Katherine Barnes, MD
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine

Katherine Barnes is a general surgery resident at UCSF. Dr. Barnes has a BS in psychobiology from UCLA and received her MD from UCSF. Her research interests include surgical education, curriculum development, and patient outcomes in surgical oncology.

Education & Training

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• M.D. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 06/2025
• B.S. Psychobiology University of California, Los Angeles 06/2020

Publications (18)

Top publication keywords:
Indocyanine GreenEsophagectomyRobotic Surgical ProceduresRoboticsLaparoscopyRectumStudents, MedicalRectal NeoplasmsAnastomotic LeakEsophagogastric JunctionTransanal Endoscopic SurgeryEndoscopy, Digestive SystemAnastomosis, SurgicalStomach NeoplasmsColectomy

• The Impact of Preoperative Invasive Nodal Staging on Unexpected Mediastinal Upstaging in Early-Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2025 Banks KC, Sarovar V, Sun A, Wile RK, Barnes KE, Velotta JB
• Using the Perspectives of Advanced Practice Providers to Design Strategies to Increase Engagement of Surgical Patients in Advance Care Planning.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2024 Johnson CL, Barnes KE, Colley A, Broering J, Yee A, Bongiovanni T, Roman S, Wick EC
• The Impact of Diagnostic Laparoscopy on Upstaging Patients with Siewert II and III Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancer.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Alcasid NJ, Fink D, Banks KC, Susai CJ, Barnes K, Wile R, Sun A, Patel A, Ashiku S, Velotta JB
• Correction: The Impact of D2 Versus D1 Lymphadenectomy in Siewert II Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancer.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Alcasid NJ, Fink D, Banks KC, Susai CJ, Barnes K, Wile R, Sun A, Patel A, Ashiku S, Velotta JB
• Initial Experience With Single-Port Robotic Right Colectomies: Results of an Investigator-Initiated Investigational Device Exemption Study Using a Novel Single-Port Robotic Platform.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2024 Sarin A, Barnes KE, Shui AM, Nakamura Y, Hoffman DB, Romero-Hernandez F, Chern H

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• The Impact of D2 Versus D1 Lymphadenectomy in Siewert II Gastroesophageal Junction (GEJ) Cancer.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2024 Alcasid NJ, Fink D, Banks KC, Susai CJ, Barnes K, Wile R, Sun A, Patel A, Ashiku S, Velotta JB
• Student challenges during third-year perioperative clerkships through the lens of faculty and residents: A qualitative study.
  The clinical teacher 2024 Wile RK, Barnes KE, Charondo LB, Breyer K, Lager J, Campbell A, O'Sullivan PS
• Robotic transanal minimally invasive repair of a colorectal anastomosis leak-a video vignette.
  Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2024 Barnes K, Romero-Hernandez F, Nakamura Y, Sarin A
• Surgery clerkship shelf performance: evaluating the impact of required didactic hours on exam scores
  Global Surgical Education 2023 H El-Sabrout, K Barnes, J Gosnell, M Lin, J Wang
• Inadequate Lymph Node Yield: An Inadequate Indication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2023 Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Hoffman D, Barnes KE, Romero-Hernandez F, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Adam MA, Sarin A
• Difficult or high risk? Objective task assessment vs. faculty perceptions of surgical skills
  Global Surgical Education 2023 AL Greenberg, KE Barnes, MM Karimzada, C Huang, A Alseidi, JH Rapp, PS O’Sullivan, H Chern, SM Syed
• Exploring the complexity and spectrum of racial/ethnic disparities in colon cancer management.
  International journal for equity in health 2023 Greenberg AL, Brand NR, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Barnes KE, Chiou SH, Rhoads KF, Adam MA, Sarin A
• Faculty entrustment of residents in the operating room: the role for surgical simulation
  Global Surgical Education 2023 AL Greenberg, KE Barnes, SM Syed, JH Rapp, A Alseidi, PS O’Sullivan, H Chern
• Beyond watching: Harnessing laparoscopy to increase medical students' engagement with robotic procedures.
  American journal of surgery 2023 Barnes KE, Brian R, Greenberg AL, Watanaskul S, Kim EK, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Effect of reduced urinary catheter duration on time to ambulation after VATS lobectomy.
  Surgery in practice and science 2022 Banks KC, Sun A, Le ST, Wei J, Hsu DS, Ely S, Barnes KE, Wile RK, Maxim C, Ashiku SK, Patel AR, Velotta JB
• Treatment and post-operative follow-up of pulmonary sclerosing pneumocytoma: A case report.
  Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) 2022 Barnes KE, Wile RK, Banks KC, Velotta JB
• Outcomes of Anastomotic Evaluation Using Indocyanine Green Fluorescence during Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy.
  The American surgeon 2022 Banks KC, Barnes KE, Wile RK, Hung YY, Santos J, Hsu DS, Choe G, Elmadhun NY, Ashiku SK, Patel AR, Velotta JB
• Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) enucleation of large gastroesophageal junction leiomyoma: A case report.
  International journal of surgery case reports 2022 Wile RK, Barnes KE, Banks KC, Velotta JB