AlanBao-ChanDangMD

Orthopaedic Surgery • San Francisco, CA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

HS Associate Clinical Professor, UCSF Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder, PrinterPrezz

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Office
500 Parnassus Ave. MU-320W
UCSF Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone+1 415-221-4810

Fax+1 415-750-2181

Summary

I am a clinician-scientist focused on spine and orthopaedic surgery.

I have additional expertise as an internationally-published computer and consumer technology analyst.

Specialties: spine surgery, orthopaedic surgery, computational biology, regenerative medicine, information science, writing, communication

Education & Training

University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2011 - 2012
University of ConnecticutResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006 - 2011
University of California San Francisco School of MedicineClass of 2006
Stanford UniversityBS, Biological Sciences, 1998 - 2001

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2011 - 2025
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Connecticut Orthopaedic Society Resident Paper Award Connecticut Orthopaedic Society, 2011
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
AANA Resarch Grant (1 of 4 in 2010) Arthroscopy Association of North America, 2010
AOA-OREF Resident Leadership Forum Attendee American Orthopaedic Association & Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation, 2010
Albert Trillat Young Investigator's Award (2nd Author) International Society of Arthroscopy, Knee Surgery, and Ortohpaedic Sports Medicine, 2009
AAOS/OREF/ORS Clinician Scientist Development Fellow 2009
UCSF Dean's Prize in Research, Finalist University of California, San Francisco, 2005
UCSF Dean's Prize in Research, Winner University of California, San Francisco, 2002
Honorable Mention, Open Chopin Competition (Fantasie Impromptu, Op. 66 in C# minor) Southwestern Youth Music Festival, 1997
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

98 citations
The Effect of Medial Meniscectomy and Meniscal Allograft Transplantation on Knee and Anterior Cruciate Ligament Biomechanics
Jeffrey T. Spang, Alan B.C. Dang, Augustus D. Mazzocca, Lina Rincon, Elifho Obopilwe
Arthroscopy. 2010-02-01
30 citations
Applications of computational modeling in cardiac surgery.
Lik Chuan Lee, Martin Genet, Alan B. Dang, Liang Ge, Julius M. Guccione
Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2014-05-01
12 citations
Identifying a commercially-available 3D printing process that minimizes model distortion after annealing and autoclaving and the effect of steam sterilization on mecha...
Joshua V. Chen, Kara S. Tanaka, Alan B.C. Dang, Alexis Dang
3D Printing in Medicine. 2020-04-15

Journal Articles

Limitations Of Using Large Clinical Databases For Research.
Alan B.C. Dang, MD, R. Alexander Mohr, MD, and Robert A. Arciero, MD, JBJS
Invited Commentary On “Revision Surgery Following Operations For Lumbar Stenosis.
Alan B.C. Dang, MD, Steven R. Garfin, MD, JBJS

Books/Book Chapters

Chemical Warfare Agents.
Page 25 - 39Chat V. Dang, MD, John A. Kare, MD, Amiram Shneiderman, MD, PhD, Alan B.C. Dang, BSTop Emerg Med

Abstracts/Posters

Evaluation Of Hip Flexion Strength Following Lateral Transpsoas Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
Hossein Ghofrani, MD; Yu-Po Lee, MD; Alan B.C. Dang, MD; Gilad J. Regev, MD; Michael Gulian; Choll W. Kim, MD, PhD; Steven R. Garfin, MD, Oral presentation at the Spine Study Group 2012 Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida
Twist1 Is Differentially Regulated In Normal And Osteoarthritic Articluar Cartilage.
Rosa Guzzo, PhD, Mandeep Virk, MBBS, Alan Dang, MD, Jay Lieberman, MD, Douglas Spicer, PhD, M. Hicham Drissi, PhD, Oral presentation at the Orthopaedic Research Society 2012 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California
Early Findings From A Finite Element Study Of Cervical Whiplash Using A Total Human Model For Safety.
Alan B.C. Dang, BS, Bobby K-B Tay, MD, The 50th Annual LeRoy Abbott Scientific Program of the Inman-Abbott Orthopaedic Society Meeting, San Francisco, California
Influence Of Patch Material Stiffness On Stroke Volume With Surgical Anterior Ventricular Endocardial Restoration In Ischemic Cardiomyopathy: A Finite Element Study.
Alan B.C. Dang, BS, Julius M. Guccione, PhD, Jacob Mishell, MD, Peng Zhang, MD, PhD, Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD, Robert C. Gorman, MD, Joseph H. Gorman III, MD, Mark B Ra..., The American College of Cardiology 52nd Annual Scientific Session, Chicago, Illinois
Finite Element Models For The Optimal Mechanical Design Of Surgical Anterior Endocardial Restoration.
Julius M. Guccione, PhD, Alan B.C. Dang, BS, Robert C Gorman, MD, Mark B. Ratcliffe, MD, The 14th Conference of the European Society of Biomechanics, Den Bosch, the Netherlands
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