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Maria Castro, MD

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Title(s)Resident Physician, Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address35 Medical Center Way
San Francisco CA 94143
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0002-2085-4893 Additional info
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    Maria Castro, M.D., is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She grew up in Sacramento, CA, and graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Human Biology. She completed medical school at UCSF and is currently pursuing a Master's in Education at UC Berkeley.

    Maria's clinical interests include pediatric surgery with a particular focus in pediatric trauma. Her research pursuits include surgical education, functional outcomes after pediatric injury, and the impact of health disparities on recovery after injury.

    As the 2025-2027 Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Trauma Research Fellow, Maria has implemented high-fidelity, interdisciplinary simulation-based training in pediatric trauma resuscitation.

    As a 2025-2027 Surgical Education Fellow in the UCSF Surgical Skills Lab, Maria designs the surgical curriculum for interns and second-year residents and leads weekly teaching sessions centering on open, laparoscopic, and robotic foundational skills. Her research focus in education includes studying Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) assessment frameworks. She was also selected to complete 2026-2028 Association for Surgical Education Surgical Education Research Fellowship.

    Outside of the hospital, she loves spending time with her new baby, finding the best dahlias at the farmer's market, reading in the sunshine, and scuba diving.

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    Stanford University, Stanford, CABS06/2017Human Biology
    University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CAMD05/2022Medicine
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CAMEd05/2027Health Professions Education
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    Stanford University2017Firestone Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Reserach
    Stanford University2014Genentech Foundation Grant

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    1. Machine learning improves prediction of postoperative outcomes after gastrointestinal surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Gastrointest Surg. 2024 06; 28(6):956-965. Wang J, Tozzi F, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Feng J, Calthorpe L, Castro M, Davis G, Withers J, Zhou C, Chaudhary Z, Adam M, Berrevoet F, Alseidi A, Rashidian N. PMID: 38556418.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 6     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. The Devil's in the Depot Details: Case of Iatrogenic Opioid Intoxication After Buprenorphine Injection Requiring Surgical Excision. J Addict Med. 2024 Mar-Apr 01; 18(2):212-214. Vais S, Starr N, Castro M, Brand N, Murphy A, Tesoriero R, Kryzhanovskaya I. PMID: 38345228.
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    3. The Association of Limited English Proficiency With Morbidity and Mortality After Trauma. J Surg Res. 2022 12; 280:326-332. Castro MRH, Schwartz H, Hernandez S, Calthorpe L, Fernández A, Stein D, Mackersie RC, Menza R, Bongiovanni T. PMID: 36030609.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 16     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Lessons From Learners: Adapting Medical Student Education During and Post COVID-19. Acad Med. 2021 12 01; 96(12):1671-1679. Castro MRH, Calthorpe LM, Fogh SE, McAllister S, Johnson CL, Isaacs ED, Ishizaki A, Kozas A, Lo D, Rennke S, Davis J, Chang A. PMID: 33951675; PMCID: PMC8603439.
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    5. Facial pain and sensory outcomes following resection of tumors compressing the trigeminal nerve. J Neurosurg. 2022 04 01; 136(4):1119-1127. Castro MRH, Magill ST, Morshed RA, Young JS, Braunstein SE, McDermott MW, Chang EF. PMID: 34624867.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. DNA methylation profiling demonstrates superior diagnostic classification to RNA-sequencing in a case of metastatic meningioma. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2020 06 09; 8(1):82. Vasudevan HN, Castro MRH, Lee JC, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Bush NAO, McDermott MW, Solomon DA, Perry A, Magill ST, Raleigh DR. PMID: 32517746; PMCID: PMC7285578.
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    7. More than myelin: Probing white matter differences in prematurity with quantitative T1 and diffusion MRI. Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 22:101756. Travis KE, Castro MRH, Berman S, Dodson CK, Mezer AA, Ben-Shachar M, Feldman HM. PMID: 30901711; PMCID: PMC6428958.
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