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Melissa H. Coleman, MD -- New Director of UCSF Medicine Clinical Immersive Experience (CIEx)
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 13, 2022
Melissa H. Coleman, MD accepted a new Medical Leadership position and is now the Director of UCSF Medicine's Clinical Immersive Experiences (CIEx). CIExes are elective opportunities meant for career exploration or skills building in areas of clinical interest. Medical students will have six 2-week blocks during...
Day in the Life of a UCSF heart surgeon: Dr. Tom Nguyen
UCSF Department of Surgery
August 05, 2022
Featured Video: "Day in the Life of a UCSF heart surgeon: Dr. Tom Nguyen"Follow along on a typical day with UCSF Medical Center cardiac surgeon Dr. Tom Nguyen who is the chief of the Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, UCSF Department of Surgery. To learn more about Dr. Nguyen on UCSFHealth, visit: https:/...
Bianca Bromberger, MD & Andrew Wisneski, New UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residents
UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
August 01, 2022
Welcome to Drs. Bianca Bromberger and Andrew Wisneski, our new thoracic surgery fellow, to the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery! We are truly excited to have Drs. Bromberger and Wisneski to join our Thoracic Surgery Residency Program.
UCSF Performs First Robotic Cardiac Surgery in San Francisco
July 13, 2022
Innovation Means Shorter Hospital Stays, Fewer Complications Cardiothoracic surgeons at UC San Francisco have performed the first robotically assisted mitral value surgery in San Francisco. The surgery was recently performed on a 63-year-old patient who had mitral valve prolapse. Mitral valve surgery is performed...
Saving Lives One Transplant at a Time - Recording Break Month in June!
July 01, 2022
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.
Meet Amy G. Fiedler, M.D., New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 23, 2022
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...
Meet Jason W. Smith, M.D., New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
May 16, 2022
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...
Meet Barbara C.S. Hamilton, M.D., M.A.S., New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
February 25, 2022
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...
Melissa H. Coleman, M.D., Recipient of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educator’s Excellence in Teaching Award 2021
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 17, 2021
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...
Meet Marko Boskovski, MD, New Cardiac Surgeon at UCSF
UCSF Department of Surgery
September 01, 2021
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...
Laura Scrimgeour, M.D., New UCSF Thoracic Surgery Resident
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
August 01, 2021
Welcome to Dr. Laura Scrimgeour, our new thoracic surgery fellow, to the Division of 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, M.D., Recipient of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholar Grant
July 01, 2021
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...
Melissa H. Coleman, M.D. Recipient of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program Teaching Award for FY19-20
UCSF Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery
July 31, 2020
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...
UCSF Department of Surgery
June 26, 2020
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...
Barbara Hamilton, MD, MAS Awarded UCSF COVID-19 Related Rapid Research Pilot Initiative Grant
UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
June 26, 2020
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...
Cancer Therapy Adviser
January 16, 2020
“Looking at the genomic aspect of tumors allows us to get deeper than just looking at the microscopic appearance of the tumor and see how aggressive they are biologically,” said Johannes Kratz, MD, FACS, director of minimally invasive and robotic thoracic surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF...