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Adam Oskowitz, MD, PhD Awarded $400,000 R21 Trailblazer Award
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
April 09, 2020
Adam Oskowitz, MD, PhD , assistant professor in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery , has been awarded an R21 Trailblazer Award by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering , a 3-year grant that supports high-risk, high-impact research. The goals for the research grant are to...
Department of Surgery Welcomes New Class of Vascular Surgery Residents on Match Day 2020
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
March 20, 2020
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...
Michael Conte, MD receives Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
December 12, 2019
Michael Conte, Professor and Chief of the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has recently received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Heart Association Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD). PVD Council Chair Naomi Hamburg, MD presented the award to Dr. Conte at the AHA...
Michael Conte, MD Named President-Elect of the Western Vascular Society
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
November 19, 2019
Michael Conte, MD, Professor and Chief of the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has recently been selected to serve as President of the Western Vascular Society for the 2020-2021 annual cycle. The Western Vascular Society has released the following statement regarding the appointment: Nominations...
Dr. Thomas S. Monahan III, Former UCSF Vascular Surgery Clinical Fellow and Wiley Scholar, Dies at 44
Baltimore Sun
October 17, 2019
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the untimely passing of Thomas S. Monahan , MD, FACS of Baltimore, MD. Dr. Monahan was Assistant Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Maryland, working under the leadership of Dr. Rajabrata Sarkar, a former UCSF faculty member. Dr. Monahan completed...
James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH Awarded 2019 Surgical Outcomes Club Research Fellowship
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
October 09, 2019
James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH, an assistant professor in the UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, has been awarded the Michael Zinner Health Services Research Fellowship from the Surgical Outcomes Club (SOC). This fellowship is aimed at providing dedicated mentorship in surgical outcomes research from...
Linda M. Reilly, MD Honored with 2019 Nina Starr Braunwald Award and 2019 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
July 16, 2019
Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Professor of Vascular Surgery, and Program Director of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, has been named the recent recipient of two prestigious awards: the 2019 Nina Starr Braunwald Award from the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), and the 2019 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician...
Global Vascular Guidelines for Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia (CLTI) Published by International Team
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
June 12, 2019
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...
Peter A. Schneider, M.D. Joins Department of Surgery Faculty
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
March 29, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Peter A. Schneider, M.D. has joined the Department of Surgery faculty as professor of surgery in the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. Dr. Schneider received his MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and completed his general surgery residency and vascular surgery...
UCSF Vascular Surgery Welcomes Joel Ramirez as Inaugural Intern in New Integrated Residency Program
UCSF Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
March 29, 2019
The Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery congratulates Joel Ramirez (UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2019) on matching as the inaugural intern in the new 0+5 ACGME-accredited integrated residency program in vascular surgery. Led by Michael S. Conte, M.D. (Program Director) and Jade Hiramoto, M.D....
Michael Conte, MD Awarded 4-year $1.7M NIH U01 Grant to Fund National Center in Diabetic Foot Consortium
UCSF Center for Limb Preservation
October 26, 2018
Michael S. Conte, MD , chief of the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at UCSF, and one of nation's leading vascular surgeons, was awarded a 4-year, $1.7M U01 grant by the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a unit of the NIH, to fund one of 6 national centers in the...
Hoping to Save Limbs and Toes, California Moves to Curtail Diabetes
Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
August 23, 2018
Dr. Alexander Reyzelman treats diabetes patient Michael Rubenstein. Photo by David Gorn/CALmatters The word āamputationā threw a chill down Michael Rubensteinās spine. The 67-year-old diabetic from San Mateo still winces at the thought. āThey told me Iād need to cut it off right about here,ā he said, sawing his...
Residency Program Director Linda M. Reilly, MD Honored with 2018 UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education
UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
June 27, 2018
Linda M. Reilly, M.D., Program Director of the UCSF General Surgery Residency Program, was named a 2018 Recipient of the UCSF Excellence and Innovation Award in Graduate Medical Education (GME). The award was presented at the UCSF GME Celebration and QI Symposium on June 18th at the UCSF Kalmanovitz Library at...
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery to Host UCSF Vascular Symposium April 19-21 in San Francisco
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
February 08, 2018
The Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in the Department of Surgery at University of California, San Francisco will host the 2018 UCSF Vascular Symposium on April 19-21 at the Parc 55 San Francisco. The symposium includes a distinguished faculty drawn from UCSF and and other leading institutions. The...
Marlene Grenon and Greg Zahner Discuss Link Between Depression and PAD In Vascular News
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
January 10, 2018
Marlene Grenon, M.D., C.M., and Greg Zahner, MSc discuss the link between depression and the increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a story at Vascular News. Marlene Grenon is an associate professor in the Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Greg J. Zahner is a fourth year medical...
UCSF Earns Highest Performance Rating for Procedures Performed by Cardiac, Colorectal, Thoracic, Vascular and Lung Transplant Surgeons
UCSF Department of Surgery
December 29, 2017
UCSF Medical Center earned āhigh performanceā ratings ā the highest ratings possible ā in eight common conditions and procedures in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey for 2017-2018, seven within the UCSF Department of Surgery: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair Aortic Valve Surgery Colon Cancer...