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 anesthesia 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 an assistant 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 part of the University of Utah'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.
