UCSF Surgical Skills Center
@UCSFSkillsLab
Official Twitter account of the Surgical Skills Center at the University of California San Francisco
A huge thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate our new space at last week's open house! 🎉




It’s @UCSFSurgery #simulation day @UCSFSkillsLab with @UCSFGSResidency R1s on knot-tying skills and R2’s on the lap simulator with ergonomic adjustable height monitors and stations
Knot Tying today: we practice, practice practice!


Skills Lab Director Dr. Chern showing us how it's done at today's knot tying session!
We celebrated our graduating fellows and welcomed our incoming Surgical Simulation and Education Fellows! Congratulations to all 🎉🎉


‼️Looking for our Graduating General Surgery Chief Residents @UCSFGSResidency ??? Voilà, here they are ‼️
R1 Introduction to Laparoscopic Dissection at the Skills Lab!
R2s participating in an Advanced Training in Open Surgical Skills Assessment today using kidney models 3D printed at the skills lab!



The dv5 is at the skills lab this week! 😍 Message us to learn more about signing up for a test drive.

Thank you Dr. Varma for joining the R2 Bowel Anastomosis session today at the skills lab!




Laparoscopic Skills Practice for R1s today at the Skills Lab!
Visit the Skills Lab next week, May 1st for an Opposite-Handed Workshop- a workshop to optimize ergonomics, improve communication, and enhance teamwork between opposite handed surgeons. RSVP using the QR code!

Surgical Skills Fellows @CGomesMD and @branman_c leading the Introduction to Bowel Anastomosis session today at the skills lab ‼️


‼️Join us tomorrow, April 16th, at 7am w/ our Rishwain Visiting Speaker, Dr. Dieter Broering, Prof. at @Alfaisaluniv & Exec. Director of Organ Transplant Centre of Excellence—for his talk "Revolutionizing Organ Transplantation through Robotic Surgery." 👉ow.ly/y53R50JrV2R4o
Renal Transplant- Hemostasis sessions for R2s at the Skills Lab! 👏👏👏
Thank you Dr. Harris for teaching our Inguinal Hernia session today at the Skills Lab!

Huge congratulations to our surgical skills center fellows who presented their work at @AmCollSurgeons Surgical Simulation Summit this week! #acssim




R2 Laparoscopic Assessment today. Special shoutout to @julianvarascom for visiting us!


Happy R1s practicing saphenous vein harvest at the Skills Lab!


‼️Tomorrow, March 19th, at 7 AM, join us for a Special Grand Rounds: “An Updated State of the Department of #Surgery,” presented by our Department Chair, Dr. Julie Ann Sosa @Jasosamd. Faculty & Staff.....Don’t miss this insightful update on our Department’s progress and vision‼️