The Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery is comprised of three programs: Cardiac Surgery, General Thoracic Surgery, and Heart and Lung Transplant. It also leads the multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program based at UCSF Mt. Zion. The Division has a fully accredited ACGME training program in cardiothoracic surgery that consists of rotations in adult cardiac surgery, pediatric cardiac surgery and thoracic surgery. 

Our executive team, management staff and academic and clinical staff are dedicated to serving our community, our faculty, and our academic colleague and we pride ourselves in surgical excellence and patient care.

UCSF Medical Center earned a “high performance” rating – the highest rating possible – for lung cancer surgery and treatment of heart failure, and was also ranked as one of the best hospitals for Cardiology and Heart Surgery in the latest U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Survey.