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Candace C. Chang

Candace C. Chang, MD, MPH

Languages spoken: Spanish, English
  • Candace Chang received her B.S. Chemistry from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), M.D. from University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and M.P.H. from Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. After several years of private practice in Massachusetts and Nevada, she joined the faculty at University of Utah and is currently an associate professor (clinical).

    Dr. Chang is the Director of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia at the University of Utah Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, and satellite facilities, overseeing Anesthesiology's clinical collaboration with radiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, cardiology, dentistry, psychiatry, radiation oncology, reproductive endocrinology, and other specialties.

    She is also co-director of the Anesthesia Department's Quality Improvement rotation. Dr. Chang is an instructor for the patient simulation center, teaching courses for medical students, anesthesia residents, and MOCA for board certified anesthesiologists. In addition, she is a leader of the Anesthesiology department's global outreach, teaching at the American International University of West Africa in The Gambia. She is particularly interested in patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.

    Outside of work, she enjoys traveling and exploring nature with her family. She speaks conversational Spanish.

    Specialties

    • Anesthesiology

    Board Certification

    American Board of Anesthesiology
  • Candace Chang received her B.S. Chemistry from California Institute of Technology (Caltech), M.D. from University of California San Francisco (UCSF), and M.P.H. from Harvard School of Public Health. She completed her anesthesiology residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. After several years of private practice in Massachusetts and Nevada, she joined the faculty at University of Utah and is currently an associate professor (clinical).

    Dr. Chang is the Director of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia at the University of Utah Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, and satellite facilities, overseeing Anesthesiology's clinical collaboration with radiology, gastroenterology, pulmonology, cardiology, dentistry, psychiatry, radiation oncology, reproductive endocrinology, and other specialties.

    She is also co-director of the Anesthesia Department's Quality Improvement rotation. Dr. Chang is an instructor for the patient simulation center, teaching courses for medical students, anesthesia residents, and MOCA for board certified anesthesiologists. In addition, she is a leader of the Anesthesiology department's global outreach, teaching at the American International University of West Africa in The Gambia. She is particularly interested in patient safety and quality improvement initiatives.

    Outside of work, she enjoys traveling and exploring nature with her family. She speaks conversational Spanish.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Anesthesiology -Primary
    Board Certification
    American Board of Anesthesiology

    Education history

    Residency Anesthesiology - Brigham and Women's Hospital Resident
    Internal Medicine - Kaiser Permanente, Oakland Intern
    Graduate Training Quantitative Methods - Harvard University School of Public Health M.P.H.
    Medicine - University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine M.D.
    Undergraduate Chemistry - California Institute of Technology B.S.

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Chang C, Tan J, Mack PF, Anca D (2023). Provider Safety in NORA. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Newsletter, 38(3).
    2. Moody A, Chacin B, Chang C (2022). "Preventing Patient Positioning Injuries in the Non-Operating Room Setting". Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 35(4), 465-471.
    3. Last J, Engle B, Dziuba A, Pollard J, Chang C (2022). "Preventing patient positioning injuries- all procedural staff need education". J Clin Anesth, 80(110848).
    4. Chang C, Dudley R (2021). Time-Out Checklists Promote Safety in Nonoperating Room Anesthesia (NORA). Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Newsletter, 36(3), 120.
    5. Chang C, Richins N (2021). Massive Hemoptysis- a Rare but Catastrophic Complication. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Newsletter, Articles between issues.
    6. Correll DJ, Hepner DL, Chang C, Tsen L, Hevelone ND, Bader AM (2009). Preoperative electrocardiograms: Patient factors predictive of abnormalities. Anesthesiology, 110(6), 1217-1222.
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