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Erika Rangel, MD, General Surgery, Foxboro, MA, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

ErikaLuRangelMDM.S., FACS

General Surgery • Foxboro, MA

Trauma Surgery & Surgical Critical Care

Associate Surgeon Brigham and Women’s Hospital Director, Surgical Critical Care, Brigham and Womens Faulkner Hospital Associate Clerkship Director Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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Education & Training

  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2011
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Brigham and Women's HospitalFellowship, Surgical Critical Care, 2008 - 2009
  • University of Cincinnati
    University of CincinnatiMS, 2007
  • University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
    University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2003
  • University of California, Berkeley
    University of California, BerkeleyBA, 1998
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Surgery

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2005 - Present
  • MA State Medical License
    MA State Medical License 2008 - 2025
  • OH State Medical License
    OH State Medical License 2006 - 2008
  • American Board of Surgery Surgery
  • American Board of Surgery Surgical Critical Care

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Best Poster Award New England Surgical Society, 2015
  • Notable Teaching Award in Surgery Clerkship (Resident) Tufts University School of Medicine, 2010
  • Honors in Biology University of California, Berkeley, 1998
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • The Gender Gap in Surgical Residencies  
    Erika Rangel, MD, JAMA Surgery
  • Factors Associated with Residency and Career Dissatisfaction in Childbearing Surgical Residents  
    Heather Lyu, Adil H Haider, Erika L Rangel, Douglas S Smink, JAMA
  • Mortality after Emergency Surgery Continues to Rise after Discharge in the Elderly: Predictors of 1-year Mortality  
    Rangel EL, Cooper Z, Olufajo OA, Reznor G, Lipsitz SR, Salim A, Kwakye G, Calahan C, Sarhan M, Hanna JS, Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Surgery: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence 
    Chapter: Surgical Care of the Pregnant Patient 
    Lu EJ, Curet MEditors: Norton JA, Lowry SF, Barie PS, Mulvihill SJ.Springer-VeringEdition 2nd,2008
  • Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies 
    Chapter: Surgical Problems in Pregnancy 
    Lu EJ, Curet MEditors: Gabbe SG, Niebyl JR, Simpson JL.Churchill Livingstone2007

Abstracts/Posters

  • Improving Perioperative Counseling for Emergency Abdominal Surgery: Creation of a Scoring Tool to Predict One-year Mortality in the Elderly
    Olufajo OA, Reznor G, Lipsitz SR, Salim A, Cooper Z, Hanna JS, Rangel EL, New England Surgical Society, Newport, RI, 1/1/2015
  • Mortality Continues to Rise after Discharge in the Elderly after Emergency General Surgery
    Rangel EL, Kwakye G, Calahan C, Cooper Z, Salim A, Reznor G, Hanna JS, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Philadelphia, PA, 1/1/2014
  • Use of Guidelines Decrease Disparity in Screening for Abuse in Infants with Head Injury
    Rangel EL, Cook BS, Bennett BL, Shebesta K, Ying J, Falcone RA, Jr, American Academy of Pediatrics, Surgical Section, Boston, MA, 1/11/2008
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Authored Content

  • The Gender Gap in Surgical ResidenciesJuly 2020

Press Mentions

  • Surgeons Navigating Their Pregnancies See a Bleak Picture Getting a Bit Brighter
    Surgeons Navigating Their Pregnancies See a Bleak Picture Getting a Bit BrighterMay 6th, 2022
  • Being a Surgeon and a Mother
    Being a Surgeon and a MotherOctober 31st, 2021
  • Physicians Suffering from Infertility Face Challenges on the Frontlines of the Covid-19 Pandemic
    Physicians Suffering from Infertility Face Challenges on the Frontlines of the Covid-19 PandemicOctober 18th, 2021
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Chinese (Mandarin)

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Erika Rangel, Dr. Erika Rangel, MD, Dr. E Rangel, Dr. Erika Lu Rangel