University of California San Francisco

Karen Trang, MD

Trang, Karen
Karen
Trang
MD

Graduate
General Surgery Residency Program, 2026

[email protected]

Education

Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
UC San Francisco General Surgery 07/2026
UC San Francisco Clinical Informatics 07/2024
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 10
  1. Clarifying Methodologic Rigor and Equity Considerations in Evaluating ChatGPT Responses to Patient Questions on Fecal Incontinence.
    Welton LL, Gunderson MA, Rajamani G, Liu Y, Trang K, Weaver L, Troester AM, Zhang R, Gaertner WB, Welton ML, Wick EC, Melton GB| | PubMed
  2. Is imaging the spine enough? Characterizing outcomes in injured patients who underwent computed tomography (CT) of the thoracic or lumbar spine.
    Brian R, Pandey S, Axelrod JK, Trang K, Bongiovanni T| | PubMed
  3. Can large language models extract operative standards from narrative operative reports in rectal cancer?
    Trang K, Zhao B, Flanagan CP, Pierce L, Welton L, Gunderson M, Melton GB, Wick E| | PubMed
  4. Are Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer Answers to Patient Questions Regarding Fecal Incontinence Accurate, Complete, and Consistent With the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons Clinical Practice Guidelines?
    Welton LL, Gunderson MA, Rajamani G, Liu Y, Trang K, Weaver L, Troester AM, Zhang R, Gaertner WB, Welton ML, Wick EC, Melton GB| | PubMed
  5. Parenting in Surgery: A Structured Initiative to Support Surgeons Navigating Pregnancy and Early Parenthood During Training.
    Zhou A, Ogomori K, Colley A, Sosa JA, Varma MG, Kornblith LZ, Yap A, Trang K, Vu L| | PubMed
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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