Order of Merit, for Service during the 2006 Lebanon War
The Society for Medicine and Law in Israel
2007
Key Note Speaker, UCSF Commencement Ceremony
University of California, San Francisco
2008
Key Note Speaker, University of Loyola Medical School Commencement Ceremony
University of California, San Francisco
2008
First Prize. Scientific Poster Competition. Case Management in Multiple Casualty Incidents.
Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, San Francisco.
2009
ACS/Pfizer, Inc., Surgical Volunteerism Award for Domestic Outreach
American College of Surgeons 95th Annual Clinical Congress, 10/13/2009
2010
Best Doctors in America
Best Doctors in American 2011-2012 Database. www.bestdoctors.com
2011
Chancellor’s Award for Public Service
University of California, San Francisco
KEYWORDS/AREAS OF INTEREST:
The surgery of poverty, trauma, soft tissue infections related to drug use and alcoholism, advanced malignancy related to poor access to health care, the surgical treatment of HIV infected patients, and medical management of chemical and biological warfare in mass casualty events.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
SUMMARY OF CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
1979-Present Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital: Attend Trauma/General Surgery Clinic on Monday morning from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
1979-2011 Attending Physician, San Francisco General Hospital: Attend Trauma/General Surgery Clinic on Monday morning from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Service attending 6-8 weeks per year until December 31, 2011. Rounded from approximately 6:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. daily during the weeks assigned as Service attending
Evening rounds on the entire service during this time also performing emergency General Surgery and Trauma Surgery on assigned on-call days and on other days as necessary. Attended on elective surgery practice in the field of General Surgery.
Attending: Actively involved interacting with the residents on a daily basis whether or not assigned on Service. Service call 6-8 weeks per year and 2-4 nights/month of 24-hour emergency call.
9/1/2005-12/31/2011:
On Wednesday afternoons: Attended the Vascular Surgery clinic from 1:00-4:00 p.m. from September 1, 2005 through December 31, 2011.
Summary of Clinical Activities: Active General and Trauma Surgeon in a clinical practice.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Memberships
1975-1980
American Society of Anesthesiologists
1980-Present
Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society
1982-Present
Society of Critical Care Medicine
1985-Present
San Francisco Surgical Society
1985-1995
Association for Academic Surgery
1986-2006
California Academy of Medicine
1987-Present
Northern California Chapter, American College of Surgeons
