UCSF Fresno | Surgery

FACULTY

Steven N. Parks, MD, FACS, Director of Surgery Residency
Professor of Clinical Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Chairman of Surgery, Community Regional Medical CenterMedical School: University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE
Residency: Rotating Internship – University of Nebraska Medical Center
Surgery – Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA
Fellowship: Burns and Trauma – San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Awards & Honors: 1993-Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching-UCSF;
2001 Henry J. Kaiser Career Achievement Award for Teaching
Interests: Surgical education, acute trauma surgery, pre-hospital trauma care, shock and resuscitation, intensive care management, surgical nutrition.
Associations: Councilor of the Southwestern Surgical Congress and Chairman of membership committee. American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma and many national, regional and international surgical societies, and Chairman of the Advanced Trauma Life Support.

John Bilello, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Residency: Pediatric Residency- Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Surgery Residency – Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
Fellowship: Critical Care/Trauma – UCSF-Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Board Certification: American Board of Pediatrics
American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Interests: Surgical education.
Associations: Associate Fellow, American College of Surgeons
Member of Society of Critical Care Medicine.

James W. Davis, MD, FACS
Professor of Clinical Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Chief of Trauma, Community Regional Medical Center, Fresno, CA
Medical School: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Residency: Surgery, Intern–Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA.
Surgery, Residency-Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.
Fellowship: Trauma, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Awards & Honors: 1996-UCSF Fresno Co-recipient Faculty Research Award.
1994-UCSF Henry J. Kaiser Teaching Award-Honorable Mention.
Interests: Surgical education, trauma, shock resuscitation, epidemiology.
Associations: Currently Program Secretary and member of Board of Directors of the Western Trauma Association 2000-2001. Member of many other national and regional surgical societies.

William J. Dominic, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Director, Burn Center Community Regional Medical Center
Medical School: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Residency: Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, CO.
Surgery, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Fellowship: Burns, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Burns, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA.
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Awards & Honors: 1994-Staff Physician of the Year awarded by VMC nurses.
Interests: Surgical education.
Associations: International Society for Burn Injuries, American Burn Association

Krista L. Kaups, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Critical Care/Trauma Fellowship Program Director
Director, SICU, Community Regional Medical Center
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Residency: Southwest Michigan Area Health Education Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA.
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Awards & Honors: UCSF Fresno Faculty Research Award – 1998
Nominated for UCSF Henry J. Kaiser Teaching Award.
Interests: Surgical education, shock resuscitation, trauma and critical care, injury prevention.
Associations: Member of the American Association for Surgery of Trauma, Western Trauma Association, Multicenter Trials Committee Chairman, WTA, and a member of many other national and regional surgical societies.
Currently a counselor for Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons.

Christopher R. Kinter, MD, FACS
Clinical Instructor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
Residency: Surgery UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery

Christina Maser, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Residency: Surgery, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery, National Board of Medical Examiners
Interests: Surgical education, primary hyperparathyroidism, vascular reactivity,
Thyroid cancer, internet, remedial, parathyroid surgery, thyroid isthmusectomy, parathyroidectomy, vascular diseases, intracranial hemorrhage.
Associations: American College of Surgeons, candidate

Ricard Townsend, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Massachusetts Medical School
Residency: Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, PA
Fellowships: Trauma, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburg, PA
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Interests: Surgical education
Associations: Fellow, American College of Surgeons, Society for Critical Care Medicine

Kathryn Amirikia, MD
Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Residency: Surgery, North Oakland Medical Centers, Pontiac, MI
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Breast cancer
Associations Fellow, American College of Surgeons, American Association for Cancer Research, The Society of Surgical Oncology, Association of Women Surgeons, American Medical Association, American Association for the advancement of Science, American Society of Breast Disease, The American Society of Breast Surgeons

Larry Sue, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Health Sciences/the Chicago Medical School
Residency: Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowship: Critical Care/ Trauma, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery- General Surgery
Added Qualifications in Critical Care
Interests: Surgical education
Associations: Fresno-Madera Medical Association

Mary M. Wolfe, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: St. Louise University School of Medicine, St. Louise, MO
Residency: Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center,
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care/Trauma, UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Surgical education
Associations: California Medical Association, Fresno-Madera Medical Association, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Resident Member, American College of Surgery

Babak Eghbalieh, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Sackler School of Medicine
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
UCSF Fresno, Fresno, CA
Board Certification: Eligible
Interests: General Surgery, Oncologic Surgery, Laparoscopic/Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical/Surgical Education
Associations: American College of Surgeons Candidate Group, Society of Gastrointestinal
Endoscopic Surgeons, American Medical Association, California Medical Association, Fresno-Madera County Medical Association, Los Angeles County Medial Association, American Red Cross- Los Angeles Chapter, University of California, Irivne Alumni Association, The Graduate Society, Network of Iranian-American Professionals of Orange County.

MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

Keith B. Boone, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Program Director, MIS Fellowship Program
Medical School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Residency: Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Metabolic disorders, obesity and related diseases, foregut surgery, Barrett’s disease
Associations Fellowship American College of Surgeons (F.A.C.S), American Society of Bariatric Surgery, S.A.G.E.S. International Federation of the Surgery of Obesity, Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, California Medical Association, Fresno-Madera Medical Society

Kelvin D. Higa, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Residency: Surgery UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Metabolic disorders, foregut, Barrett’s disease, obesity, and related diseases.
Associations: Fellow, American College of Surgeons, California Medical Association, Fresno-Madera Medical Society, American Hernia Society, American Society of Bariatric Surgery, The Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, S.A.G.E.S., International Federation Surgical Obesity.

Abdelrahman A. Nimeri, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Medical School: Al-Azhar University School of Medicine, Cairo Egypt
Residency: Medicine, University of Illinois School of Medicine, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Surgery, Huron Hospital Cleveland Clinic Health Systems, Cleveland, Ohio.
Fellowship: Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
Board Certification, American Board of Surgery.
Interests: Surgical Education, Minimally Invasive Foregut, Bariatric, Colorectal Surgery, Minimally Invasive Hernia Surgery (Ventral, Inguinal and Para esophageal), Minimally Invasive Solid Organ Surgery (splenectomy, adrenalectomy).
Associations: Member of the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), American Society of Bariatric Surgery (ASBS), and the International Federation for Surgery of Obesity (IFSO).

COLON & RECTAL SURGERY

William Carveth, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Residency: Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowships: Colon and Rectal, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery
American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery,
Qualified Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Certified, Surgical Preceptor- Ethicon
Interests: Aerospace medicine
Associations: Northern California Society of Colon Rectal Surgeons, Fellow, American College of Surgeons.

John Garry, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Residency: Surgery, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Fellowships: Colon & Rectal Surgery, Ferguson Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI
Board Certifications: American Board of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Interests: Cancers, colon cancer surgery, colonoscopy, and medical education.
Associations: Fellow, American College of Surgeons, Fellow, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Northern California Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, American Medical Association, California Medical Association

VASCULAR SURGERY

Randall G. Stern, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Director, Vascular Surgery
Medical School: University of Arizona School of Medicine
Residency: Intern-Arizona Medical Center, Tucson, AZ.
Residency-Surgery UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowship: Vascular – Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Surgical education, vascular surgery.
Associations:

Leo Fong, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Tufts Medical School,
Residency: Surgery UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowships: Vascular, Memphis, TN
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Surgical education, vascular disease
Associations

Anne Prentice, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Albany Medical College, Albany, New York
Residency: Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowships: Vascular Surgery, Madison, WI
Board Certifications: American Board of Surgery
Interests: Surgical education, vascular disease
Associations:

VA MEDICAL CENTER

Gregory A. Wille, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Chief of Surgery, VA Medical Center, Fresno
Associate Program Director, UCSF Fresno Surgery Residency Training Program
Medical School: UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Residency: Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowship: Thoracic/Pulmonary Surgery, VA Medical Center, Fresno, CA.
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Awards & Honors: 1998 VFW Physician of the Year for the State of California
Interests: Surgical education, vascular surgery.
Associations: Fellow, American College of Surgeons, Association of VA Surgeons,
Fresno Surgical Society

Andras Bikk, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Semmelweis University Medical School
Residency: Surgery, St. Joseph Hospital Houston, TX
Fellowship: Vascular Surgery, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, GA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery,
American Board of Vascular Surgery
American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS)
Interests: Endovascular techniques, vascular techniques, in oncologic surgery, vascular graft materials, neointimal hyperplasia.
Associations: American College of Surgeons, Society of Vascular Surgeons

Karim Nasrabadi, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: School of Medicine, Jondishapour University, Iran
Residency: Intern – University of Louisville, KY.
Resident – West Virginia University, Wheeling Division
Fellowship: Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville, KY;
Thoracic Vascular Surgery, Heart Institute International, Louisville, KY.
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care
Interests: Surgical education, surgical oncology.
Associations: Member of ACS, SAGES and numerous other associations.

Michael Wayne Gatley, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
Residency: Anesthesiology, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Board Certification: American Board of Anesthesiology
Interests:
Associations: American Society of Anesthesiologists, California Society of Anesthesiologists, Association of Veterans Affairs Anesthesiologists

NEUROSURGERY

Steven Hysell, MD
Clinical Instructor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
Residency: Henry Ford Hospital,
Fellowship: Peripheral Nerve, Louisiana State UniversityBoard Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Interests: Neurological surgery, brain tumors, spine trauma, head injury, stereotactic surgery, central nervous system disorders, central nervous systems infections, hydrocephalus and Medical education.
Associations: American Association of Neuro Surgeons

Donald L. Myers, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia
Residency: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Interests: General neurosurgery, trauma, vascular neurosurgery, aneurysms, tumors, pituitary
Tumors, trigeminal neuralgia, skull base tumors, posterior fossa, chiari malformation, syringomyelia, spinal tumors, spinal surgery, spinal instrumentation, hydrocephalus, neuroscience.
Associations: California Association of Neurological Surgeons

Mark Levy, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, G
Residency: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Fellowship: Neurosurgery Fellow, UNC-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill North Carolina,
Spine Fellowship, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Board Certification: American Board of Neurological Surgery
Interests: Correction of spondylolisthesis, reconstructive tumor/cancer procedures, management
of spinal fractures, deformity correction of the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, vertebroplasty, management of failed fusions, prosthetic disc techniques, and spinal microsurgery.
Associations: California Medical Association, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Fresno-Madera Medical Society

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

Daniel R. Baxter, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Board Certification: National Board of Medical Examiners,
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery,
State of California Fluoroscopy Supervisor and Operator
Interests: Orthopedics Trauma
Associations: California Orthopedic Association, Fresno-Madera Medical Society

Eric Lindvall, DO
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, Botsford General Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
Fellowship: Orthopedic Trauma, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
Board Certification: National Board of Osteopathic Examiners,
American Osteopathic Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Interests: Orthopedic traumatology, post traumatic limb reconstruction
Associations: Orthopedic Trauma Association, American Osteopathic Academy of Orthopedics, American Osteopathic Association

Farbrioz H. Naeni, MD
Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Punjabi University, Patiala, India
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, Rajendra Hospital, Patiala, India
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Interests: Orthopedic trauma, treating mal union and non union fractures on upper and lower
Extremities.
Associations: Fresno-Madera Medical Society, California Orthopedic Association

Deniz Baysal, MD
Medical School: University of Alberta, Canada
Residency: Orthopedic Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Fellowship: Trauma, UT Southwestern Dallas, Dallas, TX
Board Certification: American Board of Orthopedic Surgeons
Interests Orthopedic trauma
Associations: Member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons

PLASTICS & RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY

Kent T. Yamaguchi, MD, FACS
Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Residency: Otolaryngology, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA
Plastic Surgery, Indiana University Medical Center
Fellowship: Head and Neck surgery, Boston, University
Board Certification: American Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons
American Board of Otolaryngology
National Board of Medical Examiners
Interests:
Associations: American Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeons, American Burn Association, American Association for Hand Surgery, California Medical Association, California
Plastic Surgery Society, Fresno-Madera Medical Society, Fresno Surgical Society

Kenty U. Sian, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Residency: Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY
SUNY- Brooklyn HSC, Brooklyn, NY
Fellowship: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, Aesthetic Surgery, Institute for Aesthetic Surgery, San Francisco, CA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery,
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Interests: Breast surgery, reduction mammoplasty, mastropexy, breast reconstruction, augmentation, skin cancers, aesthetic surgery.
Associations: American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthic Plastic Surgery, Fellow, American College of Surgeons, California Society of Plastic Surgeons, Fresno –Madera Medical Society.

Hedieh A. Stefanacci, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Albany Medical College
Residency: General Surgery, UC San Diego, San Diego, CA
General Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowship: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Interests:
Associations:

PEDIATRIC SURGERY

David S. Hodge, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Kansas University Medical School, Kansas City, KS
Residency: General Surgery, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
Fellowship: Pediatric Surgery, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, PA
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery,
Specialty Certificate of Pediatric Surgery
Interests: Pediatric surgery
Associations: California Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Pacific Association of Pediatric Surgeons

Douglas A. Tamura, MD
Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency: General Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO
Fellowship: Surgical Critical Care, UC Davis, Sacramento, CA,
Pediatric Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
Board Certified General Surgery
Board Certified Surgical Critical Care
Board Certified Pediatric Surgery
Interests: Pediatric surgery
Associations: American Pediatric Surgery Association, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, American College of Surgeons.

Michael J. Allshouse, DO
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Surgery, US Naval Hospital, Oakland, CA
Fellowships: Pediatric Trauma/Burn, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington D.C.
Pediatric Surgery, The Children’s Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, Specialty Certificate of Pediatric Surgery, American Board of Surgery, Critical Care
Associations: Fellow, American College of Surgeons, Fellow, American Pediatric Surgical Association, Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section,
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (S.A.G.E.S.), Association
Of Military Surgeons of the United States, Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians
And Surgeons, Society of Critical Care Medicine, International Endosurgery Group, Down Syndrome Medical Interest Group.

CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY

Peter L. Birnbaum, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: University of Ottawa School of Medicine, Ottawa, Canada
Residency: Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Fellowship: Cardiovascular/Thoracic Surgery, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Interests: Cancer, quality of life, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, steroid hormones, genomics, estrogen receptor, breast, prostate, microarrays, prognosis, neurodegenerative disorders,
Medical education, history of breast surgery.
Associations:

Richard D. Gregory, MD, FACS
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Hahnermann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Interests:
Associations: Fellow, American College of Surgeons, Fellow, Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Robert Stewart, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL
Residency: Family Practice, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Surgery, UCSF Fresno Affiliated Hospitals, Fresno, CA
Fellowship: Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
American Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Pervaiz Akhtar Chaudhry, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
Residency: General Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Fellowship: UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (completed fellowships in Cardiothoracic, Congenital Heart, Heart & Lung Transplant)
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Interests:
Associations: Association of Pakistani Physicians in North America, Human Development Organization of North America, American College of Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Shamsuddin Khwaja, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, General Surgery Residency
Fellowship: University of Texas, Southwestern, Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency University of Southern California, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Pediatric Heart Surgery and Heart/Lung Transplant
Board Certification: American Board of Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Interests: Cancer, quality of life, tyrosine kinase inhibitors, steroid hormones, genomics, estrogen receptor, prostate, microarrays, prognosis, neurodegenerative disorders, medical education, and history of breast surgery.
Associations: American Association for Cancer Research, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Research in Child Development.

UROLOGY

Narayana S. Ambati, MD
Clinical Professor, UCSF School of Medicine
Medical School: Andhra University, India
Residency: Government General Hospital, India
Fellowship: University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa, LA (Urology)
Board Certification: American Board of Urology
Interests:
Associations: California Medical Association, American Medical Association, American Urology Association, Western Section-American Urology Association, Society of Academic Surgeons, Association of VA Surgeons, Iowa Medical Society, Johnson County Medical Society, Irish Urological Society, Urological Association of India, Fresno-Madera Medical Society, Southeastern Cancer Study Group