News & Events

The UCSF Department of Surgery proudly recognizes Dr. Clara Gomez Sanchez, who has been honored by the UCSF Academic Senate with this year’s Clinical Excellence Award. Dr. Gomez-Sanchez’s work centers on complex vascular disease — where surgical precision directly impacts limb preservation, organ function, and...

UCSF Health has named Dr. Ahmed Naiem, MD RPVI FRCSC an Exceptional Physician Award Winner, recognizing a vascular surgeon whose quiet leadership shapes every room he enters. An Assistant Professor of Surgery in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Dr. Naiem pairs technical precision with uncommon...

The Department of Surgery is thrilled to introduce our new General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Vascular Surgery residents for 2025-2026! We proudly welcome these talented future surgeons to UCSF Surgery and congratulate each new intern for matching into our programs. We look forward to welcoming our...

We are excited to commence our exchange program with Dr. Paolo Zamboni and the University of Ferrara. This month, we welcomed our first visiting resident! Visitors will have the opportunity to observe UCSF vascular surgeons during a range of OR procedures, clinic hours, and divisional meetings and conferences. We...

Dr. Iris Liu has been awarded the prestigious NIH F32 Fellowship, worth $158,648 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This fellowship supports her research project "Cardiometabolic Disease and Vascular Aging: Klotho Regulation of Medial Arterial Calcification."

Congratulations to our amazing Vascular Surgery Residents, Dr. Curtis Woodford and Dr. Iris Liu, who have received AHA Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards! Iris Liu, MD – Vascular Surgery Resident, Dr. Iris Liu, has been granted a two-year $151.6K American Heart Association Postdoctoral Fellowship Award for her project...

We are thrilled to welcome our new class of incoming residents to the UCSF Department of Surgery! This diverse, accomplished group includes a total of 29 surgical interns, two returning preliminary general surgery PGY-2 residents, and one new categorical general surgery PGY-4 resident. All new residents officially...

The UCSF Department of Surgery is delighted to introduce our new General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Vascular Surgery residents! We are proud to welcome this exceptional, diverse group of future surgeons to UCSF Surgery and congratulate each new intern for matching into our programs. We are excited to...

The UCSF Department of Sugery is very pleased to introduce our new General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Integrated Vascular Surgery residents! We warmly welcome this extraordinary, diverse group to UCSF Surgery and congratulate each incoming intern for matching into our programs. We are honored to partner with...

The UCSF Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program is pleased to welcome our new Vascular Surgery Integrated Resident, Sowmya Mangipudi, MD! We are honored to partner with an accomplished new resident as she begins her journey to becoming a remarkable surgeon and leader.We are excited to welcome Sowmya to the...

The Department of Surgery is pleased and honored to welcome our new class of incoming residents to the UCSF family! This outstanding group of doctors, drawn from diverse backgrounds, includes (49) surgical interns and one new PGY-3 resident. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, resident orientation was predominantly...

The UCSF Vascular Surgery Integrated Residency Program welcomes our two new categorical residents comprising the class of 2025. We are honored to partner with these accomplished new residents as they begin their journey to becoming remarkable surgeons and leaders. We congratulate our new interns and look forward...

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Adnan Alseidi, MD EdM FACS has been named the inaugural Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Surgery, effective April 1, 2020. As Vice Chair, Dr. Alseidi will work collaboratively with our educators and teachers to strengthen the Department’s...

The Global Vascular Guidelines for the Treatment of Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI), an initiative to standardize and improve the quality of care of patients with CLTI worldwide, has been published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery (JVS), as a supplement to the June 2019 edition. The global effort was...