Marissa Boeck, MD, MPH

Asst Professor In Residence

Marissa Boeck, MD, MPH, FACS, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery in the School of Medicine, where she serves as an acute care and trauma surgeon and surgical critical care intensivist at both Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Parnassus. Marissa became faculty in 2020 after finishing her fellowship training at UCSF, at which time she also became an Associate Director of the Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) and the surgery lead of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Emergency, Critical, and Operative (ECO) Care. Marissa's academic pursuits are driven by the realization where someone lives is inextricably linked to how or even if they live, and dismantling this disparity through research and policy feeds her passion to partner with communities to optimize injury prevention and outcomes, and surgical and trauma care and system development, with a focus on underserved populations. Current projects include addressing injury survivor post-discharge social needs and measuring long-term patient reported outcomes, improving access to surgical care for people experiencing homelessness, designing trauma informed care interventions for the acute care surgery context, exploring firearm injury risk factors in California communities, and assessing the impact of pre-hospital care on trauma outcomes in Kenya.

Education
11/2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California, San Francisco
07/2020 - Trauma Surgery Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
07/2019 - Surgical Critical Care Fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
06/2018 - General Surgery Residency, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia
MPH, 05/2015 - Health Systems & Policy, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Global Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
MD, 05/2011 - Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College
BA, 05/2006 - Philosophy, Macaulay Honors College at Hunter College
Honors and Awards
  • Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar, National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2024
  • AAMC Early Career Women Faculty Leadership Development Seminar Sponsorship, University of California, San Francisco Office of Diversity & Outreach & SOM Academic Affairs, 2024
  • Early Career Global Health Scientist Award, Institute for Global Health Sciences Affiliate Program, University of California, San Francisco, 2023
  • Muriel Steele Society Influential Women in Surgery Honor Roll, University of California, San Francisco, 2021-2023
  • Visiting Early Career Faculty Mentorship & Sponsorship Program Awardee, University of California, 2021
  • National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity Faculty Success Program Tuition Scholarship, University of California, San Francisco Academic Senate and Equal Opportunity Committee, 2021
  • Excellence in Teaching Award for General Teaching, University of California, San Francisco Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, 2021
Websites
Publications

  1. Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Ibingira T, Stephens C, Koch R, Boeck MA, Ozgediz D, Namugga M. Ugandan Physician Attitudes towards a Potential, Local Trauma Fellowship Program. Research square 2025. PMID: 39801520


  2. Trang K, Pierce L, Wick EC, Vu L, Dicker R, Boeck MA, Garber K, Hirose K. Promoting Resident Education Priorities With an Acute Care Surgery Service Dashboard. Journal of surgical education 2024. PMID: 39644700


  3. Bucyk TB, Collins CR, Macuja JT, Boeck MA, Wong JK. Subclavian line infiltration causing neck compartment syndrome and bradycardic arrest: A case report. Volume 52. Trauma case reports 2024. PMID: 38957175


  4. Boeck MA. Invited Commentary: Defining the Surgical Trainee's Role in Global Surgery. Volume 237 of Issue 6. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2023. PMID: 37787409


  5. Poppens M, Oke R, Carvalho M, Ledesma Y, Okullu S, Ariokot MG, Agwang E, Ekuchu P, Wange H, Boeck M, Juillard C, Ajiko MM, Dicker R. In-Hospital Obstetric Delays in Rural Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of a Hospital Cohort. Volume 47 of Issue 6. World journal of surgery 2023. PMID: 36897375


  7. Harrell Shreckengost CS, Foianini JE, Moron Encinas KM, Tola Guarachi H, Abril K, Amin D, Berkowitz D, Castater CA, Douglas JM, Grant AA, Khullar OV, Lane AN, Lin A, Niroula A, Nizam A, Rashied A, Reitz AW, Roser SM, Spychalski J, Arap SS, Bento RF, Ciaralo PPD, Imamura R, Kowalski LP, Mahmoud A, Mariani AW, Menegozzo CAM, Minamoto H, Montenegro FLM, Pêgo-Fernandes PM, Santos J, Utiyama EM, Sreedharan JK, Kalchiem-Dekel O, Nguyen J, Dhamsania RK, Allen K, Modzik A, Pathak V, White C, Blas J, Talal El-Abur I, Tirado G, Yánez Benítez C, Weiser TG, Barry M, Boeck M, Farrell M, Greenberg A, Miller P, Park P, Camazine M, Dillon D, Smith RN. Outcomes of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Multinational Cohort Study. Volume 4 of Issue 11. Critical Care Explorations 2022. PMID: 36440062


  8. Miller P, Laverde R, Thompson A, Park P, Ozgediz D, Boeck MA. COVID-19, Racial Injustice, and Medical Student Engagement With Global Health: A Single-Institution Survey. Volume 283. The Journal of surgical research 2022. PMID: 36915010


  9. Starr S, Kim WC, Oke R, Carvalho M, Ledesma Y, Okullu S, Ariokot MG, Wange AH, Agwang E, Ekuchu P, Boeck M, Juillard C, Ajiko MM, Dicker RA. The Third Delay in General Surgical Care in a Regional Referral Hospital in Soroti, Uganda. Volume 46 of Issue 9. World journal of surgery 2022. PMID: 35618947


  10. Bryant MK, Tatebe LC, Siva NR, Udekwu PO, Wurzelmann M, Crandall ML, Zuniga YD, Tran V, Santos A, Krause C, Turay D, Nordham KD, Taghavi S, Dreesen EB, Scarlet S, Snyder A, Applewhite M, Patel P, Schroeppel TJ, Rodriquez J, Kornblith LZ, Boeck MA, Bonne S, Tufariello A, Maine RG. Outcomes after emergency general surgery and trauma care in incarcerated individuals: An EAST multicenter study. Volume 93 of Issue 1. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2022. PMID: 35358121


  11. Nguyen NT, Ding K, Oke R, Tanjong MS, Mbuh L, Mbianyor MA, Carvalho M, Dissak Delon FN, Boeck M, Collins C, Yenshu EV, Etoundi GA, Juillard C, Mefire AC. Evaluating Shifts in Perception After a Pilot Trauma Quality Improvement Training Course in Cameroon. Volume 276. The Journal of surgical research 2022. PMID: 35344741


  12. Boeck MA, Wei W, Robles AJ, Nwabuo AI, Plevin RE, Juillard CJ, Bibbins-Domingo K, Hubbard A, Dicker RA. Structural Violence Trap: Disparity in Homicide, Chronic Disease Death, and Social Factors across San Francisco Neighborhoods. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34662736


  13. Boeck MA, Juillard CJ, Dicker RA, Joseph BA, Sakran JV. Turning value into action: Healthcare workers using digital media advocacy to drive change. Volume 16 of Issue 4. PloS one 2021. PMID: 33914809


  14. Matthay ZA, Kornblith AE, Matthay EC, Sedaghati M, Peterson S, Boeck M, Bongiovanni T, Campbell A, Chalwell L, Colwell C, Farrell MS, Kim WC, Knudson MM, Mackersie R, Li L, Nunez-Garcia B, Langness S, Plevin RE, Sammann A, Tesoriero R, Stein DM, Kornblith LZ. The DISTANCE study: Determining the impact of social distancing on trauma epidemiology during the COVID-19 epidemic-An interrupted time-series analysis. Volume 90 of Issue 4. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery 2021. PMID: 33252457


  15. Bhatia MB, Mohan SC, Blair KJ, Boeck MA, Bhalla A, Sharma S, Helenowski I, Tatebe LC, Nwomeh BC, Swaroop M. Surgical and Trauma Capacity Assessment in Rural Haryana, India. Volume 87 of Issue 1. Annals of global health 2021. PMID: 33614421


  16. Rook JM, Wood E, Boeck MA, Blair KJ, Monroy A, Ludi E, Keller EJ, Victorson D, Foíanini E, Swaroop M. The Bolivian trauma patient's experience: A qualitative needs assessment. Volume 52 of Issue 2. Injury 2020. PMID: 33386153


  17. Ding K, Nguyen N, Carvalho M, Dissak Delon FN, Mekolo D, Nkusu D, Tchekep MS, Oke RA, Mbianyor MA, Yenshu EV, Boeck M, Collins C, Jackson N, Mefire AC, Juillard C. Baseline Patient Safety Culture in Cameroon: Setting a Foundation for Trauma Quality Improvement. Volume 255. The Journal of surgical research 2020. PMID: 32593889


  18. Blair KJ, Monroy A, Rook JM, Wood E, Foianini JE, Haider AH, Swaroop M, Boeck MA. What is trauma? Qualitatively assessing stakeholder perceptions in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. Volume 15 of Issue 9. Global public health 2020. PMID: 32379009


  19. Corsini EM, Boeck M, Hughes KA, Logghe HJ, Pitt SC, Stamp N, Antonoff MB. Global Impact of Social Media on Women in Surgery. Volume 86 of Issue 2. The American surgeon 2020. PMID: 32106909


  20. Eyob B, Boeck MA, FaSiOen P, Cawich S, Kluger MD. Ensuring safe surgical care across resource settings via surgical outcomes data & quality improvement initiatives. Volume 72S. International journal of surgery (London, England) 2019. PMID: 31394278


  21. Ludi E, Boeck M, South S, Monasterio J, Swaroop M, Foianini E. Geriatric Trauma in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. Volume 244. The Journal of surgical research 2019. PMID: 31299438


  22. Cherukupalli S, Bhatia MB, Boeck MA, Blair KJ, Nagarajan N, Gupta S, Tatebe LC, Sharma S, Bhalla A, Nwomeh BC, Swaroop M. SOSAS Study in Rural India: Using Accredited Social Health Activists as Enumerators. Volume 85 of Issue 1. Annals of global health 2019. PMID: 30896129


  23. Mwita C, Negesa R, Boeck M, Wandera A. Open abdomen management and outcomes: two case reports from western Kenya and a review of literature from Africa. Volume 32. The Pan African medical journal 2019. PMID: 31143338


  24. Boeck MA, Goodman LF, Lin Y, Wilczak B, Tefera G. American College of Surgeons Member Involvement in Global Surgery: Results from the 2015 Operation Giving Back Survey. Volume 42 of Issue 7. World journal of surgery 2018. PMID: 29411067


  25. Logghe HJ, Selby LV, Boeck MA, Stamp NL, Chuen J, Jones C. The academic tweet: Twitter as a tool to advance academic surgery. Volume 226. The Journal of surgical research 2018. PMID: 29622401


  26. Logghe HJ, Boeck MA, Gusani NJ, Hardaway JC, Hughes KA, Mouawad NJ, Kulaylat AN, Hoffman RL, Turner P, Jones C, Leichtle SW. Best Practices for Surgeons' Social Media Use: Statement of the Resident and Associate Society of the American College of Surgeons. Volume 226 of Issue 3. Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2017. PMID: 29224795


  27. Boeck MA, Callese TE, Nelson SK, Schuetz SJ, Fuentes Bazan C, Saavedra Laguna JMP, Shapiro MB, Issa NM, Swaroop M. The development and implementation of a layperson trauma first responder course in La Paz, Bolivia: A pilot study. Volume 49 of Issue 5. Injury 2017. PMID: 29198373


  28. Peck G, Blitzer D, Boeck MA, de Moya M, Ferrada P, Vaz Ferreira R, Gracias V, Meara JG, Mejia Toro D, Ribeiro M, Rodas E, Sakran JV, Schroeder ME, Milena del Valle A, Zakrison TL. Acute care surgery’s role in expanding the surgical workforce in Latin America ACS Bulletin 2017. PMID:


  29. Blair KJ, Boeck MA, Gallardo Barrientos JL, Hidalgo López JL, Helenowski IB, Nwomeh BC, Shapiro MB, Swaroop M. Assessment of Surgical and Trauma Capacity in Potosí, Bolivia. Volume 83 of Issue 2. Annals of global health 2017. PMID: 28619401


  30. Logghe HJ, Boeck MA, Atallah SB. Decoding Twitter: Understanding the History, Instruments, and Techniques for Success. Volume 264 of Issue 6. Annals of surgery 2016. PMID: 27322186


  31. Boeck MA, Nagarajan N, Gupta S, Varadaraj V, Groen RS, Shrestha S, Gurung S, Kushner AL, Nwomeh B, Swaroop M. Assessing access to surgical care in Nepal via a cross-sectional, countrywide survey. Volume 160 of Issue 2. Surgery 2016. PMID: 27158120


  32. Boeck MA, Blair KJ, Foianini JE, Perry HB, Mata LV, Aboutanos MB, Haider AH, Swaroop M. Implementation of a Hospital-Based Trauma Registry in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia: Methodology, Preliminary Results, and Lessons Learned Panamerican Journal of Trauma, Critical Care & Emergency Surgery 2016. PMID:


  33. Boeck MA, Nagarajan N, Swaroop M. The Role of Public Health in a Global Surgery Fellowship. Volume 72 of Issue 5. Journal of surgical education 2015. PMID: 26210253


  34. Yount KW, Reames BN, Kensinger CD, Boeck MA, Thompson PW, Forrester JD, Upchurch GR, Gauger PG, Kron IL, Lau CL. Resident awareness of documentation requirements and reimbursement: a multi-institutional survey. Volume 97 of Issue 3. The Annals of thoracic surgery 2013. PMID: 24315406


  35. Jain S, Ward MM, O'Loughlin J, Boeck M, Wiener N, Chuang E, Cigler T, Moore A, Donovan D, Lam C, Cobham MV, Schneider S, Christos P, Baergen RN, Swistel A, Lane ME, Mittal V, Rafii S, Vahdat LT. Incremental increase in VEGFR1⁺ hematopoietic progenitor cells and VEGFR2⁺ endothelial progenitor cells predicts relapse and lack of tumor response in breast cancer patients. Volume 132 of Issue 1. Breast cancer research and treatment 2011. PMID: 22160642