University of California San Francisco

Patricia Conroy
Patricia Conroy, MD

Clinical Fellow (PGY-6)
Endocrine Surgery

    Awards & Honors

    Award Conferred By Date
    Exceptional Physician Award UCSF Health 2024
    Chesson Compassion Award UCSF, Department of Surgery 2024
    Evan C. Werlin, M.D. Lodestar Award UCSF, Department of Surgery 2024
    Outstanding Resident Research Award - Basic Science Association for Academic Surgery 2022
    Outstanding Resident Teacher Award Association for Surgical Education 2022
    Surgical Oncology T32 Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 2021/2022
    Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) TL1 Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 2020/2021
    Medical Student Teaching Award, Department of Surgery University of California, San Francisco 2020
    Medical Student Teaching Award, Department of Surgery University of California, San Francisco 2019
    H. William Scott, Jr. Prize in Surgery Vanderbilt University, Department of Surgery 2017
    Outstanding Medical Student Poster Award, First Place for Basic Science Research American College of Surgeons 2016
    Student Abstract Prize American Gastroenterological Association 2016
    Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholarship Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 2013/2017

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California, San Francisco Endocrine Surgery Fellowship 07/2025
    University of California, San Francisco General Surgery Residency 06/2024
    Vanderbilt University School of Medicine M.D. 05/2017
    Stanford University B.S. Biology 06/2013

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 34
    1. Evaluation of Culture Conducive to Academic Success by Gender at a Comprehensive Cancer Center.
      Keenan BP, Sibley A, Zhang L, Westring AF, Velazquez AI, Bank EM, Bergsland EK, Boreta L, Conroy P, Daras M, Hermiston M, Hsu G, Paris PL, Piawah S, Sinha S, Sosa JA, Tsang M, Venook AP, Wong M, Yom SS, Van Loon K| | PubMed
    2. Nerve monitoring in endocrine surgery: Practice patterns differ among surgeons for parathyroidectomy and thyroidectomy.
      Conroy PC, Wilhelm A, Rajwani T, Mulder M, Gosnell J, Shen WT, Duh QY, Roman S, Sosa JA| | PubMed
    3. A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Predict Textbook Outcome in Colectomy.
      Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy PC, Miller PN, Calthorpe L, Wang JJ, Lin JJ, Feng J, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Sarin A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    4. Routine use of intraoperative nerve monitoring is associated with a reduced risk of vocal cord dysfunction after thyroid cancer surgery.
      Wilhelm A, Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Frye W, Sosa JA, Roman S| | PubMed
    5. ASO Visual Abstract: National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma-Updates in Management and Survival.
      Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Casey M, Nunez M, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    6. National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Updates in Management and Survival.
      Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Casey M, Nunez M, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    7. Hypertension Requiring Medication Use: a Silent Predictor of Poor Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
      Lin JJ, Conroy PC, Romero-Hernandez F, Yilma M, Feng J, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Maker AV, Corvera C, Kirkwood K, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    8. Contemporary Trends in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Incidence and Survival in the United States.
      Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    9. Implementation, evaluation, and modification of a near-peer learning group in graduate surgical education.
      Conroy PC, Mohamedaly S, Karimzada M, Brian R, Im C, Hernandez S, Roman S, Hirose K, Mukhtar R, Kirkwood K, O'Sullivan P, Alseidi A| | PubMed
    10. Hand-Assisted Versus Pure Minimally-Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There a Downside to Lending a Hand?
      Miller PN, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy P, Calthorpe L, Yilma M, Mohamedaly S, Kelly YM, Feng J, Hirose K, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    11. Disease-Specific Survival Trends for Patients Presenting with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Distant Metastases in the United States, 1992-2018.
      Wilhelm A, Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Shui AM, Kitahara CM, Roman SA, Sosa JA| | PubMed
    12. Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Techniques: A Contemporary Analysis Exploring Trends, Similarities, and Differences to Open Surgery.
      Romero-Hernandez F, Mohamedaly S, Miller P, Rodriguez N, Calthorpe L, Conroy PC, Ganjouei AA, Hirose K, Maker AV, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    13. Accurate Identification of Mucinous Pancreatic Cystic Lesions Using Small-Volume Analytes.
      Caiazza F, Conroy PC, Ivry SL, York T, Lin J, Hernandez S, Hoffmann TJ, Francis SS, Park WG, Yip-Schneider MT, Schmidt CM, Brand R, Craik CS, Kirkwood K| | PubMed
    14. Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills.
      Kim EK, Conroy PC, Johnson CL, Kelly Y, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Piper ML| | PubMed
    15. Endocrine surgeons are performing more thyroid lobectomies for low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer since the 2015 ATA guidelines.
      Conroy PC, Wilhelm A, Calthorpe L, Ullmann TM, Davis S, Huang CY, Shen WT, Gosnell J, Duh QY, Roman S, Sosa JA| | PubMed
    16. Fetal therapies and trials for lysosomal storage diseases: a survey of attitudes of parents and patients.
      Schwab ME, Brown JEH, Lianoglou B, Jin C, Conroy PC, Gallagher RC, Harmatz P, MacKenzie TC| | PubMed
    17. ASO Visual Abstract: Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for the Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.
      Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Lin JA, Mohamedaly S, Kim A, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Sosa JA, Sarin A, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    18. Using the Comprehensive Complication Index to Rethink the ISGLS Criteria for Post-hepatectomy Liver Failure in an International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies.
      Calthorpe L, Rashidian N, Cacciaguerra AB, Conroy PC, Hibi T, Hilal MA, Hoffman D, Park KM, Wang J, Adam MA, Alseidi A, International Post-Hepatectomy Liver Failure Study Group| | PubMed
    19. Evaluation of Necrosis as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Indicator in Adrenocortical Carcinoma.
      Pearlstein SS, Conroy PC, Menut KC, Kim J, Graves CE, Ruiz-Cordero R, Duh QY| | PubMed
    20. ASO Author Reflections: An Objective Hospital Volume Threshold for Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
      Conroy PC, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    21. Determining Hospital Volume Threshold for Safety of Minimally Invasive Pancreaticoduodenectomy: A Contemporary Cutpoint Analysis.
      Conroy PC, Calthorpe L, Lin JA, Mohamedaly S, Kim A, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Sosa JA, Sarin A, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA| | PubMed
    22. Screening for Primary Aldosteronism is Underutilized in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
      Conroy PC, Hernandez S, Graves CE, Menut KC, Pearlstein S, Liu C, Shen WT, Gosnell J, Sosa JA, Roman S, Duh QY, Suh I| | PubMed
    23. Bursting the Hidden Curriculum Bubble: A Surgical Near-Peer Mentorship Pilot Program for URM Medical Students.
      Hernandez S, Nnamani Silva ON, Conroy P, Weiser L, Thompson A, Mohamedaly S, Coe TM, Alseidi A, Campbell AR, Sosa JA, Gosnell J, Lin MYC, Roman SA| | PubMed
    24. Screening for primary aldosteronism in the hypertensive obstructive sleep apnea population is cost-saving.
      Chomsky-Higgins Menut K, Pearlstein SS, Conroy PC, Roman SA, Shen WT, Gosnell J, Sosa JA, Duh QY, Suh I| | PubMed
    25. Evidence-Based Guidelines for Branch-Duct Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm Management: Still a Lot of Room to Grow.
      Conroy PC, Nakakura E| | PubMed
    26. Unifying the Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery Fellowship Curriculum via Delphi Consensus.
      Park KM, Rashidian N, Mohamedaly S, Brasel KJ, Conroy P, Glencer AC, He J, Passeri MJ, Katariya NN, Alseidi A, TrainHPB research group| | PubMed
    27. Jejunal prolapse and incarceration following feeding tube exchange.
      Conroy PC, Colley A, Bongiovanni T, Chang TT, Harris H| | PubMed
    28. Symptomatic duodenal web diagnosed in a young adult
      Conroy PC, Onwubiko C, Vu L| | UCSF Research Profile
    29. Enhancing Recovery After Kasai Portoenterostomy With Epidural Analgesia.
      Phelps HM, Robinson JR, Chen H, Luckett TR, Conroy PC, Gillis LA, Hays SR, Lovvorn HN| | PubMed
    30. Rapid resolution of hyperammonemia in neonates using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a platform to drive hemodialysis.
      Robinson JR, Conroy PC, Hardison D, Hamid R, Grubb PH, Pietsch JB, Lovvorn HN| | PubMed
    31. An Incidental Hypervascular Retroperitoneal Mass.
      Costacurta PW, Shaver AC, Idrees K| | PubMed
    32. Using 3D Organoid Cultures to Model Intestinal Physiology and Colorectal Cancer.
      Short SP, Costacurta PW, Williams CS| | PubMed
    33. Circadian rhythm. Dysrhythmia in the suprachiasmatic nucleus inhibits memory processing.
      Fernandez F, Lu D, Ha P, Costacurta P, Chavez R, Heller HC, Ruby NF| | PubMed
    34. Establishing a patient navigator program to reduce cancer disparities in the American Indian communities of Western South Dakota: initial observations and results.
      Petereit DG, Molloy K, Reiner ML, Helbig P, Cina K, Miner R, Spotted Tail C, Rost C, Conroy P, Roberts CR| | PubMed