Meet the Surgical Skills Center Team
Director
Hueylan Chern, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Director, Surgical Skills Center
Associate Director
Brittany Hasty, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Associate Director, Surgical Education and Simulation Fellowship
Division of Pediatric Surgery
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
Arthur Hill, MD, FACS, FACC
Professor of Surgery
Division of Cardiac Surgery & Lung Transplantation
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
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
Chelsie Anderson, MD, MS
Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery
Maria Castro, MD
Resident Research Fellow
General Surgery
Yaacov Davidow, DO
Surgical Education and Simulation Fellow
Willow Frye, MD
Surgical Education and Simulation Fellow
Alisha Heximer, MD
Surgical Education and Simulation Fellow
Former Fellows
Riley Brian, MD, MAEd
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2026
Brandon Cowan, MD
Resident Research Fellow
East Bay Surgery Program
Fara Dayani, MD, MAS
Surgical Skills Research Fellow
Camilla Gomes, MD, MSc
Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery
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
Chief Resident (PGY-6)
Plastic Surgery
Joseph Lin, MD
Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2023
T32 Surgical Oncology Fellow (2020-2021)
Alyssa Murillo, MD, MSc
Chief Resident (PGY-5)
General Surgery
Natalie Rodriguez, MD
Surgical Skills Research Fellow
Carolyn Vaughn, MD
Graduate
Plastic Surgery Residency Program, 2018