Michael West, M.D. Ph.D Appointed Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital
UCSF Department of Surgery - May 15, 2008
The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Michael West, M.D. Ph.D. has been named Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). Dr. West currently serves as Chief of Trauma at Northwestern University in Chicago. His clinical and research focus, surgical sepsis and regulation of host response to abdominal surgery, will serve as an outstanding complement to the surgical program at SFGH.
General, Life and Death at SFGH
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - Dec 10, 2006
"After 13 years doing trauma surgery at San Francisco General Hospital, Dr. Andre Campbell knows just about everything there is to know about calamity, mayhem and long nights. "........."For as long as he has been at General, Campbell has worked beside the head of trauma surgery, Bill Schecter, who is 10 years older than the 48-year-old Campbell. Schecter embodies the work ethic and the mission of the hospital."
"On July 12, 2006, under cover of a continuous barrage of Katyusha rockets, eight Israeli reserve soldiers were killed and two kidnapped in a cross-border raid by elements of Hezbollah. Thus began 33 days of war resulting in 750,000 destroyed trees, 12,000 destroyed houses, 5,000 Israeli casualties, and 311 hospital admissions as a consequence of 3,970 rocket attacks on Israel......."
