Resident Research
Resident Research
2021-2022
| Resident | Host Institution | Advisor | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kian Banks, MD | University of California, San Francisco – East Bay | Gregory Victorino, MD, Jeffrey Velotta MD | Thoracic and Trauma Surgery |
| Christopher De Boer, MD | Northwestern University, Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago | Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD | Design Innovation and artificial intelligence applications in pediatric surgery, global pediatric surgery |
| Emanuel Jaramillo, MD | University of California, San Francisco & San Francisco VA Healthcare System | James Iannuzzi, MD MPH & Lygia Stewart, MD | Disparities and health services research in vascular surgery, frailty and prehabilitation in surgical patients |
| Emily Kao, MD | University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children’s Hospital - Oakland | Christopher Newton, MD | Pediatric Surgery, Trauma |
| Varun K. Goel, MD | Digital Solutions & University of California, Berkeley | Andrew Yoo, MD, Barnard Palmer, MD | Machine learning and artificial intelligence |
| Sidney Le, MD | Kaiser Permanente Division of Research | Vincent Liu MD, MSc, Gabriel Escobar MD | ISurgical clinical informatics and machine learning |
| Colin Mooney, MD | University of California, San Francisco – East Bay | Gregory Victorino, MD | Trauma and General Surgery |
| Jesse Santos, MD | University of California San Francisco | John Greenland, MD PhD, Jasleen Kukreja MD | Primary Graft Dysfunction in Lung Allografts and Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction |
| Katherine Stern, MD | University of Washington | Grant O’Keefe, MD | Trauma, Burn, Critical Care |
| Lawrence Willis, MD | Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Memphis | Ankush Gosain, MD PhD, Timothy Jancelowicz, MD | Hirschsprung's Associated Enterocolitis, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in Pediatric Surgery, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia |
2020-2021
| Resident | Host Institution | Advisor | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mihir Chaudhary, MD | Johns Hopkins University, Sommer Scholar | Robert Riviello, MD, Harvard Medical School | MPH and Urban Violence Research |
| Michael Davitt, MD | Stanford University | Michael Longaker,MD | Fetal scarless wound healing: characterization of cell populations in scar formation |
| Christopher De Boer, MD | Northwestern University Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Fizan Abdullah, MD, PhD | Design innovation and artificial intelligence applications in pediatric surgery; global pediatric surgery |
| Danyal Fer, MD | Digital Solutions & University of California, Berkeley | Pablo Garcia Kilroy MA (Verb), Ken Goldberg PhD (UC Berkeley) | Surgical Robotics and Microgravity Surgical Systems |
| Varun K. Goel, MD | Digital Solutions& University of California, Berkeley | Andrew Yoo, MD Barnard Palmer, MD | Machine learning and artificial intelligence |
| Jordan Jackson, MD | University of California, Davis | Diana Farmer, MD, Aijun Wang, PhD | Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cell Augmentation of Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair |
| Sidney Le, MD | Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland | Vicent Liu, MD Gabriel Escobar, MD | ISurgical clinical informatics and machine learning |
| Colin Mooney, MD | University of California, San Francisco - East Bay | Gregory Victorino, MD | Trauma and General Surgery |
| Katherine Stern, MD | University of Washington | Grant O’Keefe MD, MPH | Trauma, Burn, Critical Care |
| Annie Tang, MD | AHS, Highland Hospital | Amal Khoury, MD Veronica Shim, MD Gregory Victorino, MD | Breast Cancer Disparities |
2019-2020
| Resident | Host Institution | Advisor | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genna Beattie, MD | AHS, Highland Hospital | Gregory Victorino, MD | Extremity Vascular Trauma |
| Mihir Chaudhary, MD | Johns Hopkins University, Sommer Scholar | Robert Riviello, MD, Harvard Medical School | MPH and Urban Violence Research |
| Caitlin Cohan, MD | AHS,Highland Hospital | Gregory Victorino, MD | Blunt Thoracic Trauma |
| Michael Davitt, MD | Stanford University | Michael Longaker,MD | Fetal scarless wound healing: characterization of cell populations in scar formation |
| Dana Dominguez, MD | National Institute of Health / National Cancer Institute | Steven A. Rosenberg,MD,PhD | Mechanisms of Carcinogenosis in Hepatobiliary Cancer |
| Clifton Ewbank, MD | UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Assessing Global Surgical Capacity
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| Danyal Fer, MD | Verb Surgical & University of California, Berkeley | Pablo Garcia Kilroy MA (Verb), Ken Goldberg PhD (UC Berkeley) | Surgical Robotics and Microgravity Surgical Systems |
| Rebecca Gologorsky, MD | University of California, San Francisco | Shuvo Roy, PhD | Bioartificial organ development |
| Jordan Jackson, MD | University of California, Davis | Diana Farmer, MD, Aijun Wang, PhD | Placental Mesenchymal Stem Cell Augmentation of Fetal Myelomeningocele Repair |
| Annie Tang, MD | AHS, Highland Hospital | Amal Khoury, MD Veronica Shim, MD Gregory Victorino, MD | Breast Cancer Disparities |
2018-2019
| Resident | Host Institution | Advisor | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genna Beattie, MD | AHS, Highland Hospital | Gregory Victorino, MD | Extremity Vascular Trauma |
| Jessica Brown, MD | Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles | Tracy Grikscheit, MD | Tissue Regeneration |
| Caitlin Cohan, MD | AHS, Highland Hospital | Gregory Victorino, MD | Blunt Thoracic Trauma |
| Dana Dominguez, MD | National Institute of Health / National Cancer Institute | Steven A. Rosenberg, MD, PhD | Mechanisms of Carcinogenesis in Hepatobiliary Cancer |
| Clifton Ewbank, MD | UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Muhimbili University of Health & Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania | Christopher Newton, MD (UCSF), William Schecter, MD (MUHAS) | Assessing Global Surgical Capacity |
| Danyal Fer, MD | Verb Surgical & University of California, Berkeley | Pablo Garcia Kilroy MA (Verb), Ken Goldberg PhD (UC Berkeley) | Surgical Robotics and Microgravity Surgical Systems |
| Rebecca Gologorsky, MD | University of California, San Francisco | Shuvo Roy, PhD | Bioartificial organ development |
| Kara Rothenberg, MD | Stanford University | Oliver Aalami, MD | Peripheral Vascular Disease |
2017-2018
| Resident | Host Institution | Advisor | Research Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica Brown, MD | Children's Hospital, Los Angeles, CA | Tracy Grikscheit, MD | Tissue Regeneration |
| Kate Chomsky-Higgins, MD | UCSF, Department of Surgery | Insoo Suh, MD | Cost-effectiveness analysis in endocrine surgery, novel methods for intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) in thyroid and parathyroid surgery, laryngeal ultrasound for assessment of vocal cord function. |
| Michelle Huyser, MD | Phoenix Indian Medical Center | Matt Cusick, MD | Native American Outcomes in Surgery |
| Laura Hyde, MD | Columbia University, Breast & Colorectal Surgery | P. Ravi Kiran, MD | Colorectal Surgery Outcomes |
| Robert Tessler, MD | University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Hospital | Frederick P. Rivara, MD, Adam Goldin, MD | Pediatric Injury Prevention, outcomes in pediatric general and thoracic surgery |
| Kara Rothenberg, MD | Stanford University | Oliver Aalami, MD | Peripheral Vascular Disease |
| Yasmin Zerhouni, MD | Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health | Adil Haider, MD, MPH | Global Surgery, disparities in surgical care |
2016-2017
Magdalene Brooke, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Research
Kate Chomsky- Higgins, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF, Department of Surgery
Advisor: Insoo Suh, MD
Area of Investigation: Cost- effectiveness analysis in endocrine surgery, novel methods for intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM) in thyroid and parathyoid surgery, laryngeal ultrasound for assessment of vocal cord function.
Laura Hyde, M.D.
Host Institution: Columbia University, Breast & Colorectal Surgery
Advisor: P. Ravi Kiran, MD
Area of Investigation: Colorectal surgery outcomes
Ashley Morgan, M.D.
Host Institution: San Francisco VAMC, Cardiothoracic Department
Advisor: Curt Wozniak, MD, Elaine Tseng, MD, Mark Ratcliffe, MD
Area of Investigation: Curriculum for TAVR Replacement
Robert Tessler, M.D.
Host Institution: University of Washington/ Seattle Children's Hospital
Advisor: Frederick P. Rivara, MD, Adam Goldin, MD
Area of Investigation: Pediatric injury prevention, outcomes in pediatric general and thoracic surgery
Yasmin Zerhouni, M.D.
Host Institution: Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Advisor: Adil Haider, MD, MPH
Area of Investigation: Global Surgery, disparities in surgical care
2015-2016
Magdalene Brooke, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Research
Jahanara Graf, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Advisor: Christopher Newton, MD
Area of Investigation: Establishment of the utility of FAST examination in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma patients
Amanda Green, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital/ UCSF-East Bay
Advisor: Christopher Newton, MD/ Richard Godfrey, MD
Area of Investigation: Pediatric Surgery Outcomes/ Granulomatous Mastitis
Ashley Morgan, M.D.
Host Institution: San Francisco VAMC, Cardiothoracic Department
Advisor: Curt Wozniak, MD, Elaine Tseng, MD, Mark Ratcliffe, MD
Area of Investigation: Curriculum for TAVR Replacement
2014-2015
Vincent Chong, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay
Advisor: Dr. Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes and Violence Prevention
Shailvi Gupta, M.D.
Host Institution: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Advisor: TBD
Area of Investigation: Masters in Public Health, Global Health Scholarship
Joanna Lim, M.D.
Host Institution: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Advisor: Henri Ford, MD, MHA
Area of Investigation: The Microbiota of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
David Martin, M.D.
Host Institution: Oregon Health and Science University
Advisor: Martin Schreiber, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Research
Nina Tamirisa, M.D.
Host Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Advisor: Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
Area of Investigation: Clinical Outcomes in Surgical Oncology
NIH Training Grant: T32 Gastrointestinal Research Fellowship Grant
William Wood, M.D.
Host Institution: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Clinical Scholars Program at University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Advisor: Rodney A. Hayward, M.D., Director
Area of Investigation: Outcomes Research in Surgery
2013-2014
Vincent Chong, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay
Advisor: Dr. Victorino
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes and Violence Prevention
Shailvi Gupta, M.D.
Host Institution: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Advisor: TBD
Area of Investigation: Masters in Public Health, Global Health Scholarship
Wayne Lee, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF East Bay Surgery, Oakland, CA
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD, Terrence Liu, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Clinical Research
Joanna Lim, M.D.
Host Institution: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Advisor: Henri Ford, MD, MHA
Area of Investigation: The Microbiota of Necrotizing Enterocolitis
David Martin, M.D.
Host Institution: Oregon Health and Science University
Advisor: Martin Schreiber, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Research
Abhisek Parmar, M.D.
Host Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Advisor: Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
Area of Investigation: Clinical Outcomes in Surgical Oncology
NIH Training Grant: T32 Gastrointestinal Research Fellowship Grant
Nina Tamirisa, M.D.
Host Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Advisor: Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
Area of Investigation: Clinical Outcomes in Surgical Oncology
NIH Training Grant: T32 Gastrointestinal Research Fellowship Grant
William Wood, M.D.
Host Institution: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Clinical Scholars Program at University Of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Advisor: Rodney A. Hayward, M.D., Director
Area of Investigation: Outcomes Research in Surgery
2012-2013
Robert Bell, M.D.
Host Institution: Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland
Advisors: Wolfgang Stehr, MD; Frans Kuypers, PhD
Area of Investigation: Metabolic and Inflammatory Mediators in Critical Illness
Leah Candell, M.D.
Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Department of Endocrine Surgery
Advisor: Quan-Yang Duh, MD
Area of Investigation: Cellular Senescence and Thyroid Proliferative Diseases
Arturo Garcia, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay/Alameda County Medical Center
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes and Mediators of Inflammation
NIH Training Grant T32 Trauma Training Grant
Abhishek Parmar, M.D.
Host Institution: University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX
Advisor: Taylor S. Riall, MD, PhD
Area of Investigation: Clinical Outcomes in Surgical Oncology
NIH Training Grant: T32 Gastrointestinal Research Fellowship Grant
Randi Smith, M.D.
Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Departments of Surgery and Global Health Sciences
Advisors: Rochelle Dicker, MD; Teri Reynolds, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes, Injury Prevention, Global Surgery
NIH Training Grant: T32 Trauma Training Grant
2011-2012
Robert Bell, M.D.
Host Institution: Children's Hospital and Research Center, Oakland
Advisors: Wolfgang Stehr, MD; Frans Kuypers, PhD
Area of Investigation: Metabolic and Inflammatory Mediators in Critical Illness
Arturo Garcia, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay/Alameda County Medical Center
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes and Mediators of Inflammation
Laurel Imhoff, M.D.
Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Advisors: Madhulika Varma, MD; Douglas Bauer, MD
Area of Investigation: Colo-rectal Surgery and Clinical Research
Eric Kubat, M.D.
Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Advisor: Aditi Bhargava PhD; Kim Kirkwood MD
Area of Investigation: Neurobiology of Gastrointestinal Inflammatory Disorders
Rhiana Menen, M.D.
Host Institution: University of California, San Diego
Advisor: Michael Bouvet, MD
Area of Investigation: Fluorescence-guided Surgery and Laparoscopy for Pancreatic Cancer
Emily Miraflor, M.D.
Host Institution:UCSF-East Bay/Alameda County Medical Center
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes and Mediators of Inflammation
Samuel Schecter, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF - Division of Pediatric Surgery/Fetal Treatment Center
Advisor: Doug Miniati, M.D.
Area of Investigation: Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, Pulmonary Physiology and Developmental Biology
NIH Training Grant: T32 Trauma Training Grant
Randi Smith, M.D.
Host Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Departments of Surgery and Global Health Sciences
Advisors: Rochelle Dicker, MD; Teri Reynolds, MD
Area of Investigation:Trauma Outcomes, Injury Prevention, Global Surgery
NIH Training Grant: T32 Trauma Training Grant
Eric Stanelle, M.D.
Host Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York
Advisor: Michael P. La Quaglia, MD
Area of Investigation: Clinical Research Fellow, Pediatric Surgical Oncology
Louise Yeung, M.D.
Host Institution: UCSF-East Bay/Alameda County Medical Center
Advisor: Gregory Victorino, MD
Area of Investigation: Trauma Outcomes and Mediators of Inflammation