Anya Edwards, MD, MBA
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine

She subsequently completed a pre-medical post-baccalaureate program at the University of Southern California and attended medical school at UCSF. She graduated with an MD with distinction after pursuing a year of research focused on surgical education, disparities in surgery, and surgical outcomes. She is interested in health services research and aspires to pursue a career as an academic surgeon.

• Development of the Cognitive Load Inventory for Surgical Skills: preliminary validity evidence
  Global Surgical Education 2023 Edwards AL, O’Sullivan PS, Rapp JH, Alseidi A, Chern H, Sewell J, Boscardin C, Syed SM.
• Is participation enough? Impact of simulation curriculum structure on performance of basic surgical skills
  Global Surgical Education 2023 Zhou, CJ, Edwards, AL, Brian, R, O’Sullivan, PS, Shui, AM, Cortella, A, Alseidi, A, Rapp, JH, Chern, H, Syed, SM.
• Pretransplantation coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination requirements: A matched case-control study of factors associated with waitlist inactivation.
  American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 2023 Edwards AL, Tavakol MM, Mello A, Kerney J, Roberts JP
• Investigating influential factors and mechanisms of surgical resident well-being using social network analysis.
  American journal of surgery 2023 Coopersmith AS, Berler MH, Johnston B, Knutilla L, Edwards AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing
• ASO Visual Abstract: Predicting Severe Complications from Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy-A Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach to Augment Clinical Judgement.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Adam MA, Zhou H, Byrd J, Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Hall L, Jones HL, Pingpank JF, Lipton ZC, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM
• Flourishing and the Prioritization of Workplace Elements in General Surgery Residents.
  The Journal of surgical research 2023 Nguyen ET, Berler MH, Gonzales PA, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing
• ASO Author Reflections: Augmenting Clinical Decision-Making Around Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy Through Traditional and Machine Learning Algorithms.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Greenberg AL, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM, Adam MA
• Predicting Severe Complications from Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: A Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach to Augment Clinical Judgment.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Adam MA, Zhou H, Byrd J, Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Hall L, Jones HL, Pingpank JF, Lipton ZC, Bartlett DL, Choudry HM
• Operationalizing the Culture of Burnout and Well-Being: Multicenter Study of Value Congruence and Flourishing in General Surgery Residency.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2023 Cevallos JR, Gonzales PA, Berler MH, Greenberg AL, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-being
• Difficult or high risk? Objective task assessment vs. faculty perceptions of surgical skills
  Global Surgical Education 2023 Greenberg AL, Barnes KE, Karimzada MM, Huang CY, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O’Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM
• Exploring the complexity and spectrum of racial/ethnic disparities in colon cancer management.
  International journal for equity in health 2023 Greenberg AL, Brand NR, Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Barnes KE, Chiou SH, Rhoads KF, Adam MA, Sarin A
• Faculty Entrustment of Residents in the Operating Room: The Role for Surgical Simulation
  Global Surgical Education 2023 Greenberg AL, Barnes K, Syed S, Rapp J, Alseidi A, O’Sullivan P, Chern H
• Beyond watching: Harnessing laparoscopy to increase medical students' engagement with robotic procedures.
  American journal of surgery 2023 Barnes KE, Brian R, Greenberg AL, Watanaskul S, Kim EK, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2022 Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Outcomes of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Multinational Cohort Study.
  Critical care explorations 2022 Harrell Shreckengost CS, Foianini JE, Moron Encinas KM, Tola Guarachi H, Abril K, Amin D, Berkowitz D, Castater CA, Douglas JM, Grant AA, Khullar OV, Lane AN, Lin A, Niroula A, Nizam A, Rashied A, …
• Association between adherence to the American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines and stool frequency among colon cancer survivors: a cohort study.
  Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice 2022 Greenberg AL, Tolstykh IV, Van Loon K, Laffan A, Stanfield D, Steiding P, Kenfield SA, Chan JM, Atreya CE, Piawah S, Kidder W, Venook AP, Van Blarigan EL, Varma MG
• Communicating from a Distance: Medical Student Perspectives from a Robotic Bedside Assist Simulation
  Global Surgical Education 2022 Greenberg AL, Syed S, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan P, Chern H.
• Making the Financial Case for Surgical Resident Well-being: A Scoping Review.
  Annals of surgery 2022 Greenberg AL, Doherty DV, Cevallos JR, Tahir P, Lebares CC
• Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM
• Association of Distance, Region, and Insurance With Advanced Colon Cancer at Initial Diagnosis.
  JAMA network open 2022 Brand NR, Greenberg AL, Chiou SH, Adam M, Sarin A
• The General Surgery Residency Experience: A Multicenter Study of Differences in Wellbeing by Race/Ethnicity.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2022 Greenberg AL, Cevallos JR, Ojute FM, Davis DL, Greene WR, Lebares CC
• Proof-of-concept for intervention to prevent post-operative ileus in patients undergoing ileostomy formation.
  Perioperative medicine (London, England) 2022 Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, Sarin A, Varma MG
• Mobile application adjunct to the WHO basic emergency care course: a mixed methods study.
  BMJ open 2022 Tenner AG, Greenberg AL, Nicholaus P, Rose CC, Addo N, Shari CR, Friedman A, George UN, Losak MJ, Mfinanga JA, Sawe HR
• Characteristics and Procedures Among Adults Discharged to Hospice After Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery in California.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Lin JA, Colley A, Finlayson E, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC
• From Training to Transformation: The Role of Teamwork in System-Level Change.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2022 Greenberg AL, Kelly YM
• Well-Being Intervention in General Surgery: Multicenter Study of Program Director and Resident Perspectives.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Greenberg AL, Tenzing N, Ghadimi TR, Tilahun MN, Berler MH, Lebares CC, General Surgery Research Collaborative on Resident Well-Being
• Flourishing as a Guide to Intervention: A National Multicenter Study of General Surgery Residents
  Global Surgical Education 2022 Greenberg AL, Boscardin C, Lebares CC, and the General Surgery Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing
• Emotional Regulation in Surgery: Fostering Well-Being, Performance, and Leadership.
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Greenberg AL, Sullins VF, Donahue TR, Sundaram VM, Saldinger PF, Divino CM, Anton NE, Stefanidis D, Reilly LM, Egan RJ, Beals CKJ, Riall TS, Duh QY, Mukhtar RA, Hirose K, Lebares CC
• Assessing the role of robotic proctectomy in obese patients: a contemporary NSQIP analysis.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2022 Glencer AC, Lin JA, Trang K, Greenberg A, Kirkwood KS, Adam MA, Sarin A
• Validity evidence for flourishing as a measure of global wellbeing: a national multicenter study of academic general surgery residents
  Global Surgical Education 2022 Lebares CC, Greenberg AL, Gonzales PA, Boscardin CK, and the General Surgery Collaborative on Resident Wellbeing
• Risk factors and outcomes associated with postoperative ileus following ileostomy formation: a retrospective study.
  Perioperative medicine (London, England) 2021 Greenberg AL, Kelly YM, McKay RE, Varma MG, Sarin A
• Surgical Trainee Well-Being: A Synergy of Individual and System-Level Interventions.
  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021 Greenberg AL, Collins CR, Rosser ML, Ascher NL, O'Sullivan PS, Reilly LM, Lebares CC
• Flourishing as a Measure of Global Well-being in First Year Residents: A Pilot Longitudinal Cohort Study.
  Journal of medical education and curricular development 2021 Lebares CC, Greenberg AL, Shui A, Boscardin C, van der Schaaf M
• Reaching further: Lessons from the implementation of the WHO Basic Emergency Care Course Companion App in Tanzania.
  African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence 2021 Greenberg AL, Rose CC, Nicholaus P, Mfinanga JA, Sawe HR, Tenner AG
• Appendiceal neurofibroma in a patient with neurofibromatosis 1 and recurrent abdominal infections from ventriculoperitoneal shunt: a case report.
  Journal of surgical case reports 2021 Greenberg AL, Choi WT, Shaked O, Lee AT, Berrahou IK, Jacques LG, Lebares CC
• Emergency general surgery utilization and disparities during COVID-19: an interrupted time-series analysis.
  Trauma surgery & acute care open 2021 Greenberg AL, Schwartz H, Collins CR, Kelly YM, Mackersie R, Mourad M, Roberts JP, Bongiovanni T
• Patient Perceptions on Barriers and Facilitators to Accessing Low-acuity Surgery During COVID-19 Pandemic.
  The Journal of surgical research 2021 Johnson CL, Schwartz H, Greenberg A, Hernandez S, Nnamani Silva ON, Wong LE, Martins DB, Broering JM, Kumar SB, Bongiovanni T, Wick EC, Roman SA
• Exploration of Individual and System-Level Well-being Initiatives at an Academic Surgical Residency Program: A Mixed-Methods Study.
  JAMA network open 2021 Lebares CC, Greenberg AL, Ascher NL, Delucchi KL, Reilly LM, van der Schaaf M, Baathe F, O'Sullivan P, Isaksson Rø K
• Overuse of Respiratory Viral Panels: A Teachable Moment.
  JAMA internal medicine 2020 Greenberg A, Barish P, Hoffman A
• Emergency Blood Drives During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A New Model of Collaboration among UCSF Leadership, Medical Students, and a Community Partner
  NEJM Catalyst 2020 Greenberg AL, Schwartz H, Hooks N, Lowell C, Roberts J
• It All Just Clicks: Development of an Inpatient E-Consult Program.
  Journal of hospital medicine 2017 Najafi N, Harrison JD, Duong J, Greenberg A, Cheng HQ