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University of California, San Francisco

Plastic Surgery residency · San Francisco, CA · University of California, San Francisco programs · Program website

Some matches pending. 5 people are awaiting a decision between possible publication profiles, so these numbers may change.

Residents here publish about as much as most (4th of 11 plastic surgery residencies with complete rosters, by share who have published). 46% of their papers have a co-author at University of California, San Francisco, most often Esther A. Kim, Merisa L. Piper, and Scott L. Hansen. How residents publish ↓

23
Residents
57%
Have published here
4th of 11 residencies
4th of 11 residencies
2.07
Papers per resident-year
3rd of 11 residencies
3rd of 11 residencies
24%
Papers led by a resident
6th of 11 residencies
6th of 11 residencies
46%
With a co-author at University of California, San Francisco
7th of 11 residencies
7th of 11 residencies

Roster from the program's own pages 1 · 2, collected 2026-11-07: 23 current residents in 6 classes. Something off? Tell us

Papers

By this program's leadership and residents since 2022, 166 in all · 126 with a resident author. Updated 2026-11-08.

Trainees aren't named, for privacy. A paper is included when one of its authors is a current resident or fellow, or a graduate of the last two years, and it came out during their training.

How residents publishauthor positions, co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 14 of 23 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

57%
of trainees have published
4th of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
4th of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
2.07
papers per trainee-year
3rd of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
3rd of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
24%
of authorships as 1st author
6th of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
6th of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
7%
of trainee papers with program leadership
8th of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
8th of 11 plastic surgery residency programs with complete rosters
46%
of trainee papers with an institution co-author
126
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 130 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

1 / 2
faculty matched
23 (23–23)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
1.1
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Scott L. Hansen, MD, FACSPDHidradenitis Suppurativa and Treatments; Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation23170121.1
Esther A. Kim, MDAPD (unresolved)——000—

23 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

Plastic Surgery at University of California, San Franciscoshared by every program there, not this program's own

Institution-level: all plastic surgery publications from University of California, San Francisco and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-07; refreshed daily.

778
works per year
2nd of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
2nd of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
-1.1%
2-year growth
30th of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
30th of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
25.7%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
2nd of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
2nd of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
50.5%
cited above world average
4th of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
4th of 32 institutions with plastic surgery residencies
2022: 753 works’222023: 812 works’232024: 738 works’242025: 810 works810’252026 (so far): 788 works788’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Surgery · 3,200Dermatology · 701

Plastic Surgery research topics at University of California, San Francisco

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