UCSF Medical Center Reaccredited as "Comprehensive Center" for Bariatric Surgery by American College of Surgeons, MBSAQIP and ASMBS
UCSF Medical Center has been reaccredited as a "Comprehensive Center" for bariatric surgery by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP) and American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). The UCSF Bariatric Surgery Center offers a full range of surgical weight-loss options, including laparoscopic and open Roux-Y gastric bypass, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, and laparoscopic and open revisional bariatric surgery.
The formal letter from the MBSAQIP to Stanley J. Rogers, M.D., Associate Professor and Director of the Bariatric Surgery Center, read in part:
On behalf of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program (MBSAQIP), in partnership with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), we would like to congratulate you and your team at University of California San Francisco Medical Center on achieving a Comprehensive Center accreditation. A MBSAQIP accreditation for University of California San Francisco Medical Center formally acknowledges your commitment to providing and supporting quality improvement and patient safety efforts for metabolic and bariatric surgery patients. As an accredited program you have demonstrated that your center meets the needs of your patients by providing multidisciplinary, high-quality, patient-centered care.
UCSF Bariatric Surgery Program Team
Bariatric Surgeons
Stanley J. Rogers, M.D. - Program Director & Associate Professor of Surgery
Jonathan Carter, M.D. - Associate Professor of Surgery
Andrew M. Posselt, M.D., Ph.D. - Professor of Surgery
Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D. - Assistant Professor of Surgery
Medical Director
John P. Cello, M.D. - Gastroenterologist, Professor of Medicine & Surgery
Program Coordinator
Ryan Patrick Wilson, PA-C, MSPAS, MPH, Senior Physician Assistant
PRP Coordinator
Program Outpatient Senior Dietitian
Mary Ellen DiPaola, R.D., C.D.E.
Program Psychiatrist
John R. Chamberlain, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Fellow
Sandhya Kumar, M.D., MIS/Bariatric Surgery Fellow
MBSAQIP works to advance safe, high-quality care for bariatric surgical patients through the accreditation of bariatric surgical centers. A bariatric surgical center achieves accreditation following a rigorous review process during which it proves it can maintain certain physical resources, human resources, and standards of practice. All accredited centers report their outcomes to the MBSAQIP database.