News & Events: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy

The first advanced laparoscopic course in Northern California, dedicated to the training of Minimally Invasive Surgery fellows and surgical senior residents, was held at the UCSF Anatomy Learning Center on Saturday, August 12, 2017. The course, jointly developed by UCSF and Stanford, and co-chaired by Matthew Lin, M.D. and John Morton, MD respectively, provided a one-day comprehensive experience for senior trainees that included a formal didactic curriculum as well as a hands-on cadaver lab. There were over twenty participant trainees drawn from the following institutions: San Joaquin [...]