University of California San Francisco

Trang, Karen
Karen
Trang
MD

Resident (PGY-4)
General Surgery

[email protected]

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
UC San Francisco Clinical Informatics 07/2026
UC San Francisco General Surgery 07/2026
Stanford University M.D. Medicine 07/2019
Saint Mary's College of California B.S. Biochemistry 06/2014

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Young Investigator Award Finalist for Top Scoring Abstract 29th Annual Meeting of the Wound Healing Society 2017
Gayle Uilkema Scholarship Recipient for Academic Excellence and Community Service American Association of University Women 2014
De La Salle Award Recipient for Highest Scholarship Record and General Excellence Saint Mary's College of CA 2014
Linus Pauling Award Recipient for Outstanding Scholarship in Biochemistry Saint Mary's College of CA 2014

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 21
  1. Increasing the use of language-concordant discharge instructions in general surgery: A resident-led quality improvement initiative.
    Baskin AS, Romero-Hernandez F, Trang K, Cevallos J, Hernandez S, Colley A, Record H, Dao J, Soriano I, Bongiovanni T, Wick E| | PubMed
  2. Large language models can accurately populate Vascular Quality Initiative procedural databases using narrative operative reports.
    Flanagan CP, Trang K, Nacario J, Schneider PA, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Wick EC, Conway AM| | PubMed
  3. Promoting Resident Education Priorities With an Acute Care Surgery Service Dashboard.
    Trang K, Pierce L, Wick EC, Vu L, Dicker R, Boeck MA, Garber K, Hirose K| | PubMed
  4. Electronic Surgical Consent Delivery Via Patient Portal to Improve Perioperative Efficiency.
    Trang K, Decker HC, Gonzalez A, Pierce L, Shui AM, Melton-Meaux GB, Wick EC| | PubMed
  5. Association between gastrointestinal symptoms and specialty care utilization among colon cancer survivors: a cohort study.
    Edwards AL, Trang K, Tolstykh IV, Van Blarigan EL, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Stanfield D, Steiding P, Neuhaus J, Atreya CE, Piawah S, Venook AP, Varma MG| | PubMed
  6. Promoting Female Surgeons Through Structured Award Nominations.
    Trang K, Stephens CQ, Flanagan C, Yap A, Brown A, Kelly Y, Yeo HL, Sosa JA, Kornblith LZ, Varma MG| | PubMed
  7. The Impact of Using Electronic Consents on Documentation of Language-Concordant Surgical Consent for Patients with Limited English Proficiency.
    Trang K, Pierce L, Wick EC| | PubMed
  8. We asked the experts: Normalize challenges, build community, and develop mentorship: A guide for proactive institutional support for child rearing during surgical training.
    Colley A, Yap A, Trang K, Kornblith LZ, Varma MG, Vu L| | PubMed
  9. Reducing Carbon Footprint in Travel to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting: Striking a Balance Between Environmental Impact and Collaborative Opportunities.
    Trang K, Fung BSC, Lamb T, Moloo H, Wick EC| | PubMed
  10. Large Language Model-Based Chatbot vs Surgeon-Generated Informed Consent Documentation for Common Procedures.
    Decker H, Trang K, Ramirez J, Colley A, Pierce L, Coleman M, Bongiovanni T, Melton GB, Wick E| | PubMed
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MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 21
  1. Increasing the use of language-concordant discharge instructions in general surgery: A resident-led quality improvement initiative.
    Baskin AS, Romero-Hernandez F, Trang K, Cevallos J, Hernandez S, Colley A, Record H, Dao J, Soriano I, Bongiovanni T, Wick E| | PubMed
  2. Large language models can accurately populate Vascular Quality Initiative procedural databases using narrative operative reports.
    Flanagan CP, Trang K, Nacario J, Schneider PA, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Wick EC, Conway AM| | PubMed
  3. Promoting Resident Education Priorities With an Acute Care Surgery Service Dashboard.
    Trang K, Pierce L, Wick EC, Vu L, Dicker R, Boeck MA, Garber K, Hirose K| | PubMed
  4. Electronic Surgical Consent Delivery Via Patient Portal to Improve Perioperative Efficiency.
    Trang K, Decker HC, Gonzalez A, Pierce L, Shui AM, Melton-Meaux GB, Wick EC| | PubMed
  5. Association between gastrointestinal symptoms and specialty care utilization among colon cancer survivors: a cohort study.
    Edwards AL, Trang K, Tolstykh IV, Van Blarigan EL, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Stanfield D, Steiding P, Neuhaus J, Atreya CE, Piawah S, Venook AP, Varma MG| | PubMed
  6. Promoting Female Surgeons Through Structured Award Nominations.
    Trang K, Stephens CQ, Flanagan C, Yap A, Brown A, Kelly Y, Yeo HL, Sosa JA, Kornblith LZ, Varma MG| | PubMed
  7. The Impact of Using Electronic Consents on Documentation of Language-Concordant Surgical Consent for Patients with Limited English Proficiency.
    Trang K, Pierce L, Wick EC| | PubMed
  8. We asked the experts: Normalize challenges, build community, and develop mentorship: A guide for proactive institutional support for child rearing during surgical training.
    Colley A, Yap A, Trang K, Kornblith LZ, Varma MG, Vu L| | PubMed
  9. Reducing Carbon Footprint in Travel to the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Meeting: Striking a Balance Between Environmental Impact and Collaborative Opportunities.
    Trang K, Fung BSC, Lamb T, Moloo H, Wick EC| | PubMed
  10. Large Language Model-Based Chatbot vs Surgeon-Generated Informed Consent Documentation for Common Procedures.
    Decker H, Trang K, Ramirez J, Colley A, Pierce L, Coleman M, Bongiovanni T, Melton GB, Wick E| | PubMed
  11. Paging the Clinical Informatics Community: Respond STAT to Dobbs v. Jackson's Women's Health Organization.
    Arvisais-Anhalt S, Ravi A, Weia B, Aarts J, Ahmad HB, Araj E, Bauml JA, Benham-Hutchins M, Boyd AD, Brecht-Doscher A, Butler-Henderson K, Butte AJ, Cardilo AB, Chilukuri N, Cho MK, Cohen JK, Craven CK, Crusco S, Dadabhoy F, Dash D, DeBolt C, Elkin PL, Fayanju OA, Fochtmann LJ, Graham JV, Hanna JJ, Hersh W, Hofford MR, Hron JD, Huang SS, Jackson BR, Kaplan B, Kelly W, Ko K, Koppel R, Kurapati N, Labbad G, Lee JJ, Lehmann CU, Leitner S, Liao ZC, Medford RJ, Melnick ER, Muniyappa AN, Murray SG, Neinstein AB, Nichols-Johnson V, Novak LL, Ogan WS, Ozeran L, Pageler NM, Pandita D, Perumbeti A, Petersen C, Pierce L, Puttagunta R, Ramaswamy P, Rogers KM, Rosenbloom ST, Ryan A, Saleh S, Sarabu C, Schreiber R, Shaw KA, Sim I, Sirintrapun SJ, Solomonides A, Spector JD, Starren JB, Stoffel M, Subbian V, Swanson K, Tomes A, Trang K, Unertl KM, Weon JL, Whooley MA, Wiley K, Williamson DFK, Winkelstein P, Wong J, Xie J, Yarahuan JKW, Yung N, Zera C, Ratanawongsa N, Sadasivaiah S| | PubMed
  12. Using Electronic Health Record Meta-Data to Identify Variation in Trainee Progress Note Writing Patterns: Opportunity to Enhance Systems-Based Care.
    Trang K, Pierce L, Wick EC, Hirose K| | PubMed
  13. Assessing the role of robotic proctectomy in obese patients: a contemporary NSQIP analysis.
    Glencer AC, Lin JA, Trang K, Greenberg A, Kirkwood KS, Adam MA, Sarin A| | PubMed
  14. A case of prenatally diagnosed prune belly syndrome variant and congenital pouch colon in the United States: A case report
    Mignote Yilma, Karen Trang, Marisa Schwab, Max Bowman, Mark Sugi, Jesse Courtier, Laurence S. Baskin, Doruk Ozgediz| | UCSF Research Profile
  15. Getting started and sustaining change - Enhanced Recovery in Colorectal Surgery: What Works What Doesn't (Special Issue)
    Karen Trang MD, Elizabeth C. Wick MD| | UCSF Research Profile
  16. MicroRNAs are Necessary for BMP-7-induced Dendritic Growth in Cultured Rat Sympathetic Neurons.
    Pravoverov K, Whiting K, Thapa S, Bushong T, Trang K, Lein PJ, Chandrasekaran V| | PubMed
  17. Smoking Cessation in Elective Surgery.
    Trang K, Spain DA| | PubMed
  18. Long-term outcomes after repair of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms.
    Chandra V, Trang K, Virgin-Downey W, Dalman RL, Mell MW| | PubMed
  19. Video-Based Learning vs Traditional Lecture for Instructing Emergency Medicine Residents in Disaster Medicine Principles of Mass Triage, Decontamination, and Personal Protective Equipment.
    Curtis HA, Trang K, Chason KW, Biddinger PD| | PubMed
  20. Management and outcomes of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms during the past 20 years.
    Chandra V, Trang K, Virgin-Downey W, Tran K, Harris EJ, Dalman RL, Lee JT, Mell MW| | PubMed
  21. Relative mRNA Expression Levels of Restriction Factors and Antiviral Genes in Fetal and Adult Human Monocytes and Monocyte-Derived Macrophages.
    Trang K, Raposo RA, Lowe MM, Krow-Lucal ER, Yonemoto W, Cabido VD, SenGupta D, McCune JM| | PubMed