Tobias Deuse, M.D., Named The Julien I. E. Hoffman, M.D. Chair in Cardiac Surgery

Tobias Deuse, M.D., associate professor of surgery and director of minimally-invasive cardiac surgery at UCSF, has been named The Julien I. E. Hoffman, M.D. Chair in Cardiac Surgery. Dr. Deuse, a cardiac and heart transplant surgeon, is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in the development of minimally-invasive techniques for mitral and aortic valve repair, demonstrating high success rates in mitral valve repair utilizing robotic-assisted (fully) endoscopic surgery or "keyhole surgery".

Dr. Deuse is also a principal investigator in the Transplant and Stem Cell Immunobiology (TSI) Laboratory at UCSF. 

The endowed chair was created to support basic science research, to increase the understanding of fundamental principles of cardiac surgery and/or that may have the potential for clinical applications in cardiac surgery. 

Julien I.E. Hoffman, M.D., in whose name the chair is endowed, is a South African-American pediatric cardiologist, professor emeritus of pediatrics, and a senior member of UCSF's Cardiovascular Research Institute.