Education
| Institution | Degree | Dept or School | End Date | 
|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, San Francisco | Endocrine Surgery Fellowship | 07/2025 | |
| University of California, San Francisco | General Surgery Residency | 06/2024 | |
| Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | M.D. | 05/2017 | |
| Stanford University | B.S. | Biology | 06/2013 | 
Awards & Honors
| Award | Conferred By | Date | 
|---|---|---|
| Exceptional Physician Award | UCSF Health | 2024 | 
| Chesson Compassion Award | UCSF, Department of Surgery | 2024 | 
| Evan C. Werlin, M.D. Lodestar Award | UCSF, Department of Surgery | 2024 | 
| Outstanding Resident Research Award - Basic Science | Association for Academic Surgery | 2022 | 
| Outstanding Resident Teacher Award | Association for Surgical Education | 2022 | 
| Surgical Oncology T32 Fellowship | University of California, San Francisco | 2021/2022 | 
| Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) TL1 Fellowship | University of California, San Francisco | 2020/2021 | 
| Medical Student Teaching Award, Department of Surgery | University of California, San Francisco | 2020 | 
| Medical Student Teaching Award, Department of Surgery | University of California, San Francisco | 2019 | 
| H. William Scott, Jr. Prize in Surgery | Vanderbilt University, Department of Surgery | 2017 | 
| Outstanding Medical Student Poster Award, First Place for Basic Science Research | American College of Surgeons | 2016 | 
| Student Abstract Prize | American Gastroenterological Association | 2016 | 
| Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship | Vanderbilt University School of Medicine | 2013/2017 | 
In the News
April, 08, 2021 | UCSF Department of Surgery
    July, 10, 2020 | UCSF Department of Surgery
    April, 15, 2020 | UCSF General Surgery Residency Program
    Publications
      MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 34
    
      
      - Evaluation of Culture Conducive to Academic Success by Gender at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.| | PubMed PubMed
- Nerve monitoring in endocrine surgery: Practice patterns differ among surgeons for parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Predict Textbook Outcome in Colectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Routine use of intraoperative nerve monitoring is associated with a reduced risk of vocal cord dysfunction after thyroid cancer surgery.| | PubMed PubMed
- ASO Visual Abstract: National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma-Updates in Management and Survival.| | PubMed PubMed
- National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Updates in Management and Survival.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hypertension Requiring Medication Use: a Silent Predictor of Poor Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Contemporary Trends in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Incidence and Survival in the United States.| | PubMed PubMed
- Implementation, evaluation, and modification of a near-peer learning group in graduate surgical education.| | PubMed PubMed
- Hand-Assisted Versus Pure Minimally-Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There a Downside to Lending a Hand?| | PubMed PubMed
- Disease-Specific Survival Trends for Patients Presenting with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Distant Metastases in the United States, 1992-2018.| | PubMed PubMed
- Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Techniques: A Contemporary Analysis Exploring Trends, Similarities, and Differences to Open Surgery.| | PubMed PubMed
- Accurate Identification of Mucinous Pancreatic Cystic Lesions Using Small-Volume Analytes.| | PubMed PubMed
- Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills.| | PubMed PubMed
- Endocrine surgeons are performing more thyroid lobectomies for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer since the 2015 ATA guidelines.| | PubMed PubMed
- Fetal therapies and trials for lysosomal storage diseases: a survey of attitudes of parents and patients.| | PubMed PubMed
- ASO Visual Abstract: Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for the Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Using the Comprehensive Complication Index to Rethink the ISGLS Criteria for Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in an International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies.| | PubMed PubMed
- Evaluation of Necrosis as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Indicator in Adrenocortical Carcinoma.| | PubMed PubMed
- ASO Author Reflections: An Objective Hospital Volume Threshold for Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy.| | PubMed PubMed
- Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- Screening for Primary Aldosteronism is Underutilized in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.| | PubMed PubMed
- Bursting the Hidden Curriculum Bubble: A Surgical Near-Peer Mentorship Pilot Program for URM Medical Students.| | PubMed PubMed
- Screening for primary aldosteronism in the hypertensive obstructive sleep apnea population is cost-saving.| | PubMed PubMed
- Evidence-Based Guidelines for Branch-Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Management: Still a Lot of Room to Grow.| | PubMed PubMed
- Unifying the Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Fellowship Curriculum via Delphi Consensus.| | PubMed PubMed
- Jejunal prolapse and incarceration following feeding tube exchange.| | PubMed PubMed
- Symptomatic duodenal web diagnosed in a young adult| | UCSF Research Profile
- Enhancing Recovery After Kasai Portoenterostomy With Epidural Analgesia.| | PubMed PubMed
- Rapid resolution of hyperammonemia in neonates using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a platform to drive hemodialysis.| | PubMed PubMed
- An Incidental Hypervascular Retroperitoneal Mass.| | PubMed PubMed
- Using 3D Organoid Cultures to Model Intestinal Physiology and Colorectal Cancer.| | PubMed PubMed
- Circadian rhythm. Dysrhythmia in the suprachiasmatic nucleus inhibits memory processing.| | PubMed PubMed
- Establishing a patient navigator program to reduce cancer disparities in the American Indian communities of Western South Dakota: initial observations and results.| | PubMed PubMed
 
    