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Michael West, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor & Vice Chair, UCSF Dept. of Surgery

Chief of Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center

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Dr. Stanley Rogers Named Surgical Director of Bariatric Surgery Program and Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery

UCSF Division of General Surgery - Sep 14, 2009

Stanley J. Rogers, M.D., an Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF, has been named Surgical Director of the Bariatric Surgery Program and Chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Dr. Rogers received his M.D. from the University of Utah School of Medicine and did his post-doctoral surgical training at UCSF including his residency, and a fellowship in laparoscopic surgery, surgical sonography and GI endoscopy.

Wraparound Project "Aha" Moment

San Francisco General Hospital Foundation News - Apr 27, 2009

Seizing on the "Aha" Moment:  Wraparound Project

Helps Young Victims of Violence

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Michael West, M.D. Ph.D Begins Tenure as Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center

UCSF Department of Surgery - Dec 15, 2008

Michael West, M.D. Ph.D. has begun his tenure as the new Chief of Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center succeeding Dr. William P. Schecter. Dr. West formerly served as Chief of Trauma at Northwestern University in Chicago. His clinical and research focus includes surgical sepsis and regulation of host response to abdominal surgery.

National Violent Death Reporting System

Injury Center Connection, Winter, 2008 - Dec 10, 2008
NVDRS data online

NVDRS links information from multiple sources-death certificates, law enforcement reports, medical examiner and coroner re-ports and crime laboratories-to more fully understand the circum-stances of violent deaths in 16 funded states. It includes data on homicides, suicides, legal intervention deaths, unintentional firearm deaths, and deaths of undetermined intent. This kind of comprehensive and detailed information can be used to develop, implement, and monitor prevention strategies, which some NVDRS states have already done

Civilian Trauma Surgeon's Visit to Iraq

BACS - Nov 01, 2008

New Publication

INTO THE THEATER:   Perspective from a Civilian Trauma Surgeon's Visit to the Combat Support Hospital in Balad, Iraq

By M. Margaret Knudson, MD, FACS
November 2008, Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons

 

Wraparound Case Managers Praised

San Francisco General Hospital - Sep 05, 2008

Note written to the Director of Wraparound concerning Case Managers by social worker, Amy Furr:

"I am one of the night shift ED social workers and I had to take a minute this morning to tell you how amazing Javier and Ricardo were last night. As I am sure you heard, or will hear, there were two shootings last night, two people were killed and one man is on 4E with an unsurvivable injury. Given all of the events last night, there was no way I could have provided support to all of the families that were grieving and needing to see their loved ones. Javier and Ricardo both stayed at the hospital late (very late) to work with the families of the first shooting victims and provided them with so much support. They were able to bring family into 4E to say goodbye and to give them information. I know you are already aware of how hard they work and the amazing job that they do, but I had to write, not only because they were so key in helping the families through this last night, but because their obvious compassion and concern is so rare to find and I really wanted to acknowledge it. So a huge thank-you to the Wraparound Project. This situation was just one of many where I have been so grateful for the work you all do."

Wraparound Receives NAPH Award

NAPH Website - Jun 01, 2008

At the Annual Conference of the National Association of Public Hospitals the Wraparound Project received the:  REDUCING HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AWARD. The award recognizes an organization that reduced the instances of inequities and inconsistencies through the continuum of care by promoting access to culturally appropriate care, equal availability and utilization of services.

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Shootings and Stabbings

San Francisco Examiner - Feb 23, 2008

The number of victims with gunshot or stab wounds admitted to San Francisco General Hospital has climbed over the last five years with more than 440 patients either shot or knifed in 2007.  Dr, Rochelle Dicker, a trauma surgeon at the hospital is quoted as saying, "Unfortunately, the sad part of having so much experience is you get really adept at what you do."

Dr. Dicker is pictured at left with the case managers for the Wraparound Project who help those at risk for repeat violence.

Helping the wounded in Germany

UCSF Today - Mar 07, 2007

"Peggy Knudson, MD, San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon of 18 years, has been selected for a second time to work at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, as part of the Senior Visiting Surgeon Program funded jointly by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American College of Surgeons and the US military."

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."

A Summer of War

UCSF News, CA - Jul 12, 2006

"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......."

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