Dr. Joseph Cuschieri Appointed Chief of Surgery at ZSFG
The Department of Surgery is excited to announce that Joseph Cuschieri, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery at UCSF and current Trauma Medical Director at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), will be the Division Chief of Surgery at ZSFG starting January 2023. Dr. Cuschieri has been serving as the interim Division Chief of Surgery since September 1, 2021.
Dr. Cuschieri earned his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Michigan and his MD from Wayne State University in Detroit. He completed his general surgery residency and surgical critical care fellowship at Henry Ford Hospital and an NIH T32-Fellowship in Trauma/Burn at the University of Washington. Dr. Cuschieri is certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care.
Dr. Cuschieri has mentored over 70 outstanding students, residents, and fellows, many of whom are national and internal leaders in trauma and critical care. He served as the Program Director of Surgical Critical Care at the University of Washington before joining the faculty at UCSF in April of 2021 and was awarded the John K. Stevenson Faculty Teaching Award in Surgery at that time. He remains active in clinical and basic science research in the areas of injury and inflammation and has been funded by several national organizations, including the NIH.
Dr. Cuschieri has published nearly 200 peer-reviewed publications and multiple book chapters in these areas. He has been active nationally, and his national service has included active roles in the American College of Surgeons Committee of Trauma as the State of Washington Chair of the Committee of Trauma and as a member of the National Committee. Presently, he is Chair of the Critical Care Committee and a member of the Board of Managers for the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. Furthermore, he has been active in the Association for Academic Surgery, Society of University Surgeons, Surgical Infection Society, Shock Society, and Society of Surgical Critical Care Program Directors.
We would like to sincerely thank Dr. Christopher Colwell, Chief of Emergency Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, for serving as Chair of the Search Committee and all of the members of the Search Committee for their service.