Ian Soriano, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

ian.soriano@ucsf.edu

Dr. Ian S. Soriano, MD is Associate Professor of Surgery and Director of Robotic Surgery, UCSF Department of Surgery. He is the Interim Executive Medical Director of Adult Surgical Services and Co-Director of the Clinical Performance Improvement Committee for UCSF Health. His clinical specialties include general, gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery.

Dr. Soriano completed a combined undergrad and medical school program at the University of the Philippines. He trained in general surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia followed by a fellowship in Minimally Invasive and Bariatric Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Florida. Prior to joining UCSF, he was a highly respected and clinically busy academic surgeon in Philadelphia for over 15 years, most recently as Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, as well as Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and was awarded Honorary Fellow of both the Philippine College of Surgeons and Philippine Association of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons. He is on the editorial board of multiple surgical journals and leads multiple committees in leading surgical societies.

Awards

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  • Haile T. Debas Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF, 2022
  • Honorary Fellow, Philippine College of Surgeons, 2021
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award in Surgical Innovation, University of the Philippines Alumni Association, 2019
  • Fellow, American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery, 2015
  • Honorary Fellow, Philippines Association of Laparoscopic and Endoscopic Surgeons, 2012
  • Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 2008

Education & Training

  • Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety University of Pennsylvania 2020
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery, Fellowship Cleveland Clinic 2007
  • Surgery, Residency Albert Einstein Medical Center 2006
  • Surgery, Internship Mount Sinai Hospital 2001
  • MD Medicine University of the Philippines 1997

Interests

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  • Robotic Surgery
  • Global Surgery
  • Minimally Invasive Surgery
  • Bariatric Surgery
  • Quality Improvement

Websites

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Publications (23)

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