Meet the Surgical Skills Center Team
Director
Associate Director
Shareef Syed, MBChB, MRCS, FACS, MAEd
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Transplant Surgery
Associate Director, UCSF Surgical Skills Center
Director, Abdominal Transplant Fellowship Program
Faculty
Edward Kim, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and Surgery
Director, Office of Research and Development in Medical Education (RaDME)
Endowed Chair in Surgical Education
Joseph Rapp, MD
Professor Emeritus of Surgery
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Staff
Catherine Sutherland
Operations Manager
Louis Solis
Lab Tech
Research Fellows
Brandon Cowan, MD
Resident Research Fellow
East Bay Surgery Program
Camilla Gomes, MD, MSc
Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery
Alyssa Murillo, MD, MSc
Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery
Former Fellows
Riley Brian, MD, MAEd
Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery
Fara Dayani, MD, MAS
Surgical Skills Research Fellow
Courtney Green, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2020
Emily Huang, MD, MA
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2016
Mohammad Karimzada, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2024
Jacquelyn (Alex) Knox, MD
Resident (PGY-4)
Plastic Surgery
Joseph Lin, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Surgery Residency Program, 2023
Natalie Rodriguez, MD
Surgical Skills Research Fellow
Carolyn Vaughn, MD
Graduate
Plastic Surgery Residency Program, 2018