Surgical Innovations People
Faculty Directors
 
Hanmin Lee, MD
Professor and 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

 
Alexander Y. Lin, MD, MBA, FACS
Professor and Director of Surgical Innovations, UCSF Plastic Surgery
Co-Director, Craniofacial Center at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals (BCH)
Co-Director, Center for Advanced 3D+ Technologies at UCSF Health
 
John P. Roberts, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Endowed Chair in Abdominal Transplantation
 
Stanley J. Rogers, MD
Professor and 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
 
Mohammad Karimzada, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2024
 
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
