Faculty & Clinical Staff

Professor of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Heart Surgeon
Helen and Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Center

Ramin E. Beygui, M.D., M.Sc., FACS

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Medical Director, Cardiothoracic Surgery
Washington Hospital Health System

Rodrigo Oliveira Rosa Ribeiro de Souza M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Tobias Deuse, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
The Julien I.E. Hoffman, M.D. Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery
Director, Minimally-invasive Cardiac Surgery
Surgical Director, Transcatheter Valve Program

Arthur Hill, M.D., FACS, FACC

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, UCSF Intensive Care Unit

Kai Ihnken, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Teng C. Lee, M.D., FACS

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, UCSF Center for Aortic Disease

Tom C. Nguyen, M.D., FACS, FACC

Professor of Surgery
Chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Minimally Invasive and Robotic Heart Surgeon
Helen and Charles Schwab Distinguished Professor of Surgery
Co-Director, Heart and Vascular Center

Georg M. Wieselthaler, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Director & Surgical Chief, Cardiac Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery

Julius M. Guccione, Jr., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Co-Director, Cardiac Biomechanics Lab
Core Member, UC Berkeley & UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering

Sonja Schrepfer, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Director, Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Lab

Melissa H. Coleman, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCSF

David M. Jablons, M.D.

Professor and Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Nan T. McEvoy Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Ada Distinguished Professor of Thoracic Oncology
Program Leader Thoracic Oncology
Director, Thoracic Oncology Laboratory,
UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center

Johannes R. Kratz, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology
Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery
Director, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program

Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
Doris F. and Donald G. Fisher Distinguished Professor in Pulmonary Therapies and Science
Program & Surgical Director, UCSF Lung Transplant Program
Director, Adult Respiratory Mechanical Circulatory Support (ECMO)