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Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H.


Hobart W. Harris, M.D., M.P.H.

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Chief, Division of General Surgery

 

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Michael West, M.D. Ph.D Appointed Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital

UCSF Department of Surgery - May 15, 2008

The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Michael West, M.D. Ph.D. has been named Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). Dr. West currently serves as Chief of Trauma at Northwestern University in Chicago. His clinical and research focus, surgical sepsis and regulation of host response to abdominal surgery, will serve as an outstanding complement to the surgical program at SFGH.

Thyroid Cancer Cases Climb as Treatment Advances

UCSF Today, CA - Feb 05, 2008

Orlo H. Clark, MD, former chief of surgery at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, has been an early user of improved techniques and equipment throughout his 30-year career as a specialist in endocrine tumors. ...

Surgeon Stars in Scientist Role: A Conversation with Hobart Harris, MD, MPH

UCSF Science Cafe, CA - Jul 27, 2007

"Hobart Harris, MD, MPH, leads a double life - maybe even a double, double life if you throw in insignificant moments like eating and sleeping. Yes, he's a hepatobiliary surgeon (the youngest son of a general practitioner). Yes, he's a scientist with his own NIH-funded laboratory. And yes, he's the division chief of General Surgery at UCSF."

Is There an Electron in the House? A Conversation with Electron Kebebew

UCSF Science Cafe, CA - May 04, 2007

"Now, as a UCSF endocrine surgeon and a research scientist, Electron Kebebew, MD, operates on both bodies and genes. He has become, well, a force, a man on the move, someone who commands attention as he strides the hallways of UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion."  

General, Life and Death at SFGH

San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Dec 10, 2006

"After 13 years doing trauma surgery at San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Andre Campbell knows just about everything there is to know about calamity, mayhem and long nights.  "........."For as long as he has been at General, Campbell has worked beside the head of trauma surgery, Bill Schecter, who is 10 years older than the 48-year-old Campbell. Schecter embodies the work ethic and the mission of the hospital."