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Kathryn H. Chomsky-Higgins, MD, MS

  • UCSF East Bay General Surgery Resident
  • UCSF Endocrine Surgery Research Fellow

Contact Information

[email protected]
(415) 885-3636
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Education

Duke University, B.A., Linguistics and Russian, 2002

UCSF, M.S., Global Health Sciences, 2012

UCSF School of Medicine, M.D., 2013

Residencies

  • UCSF East Bay General Surgery, 2013-Present

Fellowships

  • UCSF Endocrine Surgery Research

Program Affiliations

  • UCSF Endocrine Surgery

Clinical Interests

  • Burden of Surgical Disease
  • Surgical Infrastructure
  • Endocrine Surgical Disease
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis

Research Interests

  • Surgical Health Systems Strengthening

Foreign Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Biography

Kate Chomsky-Higgins is a Resident Surgeon in the UCSF East Bay General Surgery Program. She earned her BA from Duke University in 2002, and worked in wilderness therapy and social services before deciding to pursue a career in medicine. She graduated from the UCSF School of Medicine and has a Masters' Degree in Global Health Sciences from UCSF.

Research Overview

Kate is currently working with the UCSF Endocrine Surgery Department on a number of clinical research topics including postoperative pain management and opiate use reduction, management of adrenal masses incidentally discovered on cross-sectional imaging, and characterization of the burden of endocrine surgical disease in Cameroon. The latter project is in collaboration with the Center for Global Surgical Studies.

Posters & Oral Presentations

  1. Podium Presentation (scheduled): Less is more: cost-effectiveness analysis of surveillance strategies for small, nonfunctional, radiographically benign adrenal incidentalomas. American Association of Endocrine Surgeons Annual Meeting 2017
  2. Poster: Neglected Stepchild No Longer: Advocacy for Surgery on the Global Health Agenda. University of California Global Health Day 2013
  3. Poster: The Non-Pneumatic Anti-Shock Garment in Zambia: a comparison of two regions. UCSF Medical Student Research Poster Symposium 2009
  4. Poster: Analysis of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Number and Function in Osteoblast-Specific Hif1a and VHL Knock- Out Mice. Harvard Stem Cell Institute Conference 2008

Books Chapters & Edited Books

  1. Kathryn H. Chomsky-Higgins and Richard A. Gosselin. Beyond the Disability-Adjusted Life Year: Trauma Burden and the Socioeconomic Impact of Disability. Ramazzotti, Arthur. Developing Countries: Political, Economic and Social Issues, 2013

In the News

  • Awards Announced for 30th Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium

    UCSF General Surgery Residency Program - Heidi Crist - May 25, 2017
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    The 30th Annual J. Engelbert Dunphy Resident Research Symposium was held on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at UCSF Mission Bay Hospital, Oberndorf Auditorium.  The symposium showcases the laboratory research of residents, fellows and medical students in the Department of Surgery, and honors the life and accomplishments of J. Engelbert Dunphy, M.D., a legendary surgeon and former Chair of the UCSF Department of Surgery. Winners for the best presentations were awarded at the conclusion of the [...]

 

 
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