William Y. Hoffman, M.D.
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Director, Plastic Surgery Residency Program
Contact Information
Academic Office:
505 Parnassus Avenue, Suite M-593
San Francisco, CA 94143-0932
(415) 353-4285 Telephone
(415) 353-4320 Fax
Clinical Practice:
350 Parnassus Avenue, Suite 509
San Francisco, CA 94143
(415) 353-4287 Appointments
(415) 353-4330 Clinical Fax
hoffmanw@surgery.ucsf.edu
Education
- 1969-73 Yale University, B.A. Biology
- 1973-77 University of Rochester School of Medicine, M.D.
Residencies
- 1977-80 UCSF Resident General Surgery
- 1980-81 UCSF Resident Plastic Surgery
- 1981-83 UCSF Senior Resident General Surgery
- 1984-85 UCSF Chief Resident Plastic Surgery
- 1985-86 New York University Medical Institute
Board Certification
- American Board of Surgery, 1985
- American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1987
Research Interests
- Fetal surgery for congenital facial deformities
- Biology of hemangiomas
- Clinical outcomes of cleft surgery
Biography
Dr. William Hoffman is the Chief of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF. He graduated cum laude from Yale University and obtained his MD from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed training in General Surgery at UCSF in 1983 and in Plastic Surgery at UCSF in 1985. An additional year of training was spent at the Institute for Reconstructive plastic Surgery at NYU with Dr. Joseph McCarthy studying craniofacial and cleft lip surgery. Subsequently Dr. Hoffman returned to UCSF to join the faculty, serving as the chief of plastic surgery at San Francisco General Hospital from 1988 to 1996, and Director of Education for the division from 1996 to 2005. He became the head of the division and Program Director of the residency in plastic surgery in 2005.
Dr. Hoffman is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.He is the primary craniofacial and pediatric plastic surgeon at UCSF, performing 300-400 pediatric operations a year on children with a wide range of deformities, including cleft lip and palate, craniosynostosis, facial palsy, hemangiomas, birthmarks, and vascular anomalies. His adult practice deals with complex facial reconstruction as well as facial aesthetic surgery, including facelifts, rhinoplasty, and blepharoplasty. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed articles as well as numerous invited chapters. He is on the Board of the American Society of Maxillofacial Surgery, the Executive Council of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons, is the current President of the American Society of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, and is a senior examiner for the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He has been voted one of America's Top Doctors for several years.
Selected Publications
- Stelnicki EJ, Vanderwall K, Hoffman WY, Szabo Z, Harrison MR, Foster R, Longaker MT. Adverse outcomes following endoscopic repair of a fetal cleft lip using an ovine model. Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 35: 425-9, Sep/1998.
- Foster RD, Williams ML, Barkovich AJ, Hoffman WY, Mathes SJ, Frieden IJ. Giant congenital melanocytic nevi: the significance of neurocutaneous melanosis in neurologically asymptomatic children. Plast Reconstr Surg. 107: 933-41, Apr/1/2001.
- Kim JJ, Hansen S, Hoffman WY. Outcome of Tongue-Lip Plication in Patients with Severe Pierre Robin Sequence. Journal Craniofacial Surgery. 602-8, 2003.
- Sydorak RM, Hoffman WY, Lee H, Yingling CD, Longaker M, Chang J, Smith B, Harrison MR, Albanese CT. Reversed Latissimus Dorsi Muscle Flap for Repair of Recurrent Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Journal Pediatric Surgery. 296, 2003.
- Hansen SL, Dosanjh A, Young DM, Boudreau N, Hoffman WY. Hemangiomas and homeobox gene expression. J Craniofac Surg. 17: 767-71, Jul/2006.