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Dr. Quan-Yang Duh was named as the 2022 American College of Surgeons (ACS) First Vice President Elect - Officer at Regents Meetings, Clinical Congress & Invited Speaker by local ACS Chapters ACS First Vice-President Quan-Yang Duh, Anthony Atala, ACS Executive Director Patricia L. Turner, ACS Board of Regents Chair...

Sanziana Roman, MD, FACS, was named the Director of F2 and CL stages in the UCSF School of Medicine. In this position, she will work with the Associate Dean of Curriculum, John Davis PhD, MD, and will oversee all clinical curricula and activities for medical students during their medical training at UCSF.

Jessica Gosnell MD FACS was the “Distinguished International Visiting Professor" for the Royal Australian College of Surgeons meeting in Adelaide, Australia from May 1-5, 2023. She gave presentations on endocrine surgery topics including emerging technologies and current techniques, as well as judged resident...

Julie Ann Sosa MD, MA, FACS, FSSO, is the President of the American Thyroid Association, 2022-2023, and will preside over the centennial meeting in Washington DC, September 27-October 1, 2023. More info: https://www.thyroid.org/2023-annual-meeting/program/

Dr. Gosnell plays a vital role as a dedicated member of the American Thyroid Association task force, working on the enhancement of guidelines for systemic treatment of medullary thyroid cancer (MTC). With a profound understanding of endocrinology and thyroid-related issues, Dr. Gosnell's active participation...

Julie Ann Sosa MD, MA, FACS, FSSO, was the Keynote Speaker at the UCSF White Coat Ceremony for the incoming medical school class of 2027, held at Herbst Theater, San Francisco, August 13, 2023.

James Koh PhD was awarded $3.8 million over five years (2023-2028) by the NIH as the principal investigator for an R01 grant examining calcium metabolism and the connection between the vitamin D receptors, beta-amyloid peptide signaling and hyperparathyroidism. Because hyperparathyroidism disproportionately...

Dr. Julie Ann Sosa & Dr. Heather Yeo, Assoc. Professor of Surgery at Weill-Cornell were awarded a $3.46 Million R01 grant to fund their multi-PI study: "Addressing surgical disparities at the root: Working to improve diversity in the surgical workforce". Post on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UCSFSurgery/status...

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor...

The UCSF Department of Surgery is profoundly saddened to announce the passing of Dr. Orlo Herrick Clark. Dr. Clark was a beloved member of the UCSF Surgery Family and an internationally renowned endocrine surgeon. He completed his general surgery residency at UCSF in 1973 and spent his entire faculty career as a...

Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS ( right), Chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery and Leon Goldman, MD, Distinguished Professorship in Surgery, has been awarded a prestigious NIH-FDA R01 Grant as Co-Principal Investigator on a multi-institutional study of medullary thyroid carcinoma. The other PI in the study is...

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