Farewell to our recent group of faculty retirees, all of whom have had an enormous impact on our department and the anesthesiology specialty. Please join us in thanking and congratulating these outstanding faculty on their extraordinary careers. We wish them all the best in their next endeavors!
Neal Cohen, MD, MPH
Medical School
UCSF (1971)
Residency
UCSF Anesthesia (1972 – 1975)
Fellowship
UCSF Critical Care Medicine, 1978
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1976 – 2020
Honors, Awards, Appointments
William K. Hamilton Award for Excellence in Teaching (1980)
Director of Critical Care, Moffitt, 1983
Director, Respiratory Therapy, Moffitt, 1983
President of Medical Staff, UCSF Medical Center, 1994 – 1996
Vice Dean, UCSF, 2000
Chair for the ASA Section on Professional Practice 2015
Overseeing the Following ASA Committees:
Committee on Economics
Committee on Academic Affairs
Committee on Governmental Affairs
Committee on Health Policy Research
Committee on Large Group Practice
Committee on Practice Management
Committee on Rural Access to Anesthesia
Member, Practice Expense Subcommittee of the AMA Relative Value Update Committee, 2015
Co-Chair, ABA Critical Care Examination Committee, 2015
Reelected Chairman of the Board for El Camino Hospital, Mountain View, 2016
Chair, Newly created ASA Committee on Health and Public Policy, 2016
Chair, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Section on Professional Practice, 2016
Chair, Critical Care Medicine Examination Committee, American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA), 2016
James Ramsay, MD
Medical School
University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada
Residency
McGill University in Montreal, Canada
Fellowship
Research Fellowship at Oxford University, United Kingdom
Years as Full-Time Faculty
2013 – 2020
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Has served as:
President, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists
Trustee, International Anesthesia Research Society
ACGME’s Anesthesiology Residency Review Committee
FDA advisory panel on anesthetic and analgesic drugs
C. Spencer Yost, MD
Medical School
UCSF
Residency
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (1983 – 1986)
Fellowship
Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pittsburgh, Critical Care Medicine, 1987
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1987 – 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Director, Mount Zion ICU (2005)
Vice Chair, Clinical Planning and Strategy (2012)
Scott Schulman, MD
Medical School
George Washington University School of Medicine
Residencies
Pediatrics, UCLA; Anesthesiology, UCLA
Years as Full-Time Faculty
2014 - 2020
Errol Lobo, MD, PhD
Medical School
UCSF (1988)
Residency
UCSF Anesthesia (1989 – 1992)
Fellowship
Robert Wood Johnson Fellow
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1992 - 2021
Honors, Awards, Appointments
UCSF Martin Luther King, Jr, Award, 1987
Director, Vascular Anesthesia, 2002
Vice Chair, Clinical Operations, 2009
Medical Director, Perioperative Services, UCSF Medical Center, 2012
President, UCSF Medical Staff
Chair, Anesthesia, Cedars Sinai, 2021
Claus Niemann, MD
Medical School
Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Residency
UCSF Anesthesia (1998)
Fellowship
Liver Transplant Anesthesia / Research, 1999 - 2000
Years as Full-Time Faculty
2001 - 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Severinghaus Fellowship Recipient, 2002 – 2003
Director, Liver Transplant Anesthesia Fellowship
A. Sue Carlisle, PhD, MD
Medical School
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Residencies
Internal Medicine, UCSF
Anesthesia, UCSF (1990)
Fellowship
Critical Care Medicine, UCSF
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1991 - 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Chief Resident, UCSF Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, 1990
Stuart C. Cullen Award for Excellence During Anesthesia Residency (1990)
Chief of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) (1999 – 2006)
Interim Associate Dean for UCSF at SFGH (2003) (becoming permanent in 2004),
Associate Dean for UCSF at SFGH (2004)
Vice Dean for UCSF at SFGH (2012)
Jens Krombach, MD
Medical School
University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Residency
Anesthesiology / Intensive Care, Orthopedic University Hospital, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden Municipal Hospital, University Hospital of Cologne
Years as Full-Time Faculty
2002 – 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Director, Clinical Anesthesia, SFGH (2005)
Perioperative Director, SFGH (2008)
Kathryn Rouine-Rapp, MD
Medical School
Oregon Health Sciences University
Residency
UCSF Anesthesia (1987 – 1990)
Fellowship
Transesophageal Echocardiography and Pedi/Adult Cardiac Anesthesia (1991 – 1992)
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1991 - 2012, 2013 – 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
William K. Hamilton Award for Excellence in Teaching (2000)
Director, Prepare Clinic (2005)
Member, Exam Writing Committee, National Board of Echocardiography (2007)
Interim Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia (2019 – 2021)
John Feiner, MD
Medical School
UCSD
Residency
UCSF Anesthesia (1988 - 1991)
Fellowship
UCSF Anesthesia (1992 – 1993)
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1991 - 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Stuart C. Cullen Award for Excellence During Residency (1991)
Director, Liver Transplantation Anesthesia (2000)
Dorre Nicholau, MD, PhD
Medical School
UCSF
Residency
UCSF Anesthesia (1986 - 1990)
Fellowship
UCSF Critical Care Medicine (1990 – 1991)
Years as Full-Time Faculty
1991 - 2022
Honors, Awards, Appointments
Director PACU (2000)
Vice Chair, Wellbeing