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Department of Surgery »  About Us »  General Surgery Summary

Division of General Surgery

The Division of General Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco is composed of forty-one regionally, nationally, and internationally preeminent faculty members, spanning four San Francisco hospitals and representing a broad array of clinical and research expertise. Our faculty is highly accomplished, and responsible for numerous  innovations in general surgery and discoveries in the relevant medical sciences.

General Surgery has three pillars in its mission:

  • Firstly, we strive to provide outstanding quality clinical care that is cost effective, yet compassionate.
  • Secondly, we seek to make significant advances in scientific knowledge and clinical practice through both basic and clinical research.
  • Our mission's third pillar is developing the next generation of leaders in surgery.

The  website for the Division of General Surgery is currently under construction and will be online soon.

Division of General Surgery Faculty

Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of General Surgery


Michael D. Alvarado, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Jeffrey Belkora, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Surgery

Aditi Bhargava, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Surgery

Nancy Boudreau, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Research Lab at SFGH

Nigel Bunnett, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Surgery
Director, Center for the Neurobiology of Digestive Diseases

Andre Campbell, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Michael J. Campbell, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Surgery

Guilherme Campos, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery Program

Ariel Castro, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Surgery

Orlo Clark, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Mitchell J. Cohen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Carlos Corvera, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Haile Debas, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Rochelle Dicker, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

David Donner, Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery

Quan-Yang Duh, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery

Laura J. Esserman, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Breast Care Surgery

Cheryl A. Ewing, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery

Julio Garcia-Aguilar, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Colorectal Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Verna C. Gibbs, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Jessica Gosnell, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Eileen Grady, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery

Jan K. Horn, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Eun-Sil (Shelley) Hwang, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery

Electron Kebebew, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Edward Kim, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Kimberly Kirkwood, M.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery

M. Margaret Knudson, M.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor of Surgery

Stanley P. L. Leong, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Melanoma Surgery Program

John Maa, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Director, Surgical Hospitalist Program

Robert C. Mackersie, M.D.
Professor of Surgery

Eric Nakakura, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Jeffrey M. Pearl, M.D.
Clinical Professor of Surgery
Vice-Chair of Finance, Department of Surgery

Stanley J. Rogers, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery

William P. Schecter, M.D.
Professor of Clincial Surgery
Chief of Surgery, SFGH

Wen T. Shen, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Lygia Stewart, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Chief of General Surgery - San Francisco VA

Madhulika Varma, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Surgery

Robert S. Warren, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Section of Surgical Oncology

Lawrence W. Way, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Director, Videoscopic Surgery Program

Valerie M. Weaver, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Center for Bioengineering and Tissue Regeneration

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