Surgical Innovations People
Faculty Directors

Hanmin Lee, MD
Professor & Chief, Division of Pediatric Surgery
Michael R. Harrison, MD, Endowed Chair in Fetal Surgery
Surgeon in Chief, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco
Director, Fetal Treatment Center
Clinical Lead, Surgical Innovations UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco

Shuvo Roy, PhD
Professor, Departments of Bioengineering & Therapeutic Sciences and Surgery
UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine
Engineering Lead, Surgical Innovations Program
Director, Biodesign Laboratory
UCSF Faculty Director, UC Berkeley-UCSF Master of Translational Medicine (MTM) Program
Technical Director, The Kidney Project
Core Faculty

Michael R. Harrison, MD
Director Emeritus, Fetal Treatment Center
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Participating Faculty

Miles Conrad, MD, MPH
Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, UCSF

Emily Finlayson, MD, MS, FACS
Professor of Surgery, Medicine, and Health Policy
Vice Chair for Faculty Affairs and Development
Director, UCSF Center for Surgery in Older Adults (CSOA)

Hobart W. Harris, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Division of General Surgery
J. Engelbert Dunphy Endowed Chair in Surgery
Director, Center for Hernia Repair & Abdominal Wall Reconstruction

Michael R. Harrison, MD
Director Emeritus, Fetal Treatment Center
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Matthew Y.C. Lin, MD
Professor of Surgery
Interim Vice Chair for Education
Division of General Surgery
Director, UCSF Surgery Clerkship Program

John P. Roberts, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplantation

Stanley J. Rogers, MD
Professor & Interim Division Chief,
Division of General Surgery
Director, Bariatric Surgery Center, Liver Tumor Ablation Program, and Minimally Invasive Surgery
His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, Rama IX Distinguished Professor of Global Surgery
Ruth M. Dunn Endowed Chair in Minimally Invasive Surgery

Shant Vartanian, MD
Staff Physician

Lan Vu, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director LIFE Program
Associate Director Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco

David M. Young, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Administrative Director

Usha Thekkedath, MD
Administrative Director
Surgical Innovations
Biodevice Fellows

Caressa Chen, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow
UCSF Biodevice Innovation Pathway

Lauren Evans, MD
Clinical Research Fellow

Mohammad Karimzada, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2024

Alexander Kim, MD
Clinical Fellow (PGY-7)
Vascular Surgery

Young Lee, MD
Resident Research Fellow
Neurological Surgery
Engineers

Richard Fechter, BS
Principal Development Engineer
UCSF Medical Center
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital

Vinith Johnson, B.Tech.
Medical Device Engineer

Sachin Rangarajan, MTM
Assistant Specialist
Biomedical Engineer

Mohammad Sahlabadi, PhD
Lead Research & Development Engineer

Kaelan Schorger, BS
Lab Research Supervisor Research and Development Engineer
Clinical Research Coordinator

Dinora Murota
Clinical Research Coordinator, MagNap
Affiliated Faculty

Jeffrey Fineman, MD
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Alumni

Vamsi Aribindi, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Isabelle Chumfong, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2019

Rebecca C. Gologorsky, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Claire E. Graves, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
UC Davis Health
Sacramento, CA

Elizabeth Gress, MPA
Program Lead, Surgical Innovations

Stacy Kim, MA
Innovation Program Lead

Phillip Kim, MD, MBA
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dillon Kwiat, BS
Research and Development Engineer

Victoria Lyo, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2018

Willieford Moses, MD
Assistant Professor, Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery

Jarrett Moyer, MD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Roy Lab

Veeshal H. Patel, MD, MBA
Surgical Innovations Postdoctoral Fellow

Sara J. Photiadis, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow

Neil Ray, BS
Visiting Graduate

Romain Roux, BEng, MTM
Associate Specialist

Sukhveer Sandhu, MS
Associate Specialist
Medical Device Engineer

Yasha Saxena, MS
Associate Specialist
Medical Device Engineer
In Memoriam

Orlo Clark, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Division of General Surgery