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Dr. Jasleen Kukreja "is not the first surgeon to perform a minimally invasive lobectomy at UCSF, but she may be a pioneer in the two-finger clamp technique, because her predecessors are men who have a tougher time squeezing in both fingers. Last summer, she became the first doctor to be hired by UCSF to focus...

Before an overflow crowd at the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, members of the Thoracic Oncology Program speak about the challenges of lung cancer and the progress that has been made in finding effective treatments and one day a cure.

Afghan Boy's U.S. Surgery A Success: 7-year old with Heart Defect Came to U.S. With Help of U.S. Army Doctor Jonas said Umer owes his life to Maj. T. Sloane Guy, an Army surgeon who took up his cause while on duty in Afghanistan. Guy and others had been working to get Umer to the United States for more than a year...

Johannes R. Kratz, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery, Program Director of the UCSF Thoracic Surgery Residency Program, Medical Director of Robotic Surgery at UCSF Health, Director of Minimally Invasive and Robotic Thoracic Surgery, and the Van Auken Endowed Chair in Thoracic Oncology and Paola Betancur,Ph.D...