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Christopher Kang, MD, General Surgery, Laguna Beach, CA, United Regional Health Care System

ChristopherYoungKangMD

General Surgery Laguna Beach, CA

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Physician

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Education & Training

  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2015 - 2016
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUH
    Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University/TJUHResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2015
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterInternship, Transitional Year, 2009 - 2010
  • Loma Linda University School of Medicine
    Loma Linda University School of MedicineClass of 2009
  • University of California, Riverside
    University of California, RiversideB.S., Biological Sciences, 2001 - 2005

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 2016 - 2025
  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2015 - 2024
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2010 - 2016
  • DE State Medical License
    DE State Medical License Active through 2013
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Excellence in Teaching Jefferson Medical Students, 2013
  • Deans List 2001

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Conserved Metabolic Changes in Non-Diabetic and Type 2 Diabetic Bariatric Surgery Patients: Global Metabolomic Study A Pilot Study  
    Sarosiek, K., Pappan, K. L., Gandhi, A. V., Saxena, S., Kang, C. Y., McMahon, H., ... & Arafat, H. A., Journal of Diabetes Research, 1/1/2016
  • Osteopontin (OPN) Isoforms, Diabetes, Obesity, and Cancer; What Is One Got to Do with the Other? A New Role for OPN  
    Sarosiek, K., Jones, E., Chipitsyna, G., Al-Zoubi, M., Kang, C., Saxena, S., ... & Arafat, H. A., Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, 1/1/2015
  • An Approach to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Bleeding Secondary to Jejunal Diverticulosis  
    Moukarzel, L. A., Sarosiek, K., Kang, C., Krazwitz, S., Loren, D., & Pucci, M. J., The American Surgeon, 1/1/2015
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Abstracts/Posters

  • "Osteopontin (Opn) Isoforms, Diabetes, Obesity, and Cancer; What's One Got to Do With the Other? A New Role for Opn"
    Christopher Young Kang, MD, Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2013
  • The efficacy of antibiotics in breast reconstruction.
    Kohanzadeh, S., Kang, C., & Kulber, D., Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 1/1/2013
  • "Application of the Miniaturized ImaCor Trans-Esophageal Echocardiogram (TEE) Probe in Heart Transplant/Mechanical Cardiac Support Patients"
    Christopher Young Kang, MD, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1/1/2012
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Lectures

  • "Is Routine Continuous EEG for Traumatic Brain Injury Beneficial in the ICU?" 
    Jacksonville, FL - 1/1/2016
  • "Thoracoabdominal Trauma" 
    Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2014
  • "Pediatric Hepatic Trauma" 
    Philadelphia, PA - 1/1/2013
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Other

  • The efficacy of miniaturized TEE imaging in the management of a patient S/P CABG with hypotension and RV failure. 
    Cavarocchi, N., Kang, C.
    1/1/2012

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Korean

Hospital Affiliations