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Dr. Clary, Chair of SurgeryDr. Bryan M. Clary

Chair and Professor
Department of Surgery

Bryan Clary, M.D., M.B.A., FACS is a board-certified surgeon who provides surgical care for patients with diseases of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts at UC San Diego Health. He is a part of the gastrointestinal and pancreatic cancer teams. Dr. Clary has extensive experience in performing surgeries associated with cancers of the liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and bile ducts. He is nationally recognized for excellent outcomes following these complex procedures.

Dr. Clary was recruited in 2015 to lead UC San Diego's highly ranked and widely recognized surgery programs as the Chair of the Department of Surgery for UC San Diego School of Medicine and as Surgeon-in-Chief for UC San Diego Health.

A native of the Imperial Valley, Dr. Clary completed undergraduate studies at UC San Diego in Bioengineering; earned his medical degree from University of California, San Francisco; and completed general surgery residency training at Duke University Medical Center. He then performed a fellowship in advanced cancer surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center before returning to Duke to join the surgery faculty.

Dr. Clary served as chief of hepatobiliary surgery at Duke University Medical Center for 15 years, and as vice-chief of the Division of Surgical Oncology. He earned numerous awards for his clinical care, teaching and research. His research is focused on developing new therapies for metastatic liver cancer and on improving surgical outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for cancers of the liver, pancreas and bile ducts. He is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and serves on the executive councils of the Society for Clinical Surgery and the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association.

 

Dr. Sarah Blair

Dr. Sarah Blair
Vice Chair
Academic Affairs

Dr. Yuan Chen

Dr. Yuan Chen

Division Chief
Division of Surgical Sciences
Professor, Department of Surgery and Moores Cancer Center
Chen Lab

Dr. Jay Doucet

Dr. Jay Doucet

Division Chief
Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, Burns, and Acute Care Surgery
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Director
Surgical Intensive Care

Dr. Timothy Fairbanks

Dr. Timothy Fairbanks

Division Chief
Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital
Vice Chair
Pediatric Surgery

Dr. Amanda Gosman

Dr. Amanda Gosman

Division Chief
Plastic Surgery

Dr. Jeffrey Harris

Dr. Jeffrey Harris

Division Chief
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Dr. Santiago Horgan

Dr. Santiago Horgan

Division Chief
Minimally Invasive Surgery
Vice Chair
Business Development/Center for the Future of Surgery

Dr. Andrew Lowy

Dr. Andrew Lowy

Division Chief
Surgical Oncology

Dr. Michael Madani

Dr. Michael Madani

Division Chief
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Dr. Mahmoud Malas

Dr. Mahmoud Malas

Division Chief
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
Professor of Surgery

Dr. Kristin Mekeel

Dr. Kristin Mekeel

Division Chief
Hepatobiliary and Transplant Surgery
Vice Chair
Quality and Patient Safety

Dr. Geoffroy Noel

Dr. Geoffroy Noel

Division Chief
Anatomy

Dr. Bruce Potenza

Dr. Bruce Potenza

Vice Chair
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Professor of Surgery

Dr. Sonia Ramamoorthy

Dr. Sonia Ramamoorthy

Division Chief
Colorectal Surgery

Casey Sandack

Casey Sandack

Vice Chair
Administration

Dr. Jason Sicklick

Dr. Jason Sicklick

Vice Chair
Research

Dr. Anne Wallace

Dr. Anne Wallace

Division Chief
Breast Surgery
Professor of Surgery