Breast Care Faculty
Breast Care Surgeons
Shoko Emily Abe, MD, FACS
Associate Clinical Professor
Michael D. Alvarado, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Director, Breast Surgery Oncology Fellowship
Laura J. Esserman, MD, MBA
Professor of Surgery and Radiology
Chief, Section of Breast Care Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Alfred A. de Lorimier Endowed Chair in General Surgery
Director, UCSF Breast Care Center
Cheryl A. Ewing, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Karen Goodwin DO FACS
Associate Clinical Professor
Rita Mukhtar, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Lobular Breast Cancer Research Program
Jasmine M. Wong, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Reconstructive Surgeons
Robert Foster, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chief, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Scott L. Hansen, MD, FACS
Professor and Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Stephen J. Mathes Endowed Chair
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Chief, Hand and Microvascular Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Director, UCSF Microsurgery Fellowship
Esther A. Kim, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Director, UCSF Gender Affirming Surgery
Co-Director, UCSF Microsurgery Fellowship
Pablo Leon, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chief and Residency Site Director, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
San Francisco VA Medical Center
Merisa L. Piper, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Jason H. Pomerantz, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Co-Director, Craniofacial Center Benioff Children’s Hospitals
Co-chair, Department of Surgery research Committee
Director, Pomerantz Laboratory
David M. Young, MD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Basic Scientists
Amrita Basu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Michael J. Campbell, PhD
Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology
Gillian L Hirst, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
UCSF Carol Franc Buck Breast Care Center
Administrative Director
T32 Training Grant in Surgical Oncology