News & Events: Rebecca Plevin, M.D.

Like all hospital case managers,  Mike Texada works very closely with his clients. That's why his office at Zuckerman San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) is right behind the hospital's emergency room. Texada is a case manager for the Wraparound Project, a violence intervention program based at the hospital. The beeper of the caseworker on duty goes off when someone who has been violently assaulted comes into the ER.  "Victims of violence, if they survive, are at increased risk of becoming victims again," said Texada. "So, we try to turn their hospital stay into a [...]

Trauma surgeons at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center have been among the strongest proponents for physicians speaking out on the issue of gun violence and conducting research to reduce suffering and prevent needless and tragic deaths. They have harnessed the power of Twitter in the service of community outreach and effecting social change. Notably, Rachael A. Callcut, M.D., MSPH was among the group that created the Twitter handle, @ThisIsOurLane and Andre Campbell, M.D., appearing on TV and in other media outlets, has reprised the role he played in the YouTube [...]

UCSF trauma surgeon Rebecca Plevin, M.D. has been named the new director of the San Francisco Wraparound Project, the acclaimed hospital-based violence intervention program based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Plevin received her M.D. from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine and completed her residency in general surgery at the University of Washington.  She then completed a fellowship at UCSF in surgical critical care and trauma and emergency general surgery at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focus is on injury [...]