Karen Trang, MD

Title(s)RESIDENT PHYSICIAN, Surgery
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address35 Medical Center Way
San Francisco CA 94143
Phone415-476-1239
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    Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CAB.S.06/2014Biochemistry
    Stanford University, Stanford, CAM.D.07/2019Medicine
    UC San Francisco, San Francisco, CA07/2026General Surgery
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    American Association of University Women2014Gayle Uilkema Scholarship Recipient for Academic Excellence and Community Service
    Saint Mary's College of CA2014Linus Pauling Award Recipient for Outstanding Scholarship in Biochemistry
    Saint Mary's College of CA2014De La Salle Award Recipient for Highest Scholarship Record and General Excellence
    29th Annual Meeting of the Wound Healing Society2017Young Investigator Award Finalist for Top Scoring Abstract

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    Karen Trang, M.D. is currently a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. She obtained her B.S. in Biochemistry at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, where she was the recipient of the De La Salle award, the highest academic honor award. Following her undergraduate education, she performed basic/translational research in HIV/Immunology in the McCune Lab at UCSF. She subsequently obtained her M.D. Stanford University School of Medicine where she performed clinical research in Vascular Surgery under the medical scholars fellowship.

    Dr. Trang has developed an interest in clinical informatics while undergoing her training at UCSF and is eager to work towards becoming a surgeon-informatician.

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    1. Assessing the role of robotic proctectomy in obese patients: a contemporary NSQIP analysis. J Robot Surg. 2022 Feb 11. Glencer AC, Lin JA, Trang K, Greenberg A, Kirkwood KS, Adam MA, Sarin A. PMID: 35147841.
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    2. MicroRNAs are Necessary for BMP-7-induced Dendritic Growth in Cultured Rat Sympathetic Neurons. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2019 Oct; 39(7):917-934. Pravoverov K, Whiting K, Thapa S, Bushong T, Trang K, Lein PJ, Chandrasekaran V. PMID: 31104181; PMCID: PMC6713596.
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    3. Smoking Cessation in Elective Surgery. Am Surg. 2019 Apr 01; 85(4):e193-e194. Trang K, Spain DA. PMID: 31043211.
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    4. Long-term outcomes after repair of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg. 2018 11; 68(5):1360-1366. Chandra V, Trang K, Virgin-Downey W, Dalman RL, Mell MW. PMID: 29705087.
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    5. Video-Based Learning vs Traditional Lecture for Instructing Emergency Medicine Residents in Disaster Medicine Principles of Mass Triage, Decontamination, and Personal Protective Equipment. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2018 Feb; 33(1):7-12. Curtis HA, Trang K, Chason KW, Biddinger PD. PMID: 29317001.
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    6. Management and outcomes of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms during the past 20 years. J Vasc Surg. 2017 12; 66(6):1679-1685. Chandra V, Trang K, Virgin-Downey W, Tran K, Harris EJ, Dalman RL, Lee JT, Mell MW. PMID: 28619644.
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    7. Relative mRNA Expression Levels of Restriction Factors and Antiviral Genes in Fetal and Adult Human Monocytes and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages. Viral Immunol. 2017 04; 30(3):142-148. Trang K, Raposo RA, Lowe MM, Krow-Lucal ER, Yonemoto W, Cabido VD, SenGupta D, McCune JM. PMID: 28151065; PMCID: PMC5393417.
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