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Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD

Surgical Critical Care
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Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith, MD

Surgical Critical Care

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About me

Dr. Lucy Zumwinkle Kornblith is a surgeon who specializes in traumatic injuries and other conditions requiring acute care. At both UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), she cares for patients with a range of urgent conditions, including brain injuries; strokes; respiratory distress and failure; organ failure; and severe episodes of illnesses involving the heart and lungs, liver, kidneys or brain. She also cares for patients who need organ or bone marrow transplants and other procedures, including surgeries on the heart, vascular system, brain and spine.

Kornblith directs a UCSF-ZSFG research collaboration focused on the science of acute bleeding in injured patients. Her research is funded in part by the National Institutes of Health.

Kornblith earned her medical degree at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. She completed a general surgery residency at UCSF, where she also completed fellowships in surgical critical care and trauma surgery.

Kornblith is a recipient of the UCSF Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators' Excellence in Teaching Award and the Fred H. and Esther E. Nusz Achievement Award. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons.

Education & training

Board certification

  • Surgical Critical Care, American Board of Surgery
  • General Surgery, American Board of Surgery

Fellowship

  • Trauma Surgery, San Francisco General Hospital / UCSF
  • Surgical Critcal Care, San Francisco General Hospital / UCSF

Residency

  • General Surgery, UCSF Graduate Medical Education

Internship

  • General Surgery, UCSF Graduate Medical Education

Degree

  • MD, University of Colorado School of Medicine

My expertise

  • Specialties
    • Surgical Critical Care

My research

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