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Recording Break Month! In June, we've had our busiest month yet! Our Heart Transplant team performed six heart transplants beween June 1 and June 30! Give thanks and save Lives! Be an organ donor! Register here.

Amy G. Fiedler, M.D., will be joining our faculty as a Cardiac Surgeon and Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Fiedler comes to UCSF from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where her clinical practice is focused in heart failure and transplantation and mechanical...

Dr. Jason Smith , a native of San Francisco, has joined our department as a Professor of Clinical Surgery and as the Surgical Director of Heart Failure and Mechanical Circulatory Support. He is a cardiac surgeon with experience in ischemic and valvular heart disease, complex aortic surgery, endocarditis, and...

We are delighted to announce that Barbara C.S. Hamilton, M.D.,M.A.S. will join the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery as a Clinical Instructor starting March 1st, 2022. Dr. Hamilton completed her undergraduate work at McGill University, where she majored in music, followed by additional training at the...

Dr. Melissa H. Coleman is one of the seventh faculty members in the UCSF Department of Surgery to receive the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educator’s Excellence in Teaching Award 2021. The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators is dedicated to creating an environment that enhances the status of teachers...

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Marko Boskovski joined our faculty as an assistant professor of surgery in the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Boskovski received his BA in physics at Washington University in St. Louis and his MD and MHS at the Yale University School of Medicine. He relocated to...

Welcome to Dr. Laura Scrimgeour, our new thoracic surgery fellow, to the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery! Dr. Scrimgeour earned her medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine in 2014. Recently, she completed her general surgery training at Brown University Providence in Rhode Island...

Melissa H. Coleman, MD, was the one of the eight recipients of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, the Dean’s Diversity Fund. This diversity grant is named after John A. Watson, PhD, a pioneer for diversity, an inspiring mentor, and a tenacious scientist. During his tenure as dean of admissions in the 1970s, he...

In recognition of Melissa H. Coleman, M.D.’s professionalism, excellence, dedication, and contribution to the teaching of tThoracic Surgery Residents, Dr. Coleman was selected to be the recipient of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for FY19-20. Coleman earned her medical degree from the...

Barbara C. S. Hamilton, M.D., M.A.S., a cardiothoracic surgery fellow at UCSF, has been awarded a UCSF COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative grant for her project titled “Safe reinstitution of elective surgeries with universal testing at UCSF during the COVID-19 pandemic”. The project has been chosen...

Since the first community-transmission of Covid-19 was identified in the United States on February 26, 2020, 1 the medical community has experienced an upheaval like never before. Looking to the experiences abroad, urgent steps were taken to reduce surgical cases and preserve inpatient capacity for a potential...