Dr. Michael Chi-ming Chang MD
Trauma Surgeon | Trauma Surgery
505 Parnassus Ave # M-1202 San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Michael Chang is a trauma surgeon practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Chang specializes in both operative and non-operative management to treat life threatening, traumatic injuries. Some commonly operated areas include the stomach, colon, spleen and pancreas and trauma surgeons also work with other surgeons to stabilize patients in critical condition. Typically, trauma surgeons work in the emergency care area of a hospital.
Board Certification
SurgeryAmerican Board of SurgeryABS- Surgical Critical Care
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Elevated admission white blood cell count in pregnant trauma patients: an indicator of ongoing placental abruption.
- Late fascial closure in lieu of ventral hernia: the next step in open abdomen management.
- External fixation or arteriogram in bleeding pelvic fracture: initial therapy guided by markers of arterial hemorrhage.
- Videotape review leads to rapid and sustained learning.
- Optimal threshold for diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia using bronchoalveolar lavage.
- Uncovering multiple axonal targeting pathways in hippocampal neurons.
- Prospective evaluation of vacuum-assisted fascial closure after open abdomen: planned ventral hernia rate is substantially reduced.
- Relationship of early hyperglycemia to mortality in trauma patients.
- Successful management of adult smoke inhalation with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
- Selective management of cardiovascular dysfunction in posttraumatic SIRS and sepsis.
- Injury-associated hypothermia: an analysis of the 2004 National Trauma Data Bank.
- Inhibition of sphingolipid synthesis affects kinetics but not fidelity of L1/NgCAM transport along direct but not transcytotic axonal pathways.
- National nosocomial infection surveillance system: from benchmark to bedside in trauma patients.
- A practical application of practice-based learning: development of an algorithm for empiric antibiotic coverage in ventilator-associated pneumonia.
- Validation of stroke work and ventricular arterial coupling as markers of cardiovascular performance during resuscitation.
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