Women in Medicine Month: Four Trailblazing Leaders

Left to Right: Drs. Dorre Nicholau, Kathryn Rouine-Rapp, Renee Navarro and Sue Carlisle at their anesthesia residency graduation celebration

In celebration of Women in Medicine month, and in recognition of the essential contributions of all of the women in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care at UCSF, we will provide highlights of the many extraordinary women in anesthesia at UCSF throughout the month of September. 

Dorre Nicholau, MD, PhD

  • Director, PACU, 2000
  • Vice Chair for Professionalism and Wellbeing, 2016

Web:

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/people/dorre-nicholau

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/dorre.nicholau

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/sites/anesthesia.ucsf.edu/files/wysiwyg/AnesthesiaNews_2016_V16.pdf

Kathryn Rouine-Rapp, MD

  • Director, Prepare Clinic, 2005
  • Interim Director, Pediatric Cardiac Anesthesia, 2020 

Web:

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/people/kathryn-rouine-rapp

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/kathryn.rouine-rapp

Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD

  • Perioperative Director, SFGH, 2000
  • Chief of Medical Staff, SFGH, 2001
  • Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, 2004
  • Director, Academic Diversity, 2007
  • UCSF’s first Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Outreach, 2010
  • Extraordinary Women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Award, 2015

Web:

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/people/renee-navarro

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/renee.navarro

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/sites/anesthesia.ucsf.edu/files/wysiwyg/AnesthesiaNews_2014_V12.pdf

https://diversity.ucsf.edu

Sue Carlisle, MD, PhD

  • Chief Resident, 1990
  • Stuart C. Cullen Award for Excellence During Residency, 1990
  • Associate Dean, SFGH, 2004
  • Vice Dean, SFGH/ZSFG
  • UCSF at San Francisco General Hospital Rapaport Award for Distinguished Service to SFGH, 2009
  • UCSF Chancellor's Award for Advancement of Women, 2012
  • San Francisco Board of Supervisors 2013 Certificate of Honor, 2013
  • Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine, 2015

Web:

https://anesthesia.ucsf.edu/people/sue-carlisle

https://profiles.ucsf.edu/sue.carlisle

https://zsfg.ucsf.edu