Johannes Kratz, MD has been selected as UCSF’s first Medical Director of Robotic Surgery

We are pleased to announce that Johannes Kratz, MD has been selected as UCSF’s first Medical Director of Robotic Surgery. Johannes has served as co-Director of the UCSF Health Robotic Executive committee from 2018-2022 and in 2022 became sole director of the same. Under his careful stewardship, robotic surgeries have grown year over year adding additional service lines and placing UCSF at the forefront of technological innovation in the use of robotic technology in surgery. Johannes has led the development of a robotics dashboard tracking both volume and key performance indicators important to the future of this program.

Johannes earned his medical degree at Harvard Medical School. He completed a general surgery residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, followed by a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery at UCSF. He also has a master's degree in philosophy from Stanford University.

Johannes is a member of the American College of Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Massachusetts Medical Society, and American Society of Clinical Oncology. In 2017, he received a UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award. He is the Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology at UCSF.