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Our Team

Our surgeons are internationally recognized leaders in the fields of pediatric surgical oncology, minimally invasive surgery, and birth defects. Each surgeon is board certified in pediatrics and confines their practice exclusively to children. Along with their clinical practice, our surgeons are full-time faculty members at the University of California, San Francisco and Oakland where they teach and conduct clinical research.

Our team of surgeons work in conjunction with a full spectrum of pediatric subspecialists to provide comprehensive care to infants, children, and adolescents with congenital and acquired conditions.

Division Chief

Hanmin Lee, M.D.

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

Pediatric Surgeons

James Betts, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland

Sarah Cairo, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Surgery

Michael R. Harrison, M.D.

Director Emeritus, Fetal Treatment Center
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Professor Emeritus of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences

Olajire Idowu, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland

Aaron R. Jensen, M.D., MEd

Associate Professor of Surgery
Associate Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship
University of California San Francisco
Associate Trauma Medical Director
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

Sunghoon Kim, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland

Hanmin Lee, M.D.

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

Tippi MacKenzie, M.D.

Professor of Surgery
Benioff UCSF Professor in Children’s Health
Director, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF
Co-Director, Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine
John G. Bowes Distinguished Professor in Stem Cell and Tissue Biology

Willieford Moses, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Surgery

Division of Pediatric Surgery

Christopher R. Newton, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Trauma Care
Co-Director, Neuroscience Center
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland

Amar Nijagal, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco

Doruk Ozgediz M.D., MSc

Professor of Surgery
Division of Pediatric Surgery
Director, Center for Global Surgery and Health Equity

Lan Vu, M.D.

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

Basic Scientists

Shuvo Roy, Ph.D.

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

 

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