UCSF Earns Highest Performance Rating for Procedures Performed by Cardiac, Colorectal, Thoracic, Vascular and Lung Transplant Surgeons

UCSF Medical Center earned “high performance” ratings – the highest ratings possible – in eight common conditions and procedures in the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey for 2017-2018, seven within the UCSF Department of Surgery:

• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
• Aortic Valve Surgery
• Colon Cancer Surgery
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Heart Bypass Surgery
• Heart Failure
• Lung Cancer Surgery

U.S. News evaluated more than 4,500 hospitals to determine how well they performed using data on patient survival, nurse staffing, volume and more. Within the Department of Surgery, the programs that perform these procedures include Cardiac Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Lung Transplantation. 

Jasleen Kukreja, M.D., M.P.H.  Professor & Interim Chief Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery	Madhulika Varma, M.D.   Professor & Chief Section of Colorectal Surgery	David M. Jablons, M.D.  Professor & Chief Section of General Thoracic Surgery	Michael S. Conte, M.D.  Professor &  Chief, Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery