UCSF-East Bay Program History

In 1990, the East Bay Program was formed from a merging of three surgical residencies: Alameda County Medical Center, Naval Hospital in Oakland, and Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Oakland. Claude H. Organ, Jr., M.D. presided over the early maturation of our program and masterfully supervised the transition in 2001 from sponsorship by the University of California, Davis to the geographically more accessible University of California, San Francisco.

After Dr Organ's retirement, UCSF-East Bay was led by yet another icon in surgery, Alden H. Harken, MD. Dr Harken's contributions to the field of surgery are innumerable, and he was known to be a tireless advocate for residents. In 2012, He was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of University Surgeons.