News & Events: Evan Werlin, M.D.

We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Evan C. Werlin, M.D., a rising chief resident in General Surgery, and a beloved colleague and friend. Evan Charles Werlin was born December 22, 1985 and passed peacefully May 27, 2020 following a three-year hard fought battle against a rare form of cancer. Evan excelled at everything he did; graduating from Brown University Magna cum laude, and The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; and happily became a stellar general surgery resident at UCSF. During that time, Evan received numerous awards including the prestigious Teaching [...]

Evan C. Werlin, M.D., a Resident Research Fellow in General Surgery, is the recipient of the The Teaching Excellence Award for Cherished Housestaff (T.E.A.C.H.) from the UCSF School of Medicine. The official announcement reads: Each year the graduating UCSF medical school class presents the T.E.A.C.H. award to only five residents who have been outstanding teachers, mentors, and role models to medical students during their clinical years at UCSF. On behalf of the UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2017, Evan Werlin was chosen among the many very impressive nominees. This award speaks highly [...]

Michael S. Conte, M.D., Professor and Chief of the Division of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery  and Director of the Conte Lab, has been awarded two grants to develop a prototype medical device that will deliver bioactive lipid mediators to prevent "restenosis", the recurrent narrowing of blood vessels following interventions such as angioplasty, stenting, and bypass surgery. The bioactive compounds are being developed in the Conte Lab.  The first grant, a $200.000 Technology Development Award from the UC Center for Accelerated Innovation, is funded through a combination of grants and [...]

Second-year General and Plastic Surgery residents (pictured left to right) Jeremy Sharib, M.D., Kelly Mahuron, M.D., Rachel Lentz, M.D., Nicole Conkling, M.D., Yeranui Ledesma, M.D., Anamaria Robles, M.D., Evan Werlin, M.D., Jarrett Moyer, M.D., Courtney Green, M.D., Daniel Balkin, M.D, Ph.D, and Hubert Luu, M.D. were the recipients of surgical loupes at the annual "Historical Perspectives" from the Department of Surgery Grand Rounds. A set of loupes was gifted to each resident in honor of a distinguished alumnus of the UCSF Surgery Residency training program, many of whom were present at the [...]

General surgery residents Bian Wu, M.D. (left), Evan Werlin, M.D. (center) and Victoria Lyo, M.D. (right), coached by Matthew Y.C. Lin, M.D., Assistant Professor Surgery, Division of General Surgery, were winners of the the first laparoscopic competition held at the Northern California Chapter of the American College of Surgeons educational meeting on May 17, 2014. The event was a regional competition between teams consisting of three residents from UCSF, Stanford, UC Davis, UCSF East Bay and UCSF Fresno. The surgical techniques were variations on tasks from the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic [...]