Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, University of California, San Francisco [2]

Cardiothoracic Surgery
Box 0118
San Francisco, CA 94143
Catherine Cooper [3], Program Coordinator

Program Director
Scot Merrick, MD [4]

Chiefs of Thoracic and Cardiac Division
Jordy Cox [5]
Johannes Kratz [6]
Merry Uchiyama [7]

Program Information

• One ACGME resident accepted per year
• Traditional training track

Unique Program Components

One fellow per year at UCSF offers unique experience in CT surgery in a Geographic area of dense population with diverse cardiac and thoracic pathologies. The program offers a University Center  experience with high end surgeries. The breadth of patients include veterans from the SFVA hospital, those from the local county general hospital, and bread & butter patients from the large Kaiser system. Education is reinforced with involvement in advanced lung and heart therapies.