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Department of Surgery website has been selected as the winner of the Web Excellence Award in two categories.
We are excited to announce that the Department of Surgery main website (surgery.ucsf.edu) has been selected as the winner of the Web Excellence Award in two categories. Congratulations to the UCSF Department of Surgery! Entry Title: UCSF Department of Surgery Categories: Website / Health Care Community and Health...
Dr. Lucy Kornblith has received a 5-year $2 million NIH Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (R35) through The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) for her project “The Platelet Transcriptome and Organ Failure After Injury: Discovering Molecular Biomarkers and Preventative Targets through...
Congratulations to Our Holly Smith Award Winners!
It is our pleasure to announce this year's recipients of the annual Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine. Please join me in congratulating the recipents from the Department of Surgery: Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD Kalpana Harish, MPH The award, which recognizes exceptional service to...
Dr. Lucy Z. Kornblith is our new Director for Gender Equity
The Department of Surgery is excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Lucy Z. Kornblith as the Department’s inaugural Director for Gender Equity! Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Surgery and Laboratory Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Her clinical practice...
Department of Surgery staff and faculty receive 2022 Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion UCSF and the Department and Surgery are committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care. Chancellor...
Lucy Kornblith, M.D. and Zachary Matthay, M.D. Awarded Two Grants for COVID-19 Research
UCSF Surgeon-scientist Lucy Kornblith, M.D. (PI) and her mentee, Zachary Matthay, M.D. (Co-PI) were awarded two grants for their proposed COVID-19-related research by the UCSF COVID-19 Rapid Response Pilot Grant Program, supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, and National Institutes...
Zachary Matthay, M.D. Awarded Second Place in the Region IX ACS Committee on Trauma Resident Paper Competition in Basic Science
Zachary Matthay, M.D., a general surgery research resident, received second place in the American College of Surgeons Region IX Committee on Trauma Resident Research Competition, held at Cedars Sinai Medical Center on December 7th, 2019. His presentation, titled "Dynamic Effects of Calcium on Platelet Behavior...
Lucy Kornblith, MD, Co-Investigator on $2M DOD/CDMRP 2-year Grant in Collaboration with UCSF Dept. of Lab Medicine and OHSU Trauma Surgery
UCSF surgeon-scientist Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD is a co-investigator on a newly awarded $2M Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program in collaboration with the UCSF Department of Laboratory Medicine, and OHSU Division of Trauma, Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery, for the study...
Artificial Intelligence Tool for Reads Chest X-Rays Approved by FDA
New artificial intelligence-powered technology may soon help reduce delays in diagnosing a collapsed lung, or pneumothorax, which is a serious condition that can be treated with quick intervention. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that works with...
Lucy Kornblith, M.D. Recipient of 5-Year $1M NIH K23 Award for Study of Post-Injury Platelet Biology
UCSF trauma surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. has been awarded a 5-Year $1M National Institutes of Health (NIH) K23, Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Award to study to post-injury platelet biology. The award, through the National Institute of General Medical Studies, will support Dr. Kornblith's research through 2023...
Dr. Rachael Callcut, Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center and Director of Data Science for the Center for Digital Health Innovation, partnered with her radiology colleagues and GE Healthcare to create an initial algorithm that can detect pneumothorax...
Lucy Kornblith, MD Recruited as Investigator for Phase 2 of Landmark CLOTT Study
The National Trauma Institute recently issued an update on the progress of CLOTT Study, a 2nd phase that will more closely investigate the role of platelet biology in post-traumatic pulmonary embolism. To that end, UCSF surgeon-scientist Lucy Kornblith, M.D. has been recruited by principal investigator M. Margaret...
Trauma Surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. Recipient of (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship
Trauma Surgeon Lucy Kornblith, M.D. has been awarded the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) Trauma Research Scholarship to study post-injury platelet biology. Dr. Kornblith is a graduate of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program and subsequently completed fellowships in Surgical Critical Care...
Trauma Surgeon Peggy Knudson, MD Leads First Large-scale Investigation of Pulmonary Clots after Injury
The CLOTT (Coalition of Leaders in Thromboembolism) study group, led by trauma surgeon M. Margaret “Peggy” Knudson, M.D., FACS, has begun enrolling patients in a landmark clinical trial looking at the treatment and prevention of post-traumatic pulmonary embolism. The study, which includes investigators at 17 Level...