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13th Annual Maurice Galante Lecture
Featuring Michael Pollan
March 25, 2010 - 4:00 p.m.
UCSF Parnassus Campus
Cole Hall
Diana Farmer, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics,Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Surgeon-in-Chief, UCSF Children's Hospital
Contact Information
Campus Box 0570
University of California, San Francisco
513 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0570
415-476-2538 Office
415-476-2929 Fax
pedsurg@surgery.ucsf.edu
BiographyEducation
- 1973-77, Wellesley College, B.A., Biology
- 1979-83, University of Washington School of Medicine, M.D., Medicine
Residencies
- 1986-87, University of Washington School of Medicine, Resident, General Surgery
- 1990-91, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Resident, General Surgery
- 1991-92, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Senior Resident, General Surgery
- 1992-93, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Chief Resident, General Surgery
Fellowships
- 1987-89, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, Fellow, Surgical Oncology
- 1993-95, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Fellow, Pediatric Surgery
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1994
- American Board of Surgery, Special Competence in Pediatric Surgery, 1998
Program Affiliations
- Fetal Treatment Center
Clinical Expertise
- Pediatric Surgery
- Fetal Surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Birth Defects
- Chiari II Malformation
- Myelomeningocele (Spina Bifida)
- Twin-Twin Transfusion Syndrome
Research Interests
- Myelomeningocele (Spina Bifida)
- Gastroschisis
Website LInks
Biography
Dr. Diana Farmer is Professor of Clinical Surgery, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, Division Chief of Pediatric Surgery, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also Surgeon-in-Chief of the UCSF Children's Hospital. She completed her undergraduate studies in Marine Sciences at Wellesley College and received her MD from the University of Washington in Seattle where she subsequently did her internship. Her general surgery residency training was completed at the University of California, San Francisco, and her Pediatric Surgical training was completed at the Children's Hospital of Michigan before returning to UCSF as a faculty member in 1998. The world's first female fetal surgeon, Dr. Farmer is currently the principal investigator of a multicenter NIH trial on the treatment of spina bifida in the womb. She has been honored at UCSF as a recipient of the Outstanding Women Faculty Chancellor's Recognition Award and the Department of Surgery's Excellence in Teaching Award. Her career also includes being on faculty at the National University of Singapore as a Luce Scholar, and the Director of the Department of Surgery's international collaboration with Makerere University in Uganda.
Dr. Farmer's research interests include fetal therapy interventions for myelomeningocele (spina bifida) and gastroschisis. She is well recognized for her expertise in complex surgical repair of thoracic, airway, and intestinal anomalies as well as for cancer surgery in neonatal, pediatric, and adolescent patients. In addition, Dr. Farmer is an integral member of the Fetal Treatment Center team, skilled in the surgical care of fetal patients with life-threatening congenital anomalies. In particular, she spearheads the research to evaluate the safety and efficacy of in utero endoscopic repair of myelomeningocele (spina bifida), and is Co-Investigator on a number of fetal surgical clinical trials.
Dr. Farmer practices pediatric surgery at UCSF, California Pacific Medical Center, and Kaiser Permanente San Francisco. She and her pediatric surgery colleagues provide consultation and follow up care of surgical patients at the Parnassus campus of UCSF Children's Hospital.
Selected Publications
- Gillis AM, Sutton E, Dewitt KD, Matthay KK, Weinberg V, Fisch
BM, Chan A,
Gooding C, Daldrup-Link H, Wara WM, Farmer DL, Harrison MR, Haas-Kogan D.
Long-term outcome and toxicities of intraoperative radiotherapy for high-risk
neuroblastoma.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Nov 1;69(3):858-64. Epub 2007 May 22. - Crombleholme TM, Shera D, Lee H, Johnson M, D'Alton M, Porter
F, Chyu J,
Silver R, Abuhamad A, Saade G, Shields L, Kauffman D, Stone J, Albanese CT,
Bahado-Singh R, Ball RH, Bilaniuk L, Coleman B, Farmer D, Feldstein V, Harrison
MR, Hedrick H, Livingston J, Lorenz RP, Miller DA, Norton ME, Polzin WJ, Robinson
JN, Rychik J, Sandberg PL, Seri I, Simon E, Simpson LL, Yedigarova L, Wilson RD,
Young B.
A prospective, randomized, multicenter trial of amnioreduction vs selective
fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for the treatment of severe twin-twin
transfusion syndrome.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Oct;197(4):396.e1-9. - Vu L, Tsao K, Lee H, Nobuhara K, Farmer D, Harrison M,
Goldstein RB.
Characteristics of congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations associated with
nonimmune hydrops and outcome.
J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Aug;42(8):1351-6. - Yang SH, Nobuhara KK, Keller RL, Ball RH, Goldstein RB,
Feldstein VA, Callen
PW, Filly RA, Farmer DL, Harrison MR, Lee H.
Reliability of the lung-to-head ratio as a predictor of outcome in fetuses with
isolated left congenital diaphragmatic hernia at gestation outside 24-26 weeks.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Jul;197(1):30.e1-7. - Clifton MS, Pelayo JC, Cortes RA, Grethel EJ, Wagner AJ, Lee H,
Harrison MR,
Farmer DL, Nobuhara KK.
Surgical treatment of childhood recurrent pancreatitis.
J Pediatr Surg. 2007 Jul;42(7):1203-7.
In the News
Diana Farmer, MD, Inducted into the Royal Collage of Surgeons
UCSF Today - Jan 12, 2010Surgeon-in-Chief Diana Farmer, MD, will become only the second US female surgeon to be bestowed this prestigious honor.
Dr. Diana Farmer Highlighted in UCSF Annual Report
UCSF Annual Report - May 02, 2008As a pediatric surgeon, Diana Farmer, MD, knows the future can be changed. Her groundbreaking work has brought about brighter futures for hundreds of infants and children who might have otherwise faced a life coping with disability from spina bifida or other devastating disorders.
Chief of Pediatric Surgery on Oprah: "Should a 340-pound Teen Have Gastric Bypass Surgery?"
UCSF Today, CA - Feb 04, 2008Diana L. Farmer, MD, is featured in the Monday, February 4, episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show titled "Should a 340-pound Teen Have Gastric Bypass Surgery?" ...
Novel magnet treatment used to correct sunken chest
ABC7News.com - Nov 08, 2007UCSF has created a groundbreaking new procedure to treat chest deformities in children and teens. This minimally invasive procedure is already transforming one 14-year-old's life.
