MESSAGE FROM THE CHIEF
Alden H. Harken, M.D.
Clinical Professor & Chief,
UCSF-East Bay Surgery Program
& Innovative Research: Taught by Example
The UCSF–East Bay Surgery Program is dedicated to providing the best surgical training anywhere. Some other hospitals provide excellent surgical care – and we do too. There are some systemic regional research institutes that make exciting contributions to science – and we do too. But, what we do that is unique is train surgical residents.
Our program is composed of 47 intelligent, diverse, industrious, heterogeneous and superb surgical residents matched up with 47 accomplished, accessible and supportive surgical faculty. Acknowledging that almost all surgical interns are, as yet, undifferentiated, we envision ourselves as training surgeons for both academic/fellowships and/or private practice careers. Similarly, we offer rotations at a large county hospital, a comprehensive managed care Kaiser system, the Oakland Children’s Hospital and the Shriner’s Burn Hospital in Sacramento.
Trauma Center
The UC San Francisco-East Bay Trauma Service at Alameda County Medical Center
Department of Surgery Programs at Affiliated Institutions
UCSF Surgery at San Francisco General Hospital
UCSF Surgery at San Francisco VA Medical Center