Amanda Sammann

Amanda Sammann, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a trauma surgeon at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, the only Level One Trauma Center in the San Francisco Bay Area. She received a bachelor's degree in human biology from Stanford University, a Masters in Public Health from Columbia University and a Medical Degree from UCSF. She completed her surgical training at UCSF and her critical care fellowship at Oregon Health & Sciences University. Dr. Sammann also spent two years as the Medical Fellow and Medical Director at the Silicon Valley design firm, IDEO, where she honed her skills in human-centered design. She is the Founder and Executive Director of The Better Lab, a venture that uses human-centered design to solve health care challenges. Dr. Sammann has spent a lifetime fixing broken things and is applying this passion to improving the health care experience for all.



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