News & Events: Major Surgery Conferences 2019

The UCSF Department of Surgery had a strong presence at the annual educational meeting of the Northern California American College of Surgeons held on March 15-16, 2019 at the Claremont Hotel Club and Spa in Berkeley, CA. Department faculty moderated numerous panel discussions and learners were selected for podium presentations based on their submission of high-quality research abstracts. UCSF general surgery residents  Andrew Wisneski and Anamaria Robles had amongst the highest scoring abstracts, landing them as finalists in the basic science category of the 4th Annual Thomas R. Russell [...]

The UCSF Department of Surgery had a banner year at the Pacific Coast Surgical Association (PCSA) annual meeting in Tuscon, Arizona on February 15-18, 2019 Seven department faculty were voted in as active members: Jade Hiramoto Elizabeth Wick Carter Lebares Rita Mukhtar Amar Nijagal Ankit Sarin Aaron Jensen Our UCSF faculty and learners were also recognized for their outstanding research, with a number of abstracts being chosen for podium presentations, several garnering awards.* Our medical student, Norah Liang, mentored by Dr. Lan Vu, of Pediatric Surgery, won her award [...]

The UCSF Department of Surgery was among the strong performers at the 14th Annual Academic Surgical Congress held in Houston, Texas on February 5-7, 2019, placing sixth in quality scores among academic medical centers that submitted at least 10 abstracts and three prestigious awards. The Association for Academic Surgery is the world's largest organization dedicated exclusively to the promotion of surgical research. The Association for Academic Surgery and Society of University Surgeons host the yearly Academic Surgical Congress, the premier gathering place for young surgeon-scientists in [...]