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Kristi E. Chang, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology

Education

  • BS in Biology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States
  • BA in English, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States
  • MD, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Fellow in Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States
  • Resident in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Internship in General Surgery, USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States

Research Interests

  • Master’s of Medical Education (2009-2013)
  • Daily instruction in clinics, ward rounds, and in operating room (2005-2008)

Licenses & Certifications

  • BLS Provider, American Heart Association
  • Diplomate, American Board of Otolaryngology
  • DEA Controlled Drug Certificate, Iowa, United States
  • Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Iowa Board of Pharmacy Examiners, Iowa, United States
  • California Medical License, State, California, United States

Selected Publications

  • Sullivan, C. B., Al-Qurayshi, Z., Chang, K. & Pagedar, N. A. (2021). Analysis of palliative care treatment among head and neck patients with cancer: National perspective. Head and Neck 43 (3) 805-815. DOI: 10.1002/hed.26532.
  • Al-Qurayshi, Z., Khadra, H., Chang, K., Pagedar, N., Randolph, G. W. & Kandil, E. (2018). Risk and survival of patients with medullary thyroid cancer: National perspective. Oral oncology 83 59-63. DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2018.06.002. PMID: 30098780.
  • Tasche, K. K. & Chang, K. E. (2017). Otolaryngologic Emergencies in the Primary Care Setting. The Medical clinics of North America 101 (3) 641-656. DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2016.12.009. PMID: 28372718.
  • Thompson, N. J., Roche, J. P., Schularick, N. M., Chang, K. E. & Hansen, M. R. (2017). Reconstruction Outcomes Following Lateral Skull Base Resection. Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology 38 (2) 264-271. DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000001279. PMID: 27832006.
  • Schleiffarth, J. R., Bayon, R., Chang, K. E., Pagedar, N. A. & Van Daele, D. J. (2014). Ketorolac after free tissue transfer: a comparative effectiveness study. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology 123 (6) 446-9. PMID: 24690984. DOI: 10.1177/0003489414526849.
  • Khaja, S. F. & Chang, K. E. (2014). Airway algorithm for the management of patients with a King LT. The Laryngoscope 124 (5) 1123-7. DOI: 10.1002/lary.24374. PMID: 24105784.
  • Nimmons, G. L., Chang, K. E., Funk, G. F., Shonka, D. C. & Pagedar, N. A. (2012). Validation of a task-specific scoring system for a microvascular surgery simulation model. The Laryngoscope 122 (10) 2164-8. DOI: 10.1002/lary.23525. PMID: 22961593.
  • Fletcher, A. M., Greenlee, J. J., Chang, K. E., Smoker, W. R., Kirby, P. A. & O'Brien, E. K. (2012). Endoscopic resection of calcifying pseudoneoplasm of the neuraxis (CAPNON) of the anterior skull base with sinonasal extension. Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia 19 (7) 1048-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2011.11.016. PMID: 22555125.
  • Marcinow, A. M., Provenzano, M. J., Gurgel, R. K. & Chang, K. E. (2012). Primary intraosseous cavernous hemangioma of the zygoma: a case report and literature review. Ear, nose, & throat journal 91 (5) 210, 212, 214-5. PMID: 22614558.
  • Schneider, R., Fridrich, K. & Chang, K. (2012). Complex mandibular rehabilitation of a self-inflicted gunshot wound: a clinical report. The Journal of prosthetic dentistry 107 (3) 158-62. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3913(12)60048-1. PMID: 22385691.