgeries. tiny.ucsf.edu/PcysGn

‼️ Education Fellows + interns + hands-on training in our @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social‬ #Surgery Skills Lab 🩺 🩺 #medicine #education #surgery #doctors

‼️Happy to reveal that Dr. Jessica Gosnell, ‪@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social‬ #Endocrine Surgeon, will be inducted into #UCSF Medicine's Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators — a distinction recognizing leaders advancing #UCSF’s education mission through excellence & innovation.. #medicine #surgery

‼️Achieving and maintaining harmony between the #liver and the host immune system is critical for liver graft health. Dr. Sandy Feng, our Vice-Chair of Research has earned a $7.2M @niaidnews.bsky.social grant to decode the tipping point between calm and crisis in children with liver #transplants‼️

‼️Dr. Lucia Calthorpe, a 3rd-year @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social General Surgery resident, has been awarded a 2025–2027 American College of #Surgeons @facs.org Resident Research Scholarship! With mentors Drs. Adnan Alseidi & Jennifer Lai, she’ll pursue 2 years of dedicated funded research. Congrats 🥳

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Hey #Surgery Peeps! Are you out there??

🌟Exciting ‼️‪@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social‬ #Transplant Surgeon Dr. Shareef Syed has been selected as an Associate Member of the American College of #Surgeons @facs.org‬ Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. This Fall, he'll be officially inducted into the academy in Chicago. Congrats, Dr. Syed🏅

‼️ Please join us in Congratulating Dr. Hueylan Chern, @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Professor of #Surgery and Director of our Surgical Skills Center, on her admission to the American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. She will be formally inducted this October, in Chicago 👏 👏 👏

Paid sick leave mandates were associated w/ ➕ use of PCP, specialist, diagnostic & preventive care services, highlighting the role for policies enhancing workplace flexibility to improve access to health care. #MedSky @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @mikepesko.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

👏 The rankings are in! We’re proud to be among the nation’s #BestHospitals — and the No. 1 hospital in California and San Francisco, according to @usnews.com! 🎉

‼️Before the week wraps, we’re spotlighting our strong @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social presence at The American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific meeting in San Diego—from residents to attendings, our #ColorectalSurgery team showed up and showed out. Grateful to represent #UCSFSurgery

📣 Big day tomorrow‼️Join us for our 3️⃣ 8️⃣ th Annual @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #Surgery Research Symposium on May 14th at 7AM. We’re honored to welcome our 2025 Dunphy Visiting Professor, Dr. Sudha Jayaraman from @utah.edu and University of Utah School of #Medicine 👉 tiny.ucsf.edu/2025RRD

‼️Congratulations to #Endocrine Surgeon Dr. Sanziana Roman @americansurgeon.bsky.social on her appointment as Co-Interim Associate Dean for Curriculum, Foundations 2 & Career Launch! She’ll lead key efforts including Career Launch, PI Weeks, and the Anti-Oppression Curriculum Initiative 🥳 🥳

‼️ A fantastic turnout from our @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Division of General #Surgery and the broader @ucsfhealth.bsky.social community as we gave a warm welcome to our visiting students from #Thailand—and bid farewell to our colleagues from the #Philippine College of #Surgeons. Grateful ‼️

‼️It's our pleasure to share that Dr. Melissa Coleman, @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #Cardiothoracic Surgeon in our Department, has been appointed Associate Program Director of Curriculum in our General #Surgery Residency Program 🥳 🥳 #medicine #womeninmedicine

‼️We're excited to share that @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Amar Nijagal will step into a new role as Associate Program Director of Professional Development and Wellness in our #UCSF General #Surgery Residency Program 👏👏

‼️ Just In‼️ Dr. Jason Smith, has been appointed Division Chief of Adult #Cardiac Surgery and Lung Transplantation, effective June 1, 2025. Trained at Loyola and #Stanford, Dr. Smith brings deep expertise in transplant care and immune function research 🥳 🎉 #UCSF #medicine

‼️Join us tomorrow, April 16th, at 7am w/ our Rishwain Visiting Speaker, Dr. Dieter Broering, Prof. at #Alfaisal University & Exec. Director of Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence—for his talk "Revolutionizing Organ Transplantation through Robotic Surgery." 👉 ow.ly/y53R50JrV2R4o #medicine

‼️Kicking off the week with more Departmental growth - Today we are revealing that Dr. Nichole Starr will join our faculty as an Assistant Professor of Clinical #Surgery providing #Trauma, Emergency General Surgery, and Critical Care at both @zsfgcare.bsky.social Care & @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social 🥳

Hey #Surgery Peeps... How are we doing out there?

‼️Capping the week with another talented addition to our faculty — Dr. Naveen Balan, a specialist in #trauma, emergency general surgery, and surgical critical care is joining our @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social East Bay Surgery Program from Los Angeles at Highland Hospital #Alameda Health this Fall 🥳 🥳

‼️Major milestone—Dr. Armita Basu will be stepping into a new role as Associate Professor in the In-Residence series within the Division of Surgical #Oncology at @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social, effective July 1! She makes this exciting transition from her current position as Adjunct Associate Professor👏

‼️Don’t miss Grand Rounds tomorrow, April 9th at 7am w/ our Binkley Visiting Speaker, Dr. Alik Farber, Surgeon-in-Chief at @bumedicine.bsky.social & Chair of @bmchealthsystem.bsky.social #Surgery—as he presents on “Management of CLTI in 2025: Lessons from the BEST-CLI Trial.” 👉 ow.ly/y53R50JrV2R4o

‼️We’re happy to share that @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Fellow Dr. Hillary Braun is staying in San Francisco and will be joining the Division of Transplant Surgery #UCSF Transplant as Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery after completing her Abdominal #Transplant Surgery Fellowship 👏 👏 #medicine

‼️We are pleased to share that Dr. Matthew (Matt) Skovgard @skovgard.bsky.social will be joining @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social as our newest #Thoracic Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery following the completion of his #Cardiothoracic fellowship at @mskcancercenter.bsky.social 🎉 ‼️

Big News‼️ We're proud to welcome #Vascular Surgeon Dr. Ahmed Naiem to our Department as Assistant Professor of Clinical #Surgery. Trained at #McGill in Montreal; he'll bring global expertise in vascular care from #Oman to @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social vascular this Fall 🫀👏 #UCSF #UC #medicine

‼️ We’re delighted to have Dr. Bianca Bromberger stay on at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Surgery! After completing her fellowship, she will join our Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery team with expertise in ECMO, critical care & transplant 🫁 ❤️‍🩹 #UCSF #womeninmedicine

‼️We’re happy to share that Santa Cruz native Dr. Smita Mascharak will soon be joining our Department here at @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social from Los Angeles as a #Trauma Critical Care Surgeon and Assistant Professor with our #UCSF East Bay Surgery Program, starting this fall. #medicine #UC

‼️Tomorrow, April 2nd at 7am, join us for Grand Rounds w/ our MGH Visiting Speaker Dr. Christy E. Cauley, Director of Research for Colorectal Surgery at @MGHSurgery, as she delivers her talk “It Takes a Village: Scalable Solutions to Improve Surgical Recovery. 👉http://ow.ly/y53R50JrV2R #ucsf

‼️Big news‼️The Department is happy to share that #Pediatric Plastic Surgeon Dr. Aaron Berger is joining @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social as Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery. He brings top expertise in pediatric hand, peripheral nerve & microsurgical reconstruction from Miami. 🖐️🧠 #medicine

Elite #surgeons at the Elite 8 🏀—precision on the court, perfection in the OR! Shoutout to our powerhouse women of #UCSF Surgery turning up this weekend! #medicine

Also representing #UCSF Surgery at #SSO2025 in #Tampa, Clinical Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Laleh Foroutani presented her collabartive work on the risk of appendiceal tumors in patients with complicated appendicitis — an important contribution to the surgical oncology space ‼️ #medicine

#UCSF’s own Sophia Hernandez, General Surgery Resident and T32 Surgical Oncology Research Fellow, took the stage at #AHPBA2025 to present her groundbreaking work using a murine HAI model to explore new therapies for colorectal liver metastasis. #medicine

Our team touched down in the Sunshine State #bka Florida last week—first stop: Miami for the #AHPBA 2025 Annual Meeting, where we connected, collaborated, and represented the Department of Surgery with purpose‼️ #medicine #education #UCSF #UC

🚨 Big news from @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #Plastic Surgery‼️For the first time ever, we’ve expanded our Categorical intern class from 3 to 4️⃣ incredible new surgeons. Please join us in welcoming the newest members of our Plastic #Surgery family — the Class of #Match2025! 🎉✂️💪 #UC #medicine #science

✨Big moves, bigger dreams‼️Help us give a warm ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social welcome to Dr. Queen Abure, who officially matched into our #UCSF #Vascular Surgery Residency! The future is bright, and it starts right here, right now. 💫 #Match2025 #medicine #womeninmedicine

‼️ Congratulations are in order for Dr. Jasleen Kukreja, one of our esteem #Cardiothoracic Surgeons and Director of the Lung Transplant Program at @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social Medical Center, for receiving the @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Exceptional Physician Award 🥳 🥳 #medicine #sugery #science

‼️ We are thrilled to celebrate Dr. Mignote Yilma, a resident in our @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social General Surgery Residency program, for receiving the @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Exceptional Physician Award! This honor reflects her dedication to patient care &exceptional surgical skills 🥳 #UCSF #medicine

‼️We are delighted to share that @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social Vascular Surgeon Dr. Jade Hiramoto has been awarded the @ucsfhealth.bsky.social Exceptional Physician Award! This prestigious recognition highlights her dedication to patient care & surgical expertise to the field of #vascular surgery 🎈

‼️From #Pediatric Surgery at @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social to firefighting, Dr. James Betts has spent a lifetime serving others. Now, the #UniversityofVermont is honoring him with an honorary PhD! A surgeon, mentor, philanthropist & leader—this recognition is beyond deserved. Congrats, Dr. Betts 🎉👏

‼️Tomorrow, February 19th, at 7am - our West Coast Collaborative Visiting Speaker, Colorectal Surgeon Dr. Miquell Miller from #UCDavis @ucdavis.bsky.social, will deliver her insightful talk "Optimizing Standard of Care for Rectal Cancer Patients," @ Grand Rounds. Join Us👇 ow.ly/y53R50JrV2R #medicine

‼️We were in Las Vegas for the Academic Surgical Congress #ASC2025, and #UCSF Surgery had an incredible presence at this year’s meeting! 🏥 From groundbreaking research to insightful discussions, our faculty, residents, & fellows made impact across sessions and presentations‼️ #medicine #education

🚨 Exciting News! 🚨 Dr. Alison Baskin, #UCSF General Surgery Resident (PGY-IV), has been awarded the AAS/AASF Clinical Outcomes & Health Services Trainee Research Award for her research on the CoC Operative Standards with Dr. Lesly Dossett next year🎉👏 #medicine #surgery #womeninmedicine #surgeons

AAV capsid prioritization in normal and steatotic human livers maintained by machine perfusion - @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social go.nature.com/3PWpD4o

Happy #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay! I've been blessed with extraordinary women colleagues at @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsfmedicine.bsky.social @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social & around the country. Thanks to all for their counsel, support & friendship! #MedSky #SurgSky @womensurgeons.bsky.social

Inspirational and incredible story about a courageous patient and our outstanding @ucsfsurgery.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social heart failure/transplant team! #MedSky #SurgSky #CardioSky