University of California San Francisco

Anya Edwards
Anya Edwards, MD, MBA

Resident (PGY-2) 
General Surgery

[email protected]

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
University of California San Francisco MD Medicine 05/2023
Stanford University Graduate School of Business MBA Business Management 06/2013
University of California Los Angeles BS/BA Mathematics & Business/Economics 06/2007

Awards & Honors

Award Conferred By Date
Promising Medical Student Award Association for Surgical Education 2023
Center for Healthcare Value Blue Ribbon Award for High-Value Care UCSF 2022
Department of Surgery Sub-internship award for Excellence in Scholarship & Research UCSF 2022
Platinum Research Grant Association for Surgical Education Foundation (ASEF) 2021
Dean’s Commendation for Exceptional Volunteerism & Community Service UCSF 2021
Department of Surgery Tom K. Hunt Memorial Yearlong Research in General Surgery Fellowship UCSF 2021
Best Presentation UCSF Department of Surgery Research Symposium 2021

Publications

MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 46
  1. Association between adherence to the American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines and stool frequency among colon cancer survivors: a cohort study.
    Greenberg AL, Tolstykh IV, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Stanfield D, Steiding P, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Atreya CE, Piawah S, Kidder W, Venook AP, Van Blarigan EL, Varma MG| | PubMed
  2. Communicating from a Distance: Medical Student Perspectives from a Robotic Bedside Assist Simulation
    Greenberg AL, Syed S, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan P, Chern H.| | UCSF Research Profile
  3. Making the Financial Case for Surgical Resident Well-being: A Scoping Review.
    Greenberg AL, Doherty DV, Cevallos JR, Tahir P, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  4. Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
    Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM| | PubMed
  5. Association of Distance, Region, and Insurance With Advanced Colon Cancer at Initial Diagnosis.
    Brand NR, Greenberg AL, Chiou SH, Adam M, Sarin A| | PubMed
  6. The General Surgery Residency Experience: A Multicenter Study of Differences in Wellbeing by Race/Ethnicity.
    Greenberg AL, Cevallos JR, Ojute FM, Davis DL, Greene WR, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  7. Proof-of-concept for intervention to prevent post-operative ileus in patients undergoing ileostomy formation.
    Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Sarin A, Varma MG| | PubMed
  8. Mobile application adjunct to the WHO basic emergency care course: a mixed methods study.
    Tenner AG, Greenberg AL, Nicholaus P, Rose CC, Addo N, Shari CR, Friedman A, George UN, Losak MJ, Mfinanga JA, Sawe HR| | PubMed
  9. Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.
    Greenberg AL, Lin JA, Colley A, Finlayson E, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC| | PubMed
  10. From Training to Transformation: The Role of Teamwork in System-Level Change.
    Greenberg AL, Kelly YM| | PubMed
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MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 46
  1. 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
  2. An At-Home Laparoscopic Curriculum for Junior Residents in Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Urology.
    Brian R, Bayne D, Ito T, Lager J, Edwards A, Kumar S, Soriano I, O'Sullivan P, Varas J, Chern H| | PubMed
  3. Identifying Novel Inhibitors of Workplace Support and the Importance of Value Congruence and Feeling Valued in General Surgery Residency Training.
    Ojute F, Gonzales PA, Berler M, Puente N, Johnston B, Singh D, Edwards A, Lin J, Lebares C, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing| | PubMed
  4. Investigating First Year Surgery Residents' Expectations of Demand, Control, and Support During Training.
    Ojute F, Gonzales PA, Ghadimi TR, Edwards A, van der Schaaf M, Lebares C| | PubMed
  5. Investigating Workplace Support and the Importance of Psychological Safety in General Surgery Residency Training.
    Ojute F, Gonzales PA, Berler M, Puente N, Johnston B, Singh D, Edwards A, Lin J, Lebares C, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing| | PubMed
  6. Development of the Cognitive Load Inventory for Surgical Skills: preliminary validity evidence
    Edwards AL, O’Sullivan PS, Rapp JH, Alseidi A, Chern H, Sewell J, Boscardin C, Syed SM.| | UCSF Research Profile
  7. Is participation enough? Impact of simulation curriculum structure on performance of basic surgical skills
    Zhou, CJ, Edwards, AL, Brian, R, O’Sullivan, PS, Shui, AM, Cortella, A, Alseidi, A, Rapp, JH, Chern, H, Syed, SM.| | UCSF Research Profile
  8. Pretransplantation coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination requirements: A matched case-control study of factors associated with waitlist inactivation.
    Edwards AL, Tavakol MM, Mello A, Kerney J, Roberts JP| | PubMed
  9. Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis.
    Coopersmith AS, Berler MH, Johnston B, Knutilla L, Edwards AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing| | PubMed
  10. ASO Visual Abstract: Predicting Severe Complications from Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy-A Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach to Augment Clinical Judgement.
    Adam MA, Zhou H, Byrd J, Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Hall L, Jones HL, Pingpank JF, Lipton ZC, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM| | PubMed
  11. Flourishing and the Prioritization of Workplace Elements in General Surgery Residents.
    Nguyen ET, Berler MH, Gonzales PA, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing| | PubMed
  12. ASO Author Reflections: Augmenting Clinical Decision-Making Around Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Through Traditional and Machine Learning Algorithms.
    Greenberg AL, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM, Adam MA| | PubMed
  13. Predicting Severe Complications from Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach to Augment Clinical Judgment.
    Adam MA, Zhou H, Byrd J, Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Hall L, Jones HL, Pingpank JF, Lipton ZC, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM| | PubMed
  14. Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency.
    Cevallos JR, Gonzales PA, Berler MH, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-being| | PubMed
  15. Difficult or high risk? Objective task assessment vs. faculty perceptions of surgical skills
    Greenberg AL, Barnes KE, Karimzada MM, Huang CY, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O’Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM| | UCSF Research Profile
  16. Exploring the complexity and spectrum of racial/ethnic disparities in colon cancer management.
    Greenberg AL, Brand NR, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Barnes KE, Chiou SH, Rhoads KF, Adam MA, Sarin A| | PubMed
  17. Faculty Entrustment of Residents in the Operating Room: The Role for Surgical Simulation
    Greenberg AL, Barnes K, Syed S, Rapp J, Alseidi A, O’Sullivan P, Chern H| | UCSF Research Profile
  18. Beyond watching: Harnessing laparoscopy to increase medical students' engagement with robotic procedures.
    Barnes KE, Brian R, Greenberg AL, Watanaskul S, Kim EK, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H| | PubMed
  19. Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum.
    Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H| | PubMed
  20. Outcomes of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Multinational Cohort Study.
    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| | PubMed
  21. Association between adherence to the American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines and stool frequency among colon cancer survivors: a cohort study.
    Greenberg AL, Tolstykh IV, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Stanfield D, Steiding P, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Atreya CE, Piawah S, Kidder W, Venook AP, Van Blarigan EL, Varma MG| | PubMed
  22. Communicating from a Distance: Medical Student Perspectives from a Robotic Bedside Assist Simulation
    Greenberg AL, Syed S, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan P, Chern H.| | UCSF Research Profile
  23. Making the Financial Case for Surgical Resident Well-being: A Scoping Review.
    Greenberg AL, Doherty DV, Cevallos JR, Tahir P, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  24. Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
    Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM| | PubMed
  25. Association of Distance, Region, and Insurance With Advanced Colon Cancer at Initial Diagnosis.
    Brand NR, Greenberg AL, Chiou SH, Adam M, Sarin A| | PubMed
  26. The General Surgery Residency Experience: A Multicenter Study of Differences in Wellbeing by Race/Ethnicity.
    Greenberg AL, Cevallos JR, Ojute FM, Davis DL, Greene WR, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  27. Proof-of-concept for intervention to prevent post-operative ileus in patients undergoing ileostomy formation.
    Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Sarin A, Varma MG| | PubMed
  28. Mobile application adjunct to the WHO basic emergency care course: a mixed methods study.
    Tenner AG, Greenberg AL, Nicholaus P, Rose CC, Addo N, Shari CR, Friedman A, George UN, Losak MJ, Mfinanga JA, Sawe HR| | PubMed
  29. Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.
    Greenberg AL, Lin JA, Colley A, Finlayson E, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC| | PubMed
  30. From Training to Transformation: The Role of Teamwork in System-Level Change.
    Greenberg AL, Kelly YM| | PubMed
  31. Well-Being Intervention in General Surgery: Multicenter Study of Program Director and Resident Perspectives.
    Greenberg AL, Tenzing N, Ghadimi TR, Tilahun MN, Berler MH, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-Being| | PubMed
  32. Flourishing as a Guide to Intervention: A National Multicenter Study of General Surgery Residents
    Greenberg AL, Boscardin C, Lebares CC, and the General Surgery Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing| | UCSF Research Profile
  33. Emotional Regulation in Surgery: Fostering Well-Being, Performance, and Leadership.
    Greenberg AL, Sullins VF, Donahue TR, Sundaram VM, Saldinger PF, Divino CM, Anton NE, Stefanidis D, Reilly LM, Egan RJ, Beals CKJ, Riall TS, Duh QY, Mukhtar RA, Hirose K, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  34. 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
  35. Validity evidence for flourishing as a measure of global wellbeing: a national multicenter study of academic general surgery residents
    Lebares CC, Greenberg AL, Gonzales PA, Boscardin CK, and the General Surgery Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing| | UCSF Research Profile
  36. Risk factors and outcomes associated with postoperative ileus following ileostomy formation: a retrospective study.
    Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, McKay RE, Varma MG, Sarin A| | PubMed
  37. Surgical Trainee Well-Being: A Synergy of Individual and System-Level Interventions.
    Greenberg AL, Collins CR, Rosser ML, Ascher NL, O'Sullivan PS, Reilly LM, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  38. Flourishing as a Measure of Global Well-being in First Year Residents: A Pilot Longitudinal Cohort Study.
    Lebares CC, Greenberg AL, Shui A, Boscardin C, van der Schaaf M| | PubMed
  39. Reaching further: Lessons from the implementation of the WHO Basic Emergency Care Course Companion App in Tanzania.
    Greenberg AL, Rose CC, Nicholaus P, Mfinanga JA, Sawe HR, Tenner AG| | PubMed
  40. Appendiceal neurofibroma in a patient with neurofibromatosis 1 and recurrent abdominal infections from ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report.
    Greenberg AL, Choi WT, Shaked O, Lee AT, Berrahou IK, Jacques LG, Lebares CC| | PubMed
  41. Emergency general surgery utilization and disparities during COVID-19: an interrupted time-series analysis.
    Greenberg AL, Schwartz H, Collins CR, Kelly YM, Mackersie R, Mourad M, Roberts JP, Bongiovanni T| | PubMed
  42. Patient Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Low-acuity Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic.
    Johnson CL, Schwartz H, Greenberg A, Hernandez S, Nnamani Silva ON, Wong LE, Martins DB, Broering JM, Kumar SB, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC, Roman SA| | PubMed
  43. Exploration of Individual and System-Level Well-being Initiatives at an Academic Surgical Residency Program: A Mixed-Methods Study.
    Lebares CC, Greenberg AL, Ascher NL, Delucchi KL, Reilly LM, van der Schaaf M, Baathe F, O'Sullivan P, Isaksson Rø K| | PubMed
  44. Overuse of Respiratory Viral Panels: A Teachable Moment.
    Greenberg A, Barish P, Hoffman A| | PubMed
  45. Emergency Blood Drives During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A New Model of Collaboration among UCSF Leadership, Medical Students, and a Community Partner
    Greenberg AL, Schwartz H, Hooks N, Lowell C, Roberts J| | UCSF Research Profile
  46. It All Just Clicks: Development of an Inpatient E-Consult Program.
    Najafi N, Harrison JD, Duong J, Greenberg A, Cheng HQ| | PubMed