Message from the Chief
Mark Ratcliffe, M.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery,
UCSF
Chief of Surgery, San Francisco VA Medical Center
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The UCSF
Department of Surgery at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
provides surgical services for the benefit of veterans that
improves their health and well-being with trust, respect,
commitment, compassion and excellence through practice, innovative
research and unprecedented education.
The faculty are also pleased to offer a full range of outpatient and inpatient elective surgical services, including: specialty clinics in the fields of General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, and Vascular Surgery. The Surgeons at the VA are dedicated to providing thoughtful consultation to our referring colleagues and state-of-the-art surgical care to our patients. We are proud of our association with UCSF and value our close cooperation in the pursuit of excellence.
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