
Lauren DeDecker MD
Internist @ Cedars Sinai, current fellow of Integrative and Functional Medicine, former microbiome researcher, nutritionist, health coach, and personal trainer, health educator on IG @drdedeck
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Cedars SinaiSanta Monica, CA 90404
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Summary
- Lauren DeDecker, MD, is an internist based in Los Angeles, CA, specializing in internal medicine. She graduated in the top 10% of her class from the University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCLA. She is a remote fellow in Integrative and Functional Medicine through UC Irvine. Currently, she works as an Internist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Group in Santa Monica.
Prior to medicine. Dr. DeDecker worked as a nutritionist, personal trainer, and health coach.
Her expertise includes nutrition, weight loss, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, and hormone replacement therapy.
She has published research on the gut microbiome in colon cancer development and inflammatory bowel diseases.
Her awards include graduation with distinction in research, an Institutional Research Grant, a Jane Hill Cancer Research Scholarship, an Academic Excellence Grant, and a Department Award in Nutrition Science.
Education & Training
- University of California, IrvineFellowship, Integrative and Functional Medicine, 2024 - 2026
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2021 - 2024
- University of California, Irvine, School of MedicineClass of 2021, Top 10% of Graduating Class
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2024 - 2026
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Graduation with Distinction in Research UC Irvine School of Medicine, 2021
- Institutional Research Grant awardee American Cancer Society, 2017-2018
- Jane Hill Cancer Research Scholarship UC Irvine School of Medicine, 2017-2018
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 2 citationsMachine Learning-based Characterization of Longitudinal Health Care Utilization Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.Berkeley N Limketkai, Laura Maas, Mahesh Krishna, Anoushka Dua, Lauren DeDecker
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2024-05-02 - 1 citationsRecent trends and risk factors associated with Clostridioides difficile infections in hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Ellen J Spartz, Lauren C DeDecker, Kush M Fansiwala, Shaya Noorian, Andrew R Roney
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2024-01-01 - 5 citationsAdvances in Mobile Health for Inflammatory Bowel Disease.Ellen J Spartz, Lauren DeDecker, Danny Le, Laleh Jalilian, Berkeley N Limketkai
Diagnostics. 2022-12-23
Journal Articles
- Microbiome Distinctions Between the CRC Carcinogenic Pathways.DeDecker L, et al., Gut Microbes
- The Longest JourneyLauren DeDecker, The Medical Student Press Journal, 2017
Abstracts/Posters
- Successful Hemostasis of Bleeding from an Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery Esophageal Fistula After Stenting.DeDecker L, Lee, R., Samarasena, J. et al., ACG 2020., 9/2020
- Successful Endoscopic Therapy of Acute Lower GI Bleeding from Serosal Vessel Within a Contained Perforation Perforation Abscess Cavity.DeDecker, L., Lee, R., Samarasena, J., ACG 2020, 9/2020
- Beyond ADR and Cost: The Colonoscopy Value Index. Abstract in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.DeDecker L, Clary, M., et al., Digestive Disease Week, Washington DC, 4/2018
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Lectures
- The biogeography of microbes associated with colon cancer.Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Annual Scientific Meeting; Huntington Beach, CA. - 6/2018
- Google Glass Technology in Primary CareTOM Talks, UCSF School of Medicine; San Francisco, CA. - 11/2015
- Quant Friendly Doctors and Doctor Friendly Quants, presented by Dr. Paul Abramson and Lauren DeDeckerQuantified Self Conference; San Francisco, CA. - 2013
Press Mentions
- Smartphones can gather important medical dataOctober 19th, 2020
Grant Support
- Colon Cancer Research GrantAmerican Cancer Society2017–2019
Research History
- Medical Student ResearcherActive member of the Colon Research Group and Interventional Gastroenterology Research Group at UCI. I helped develop and refine an equation that calculates the value of colonoscopy using multivariate analysis and worked on projects on novel endoscopic ultrasound-guided interventions.2016 - 2020
- Medical Student ResearcherDeveloped a hypothesis with Dr. Karnes regarding the role of the microbiome in the pathogenesis of serrated polyps vs. adenomas into colorectal cancer. Co-authored the grant accepted by American Cancer Society. Study was completed with over 200 patients, microbiome analysis ongoing.2016 - 2020
Professional Memberships
- American College of PhysiciansMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
External Links
- LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/laurendedecker/
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