Jessica Gosnell, M.D.
- Professor of Surgery
- Division of Surgical Oncology
- Associate Director, UCSF Surgery Clerkship Program
Contact Information
University of California, San Francisco
1600 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94143-1674
Clinic: (415) 353-7687
Fax: (415) 353-7781
[email protected]
Education
- 1986-1990 Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, BA Biology, French Studies
- 1990-1995 University of Washington, Seattle, WA, M.D. Medicine
Fellowships
- 1998-2000 Surgical Research Lab, SFGH, Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- 2002-2003 University of Sydney, Sydney Australia, TS Reeve Fellow in Endocrine Surgery
Biography
Jessica Gosnell, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Dr. Gosnell earned her BA in Biology and French Studies at Wellesley College, and her medical degree at the University of Washington in Seattle. She then completed a residency in general surgery at the UCSF-East Bay program. She received a Gastrointestinal Research Training Grant from the National Institutes of Health as a research fellow at San Francisco General Hospital (now Zuckerberg San Francisco General). She thereafter was appointed the TS Reeve International Fellow in Endocrine Surgery at the University of Sydney in Australia, later joining the Department of Surgery faculty at UCSF.
Dr. Gosnell's clinical practice in endocrine surgery focuses on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands. She is one of the founding members of the Acute Surgical Case Service at Parnassus. She is also the Director of the Endocrine Surgery Parathyroid Cryopreservation and Autotransplantation Lab. In her research, Dr. Gosnell studies new treatments for thyroid cancer through translational work and clinical trials, with a particular focus on multiple endocrine neoplasia and medullary thyroid cancer.
Dr. Gosnell is also Associate Surgery Clerkship Director to which she brings a wealth of experience in mentorship and surgical education. As a resident, she received the Hunicutt Resident Award for Excellence in Teaching for two consecutive years. In 2019, she was the recipient of the Haile T Debas Academy of Medical Educators teaching award. She was a longtime PISCES preceptor before becoming a UCSF School of Medicine Bridges Coach in 2016. As clinical educators, Coaches provide formal instruction in clinical skills as well as mentorship and support to a small group of students throughout their medical school curriculum.
Publications
MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 98
- Orlo H. Clark, MD (1941-2022). Thyroid. 2023 Apr; 33(4):395-401. View in PubMed
- Lee WG, Gosnell JE, Shen WT, Duh QY, Suh I, Chen Y. Recovery After Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: How Do Our Patients Really Feel? J Surg Res. 2022 Dec 02; 283:764-770. View in PubMed
- Bilezikian JP, Silverberg SJ, Bandeira F, Cetani F, Chandran M, Cusano NE, Ebeling PR, Formenti AM, Frost M, Gosnell J, Lewiecki EM, Singer FR, Gittoes N, Khan AA, Marcocci C, Rejnmark L, Ye Z, Guyatt G, Potts JT. Management of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. J Bone Miner Res. 2022 Nov; 37(11):2391-2403. View in PubMed
- Salesky M, Kaur G, Weiser L, Thompson A, Kim EH, Campbell AR, Sosa JA, Gosnell J, Alseidi A, Lin MYC, Roman SA. Surgical support team: Lessons learned after piloting a near peer support program for medical students during their core surgery clerkship. Am J Surg. 2023 02; 225(2):429-431. View in PubMed
- Conroy PC, Wilhelm A, Calthorpe L, Ullmann TM, Davis S, Huang CY, Shen WT, Gosnell J, Duh QY, Roman S, Sosa JA. Endocrine surgeons are performing more thyroid lobectomies for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer since the 2015 ATA guidelines. Surgery. 2022 11; 172(5):1392-1400. View in PubMed
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In the News
- UCSF Department of Surgery - - January 10, 2020The Department of Surgery is pleased to announce that Jessica Gosnell, M.D. has been named Associate Surgery Clerkship Director. Dr. Gosnell is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Her clinical practice is in endocrine surgery, focused on diseases of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands, and acute care surgery. In her research, Dr. Gosnell studies new treatments for thyroid cancer through translational work and clinical trials, with a particular focus [...]
- Department of Surgery - - April 12, 2018UCSF was recently ranked No. 4 nationally for the surgery curriculum taught in medical school, placing it in the top 2.5% of the 177 medical and osteopathic schools surveyed in the U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and professional schools. The curriculum, developed by highly acclaimed Department of Surgery faculty, encompasses didactic in-class learning fused with early longitudinal immersion in clinical teams, and an inquiry-focused learning environment that encourages [...]
- UCSF General Surgery Residency Program - - February 16, 2018The Department of Surgery has launched a new medical student portal designed as a resource and comprehensive dashboard for medical students during their surgical clerkships. The program is led by Director Andre Campbell, M.D. and Associate Director Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D. The site course coordinators are Heidi Crist and Wenia Lee. The Department of Surgery Clerkship provides UCSF medical students with a solid, enduring surgical foundation, offering diverse training opportunities including [...]
