Cindy Chang, MD
Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery
School of Medicine

She also served as chief medical officer for Team USA during the 2008 Beijing Paralympics and 2012 London Olympics. Dr. Chang assisted in setting up the medical clinics and providing care in the WNBA COVID "Wubble" in July of 2020.

As a lifelong competitive athlete, Chang has dealt with multiple injuries of her own, and this personal experience informs her empathetic, individualized approach. She has been a youth sports coach, and her children have played a variety of sports at all levels of competition, with one having played professional soccer in the United States and France.

Chang enjoys educating her patients about their injuries, sharing findings from examinations and imaging studies, and involving them on decisions regarding appropriate treatment options. She provides referrals to her orthopedic surgeon colleagues or other subspecialists as needed, and also places an emphasis on how to prevent future injury and illness.

Chang sees athletes of all ages at the UCSF Berkeley OutPatient Center (BOPC) and the Sports Medicine Center at the Orthopaedic Institute at Mission Bay. She sees solely youth athletes at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes, where she is co-director of the Sports Concussion Program. She also sees UC Berkeley students at the Univerisity Health Services.

Chang's passion lies in education, and she is Program Director of UCSF's Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship. Her clinical research interests focuses on improving health and safety for athletes ranging from schoolchildren to adults, including college athletes and competitors in the Olympics and Paralympics. In addition, she serves on the board of Racing Hearts, a non-profit that works to place automated external defibrillators in schools. As an advocate for a myriad of health and safety-related topics, Chang meets with legislators locally and in Sacramento on the importance of supporting California athletic trainers by licensing their profession.

Chang earned her medical degree from the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She then completed a residency in family medicine at the UCLA Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in sports medicine at the Ohio State University Medical Center.

Chang is a past president of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, has served on the board of trustees for the American College of Sports Medicine and chairs the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for the California Interscholastic Federation. She also has served on the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for the National Federation of State High School Associations. Chang provides sports medicine coverage at various sporting events in the community, and continues to volunteer as a team physician for UC Berkeley, Berkeley High School, and select USA national teams.

• Initial Assessment and Management of Select Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Team Physician Consensus Statement.
  Current sports medicine reports 2024 Herring SA, Kibler WB, Putukian M, Boyajian-O'Neill LA, Chang CJ, Franks RR, Hutchinson M, Indelicato PA, O'Connor FG, Powell A, Roach R, Safran M, Statuta SM, Sutton K
• Preferences of U.S. Veterans Making and Receiving Caring Cards: A Peer Approach to Recovery-Oriented Suicide Prevention.
  Practice innovations (Washington, D.C.) 2024 Chalker SA, Pozun CT, Chang CJ, Ehret BC, Treichler EBH
• Initial Assessment and Management of Select Musculoskeletal Injuries: A Team Physician Consensus Statement.
  Medicine and science in sports and exercise 2023 Herring SA, Kibler WB, Putukian M, Boyajian-O'Neill LA, Chang CJ, Franks RR, Hutchinson M, Indelicato PA, O'Connor FG, Powell A, Roach R, Safran M, Statuta SM, Sutton K
• Nutritional Strategies for Endurance Cyclists - Periodized Nutrition, Ketogenic Diets, and Other Considerations.
  Current sports medicine reports 2023 Wei RJ, Orbeta L, Hatamiya NS, Chang CJ
• Sexual identity and race/ethnicity as predictors of treatment outcome and retention in dialectical behavior therapy.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2023 Chang CJ, Halvorson MA, Lehavot K, Simpson TL, Harned MS
• A disproportionate burden: Prevalence of trauma and mental health difficulties among sexual minority versus heterosexual U.S. military veterans.
  Journal of psychiatric research 2023 Chang CJ, Fischer IC, Depp CA, Norman SB, Livingston NA, Pietrzak RH
• Testing the interpersonal theory of suicide in a sample of sexual minority young adults: Attention to within-group differences.
  Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2023 Chang CJ, Dorrell KD, Feinstein BA, Depp CA, Ehret BC, Selby EA
• Use of the Heterosexist Harassment, Rejection, and Discrimination Scale With Different Sexual Orientation, Gender, and Racial/Ethnic Groups: An Examination of Measurement Invariance.
  Assessment 2023 Feinstein BA, Khan A, Chang CJ, Miller SA
• Aspects of positive identity buffer the longitudinal associations between discrimination and suicidal ideation among bi+ young adults.
  Journal of consulting and clinical psychology 2023 Katz BW, Chang CJ, Dorrell KD, Selby EA, Feinstein BA
• Measurement invariance of the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ-15) across sexual orientation, gender identity, and race/ethnicity in a sample of sexual minority young adults.
  Psychological assessment 2022 Feinstein BA, Christophe NK, Chang CJ, Silvia PJ, Starr LR, Stein GL, Vrshek-Schallhorn S
• PrEP Stigma and logistical barriers remain significant challenges in curtailing HIV transmission among Black and Hispanic/Latinx cisgender sexual minority men and transgender women in the US.
  AIDS care 2022 Watson RJ, Chang CJ, Feinstein BA, Moody RL, Caba A, Eaton LA
• Willingness to Prescribe PrEP to Bisexual Men Depends on Genders of Their Past Partners: A Study of Medical Students in the USA.
  Archives of sexual behavior 2022 Feinstein BA, Chang CJ, Bunting SR, Bahrke J, Hazra A, Garber SS
• Age Differences in the Associations Between Outness and Suicidality Among LGBTQ+ Youth.
  Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research 2022 Feinstein BA, Mereish EH, Mamey MR, Chang CJ, Goldbach JT
• ACSM-AMSSM Call to Action: Adapting Preparticipation Cardiovascular Screening to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Current sports medicine reports 2022 Baggish AL, Chang CJ, Drezner JA, Harmon KG, Kraus WE, Matuszak J, Wasfy MM
• Application of minority stress and the interpersonal theory of suicide in bisexual+ versus gay/lesbian young adults.
  Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2022 Chang CJ, Feinstein BA, Chu BC, Selby EA
• Optimizing Health and Athletic Performance for Women.
  Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine 2022 de Borja C, Chang CJ, Watkins R, Senter C
• Primary Care Sports Medicine fellowship opportunities for Pediatrics-trained physicians in the United States.
  The Physician and sportsmedicine 2021 Ramirez FD, Chang CJ, Watkins RA, Senter C, de Borja C
• The interplay of familial warmth and LGBTQ+ specific family rejection on LGBTQ+ adolescents' self-esteem.
  Journal of adolescence 2021 Meanley S, Flores DD, Listerud L, Chang CJ, Feinstein BA, Watson RJ
• A longitudinal examination of the interpersonal theory of suicide for predicting suicidal ideation among LGBTQ+ youth who utilize crisis services: The moderating effect of gender.
  Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2021 Chang CJ, Feinstein BA, Fulginiti A, Dyar C, Selby EA, Goldbach JT
• The roles of discrimination and social support in the associations between outness and mental health outcomes among sexual minorities.
  The American journal of orthopsychiatry 2021 Chang CJ, Kellerman JK, Fehling KB, Feinstein BA, Selby EA
• Laparoscopic Treatment of Slipping Rib Syndrome in Pediatric Patients.
  Journal of laparoendoscopic & advanced surgical techniques. Part A 2020 Squillaro AI, Sanders K, Onwubiko C, Chang CJ, Kim S
• Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement.
  Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine 2020 Koontz JS, Mountjoy M, Abbott KE, Aron CM, Basile KC, Carlson CT, Chang CJ, Diamond AB, Dugan SA, Hainline B, Herring SA, Hopkins E, Joy EA, Judge JP, LaBotz M, Matuszak J, McDavis CJ, Myers RA, …
• Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement.
  Sports health 2020 AMSSM Sexual Violence in Sport Task Force, Koontz JS, Mountjoy M, Abbott KE, Aron CM, Basile KC, Carlson CT, Chang CJ, Diamond AB, Dugan SA, Hainline B, Herring SA, Hopkins BE, Joy EA, Judge JP, …
• Sexual Violence in Sport: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement.
  Current sports medicine reports 2020 Koontz JS, Mountjoy M, Abbott KE, Aron CM, Basile KC, Carlson CT, Chang CJ, Diamond AB, Dugan SA, Hainline B, Herring SA, Hopkins E, Joy EA, Judge JP, LaBotz M, Matuszak J, McDavis CJ, Myers RA, …
• American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement: Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance, and Prevention-Executive Summary.
  Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine 2020 Chang CJ, Putukian M, Aerni G, Diamond AB, Hong ES, Ingram YM, Reardon CL, Wolanin AT
• Mental Health Issues and Psychological Factors in Athletes: Detection, Management, Effect on Performance, and Prevention: American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Position Statement.
  Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine 2020 Chang CJ, Putukian M, Aerni G, Diamond AB, Hong ES, Ingram YM, Reardon CL, Wolanin AT
• Inter-Association Consensus Statement: The Management of Medications by the Sports Medicine Team.
  Journal of athletic training 2018 Chang CJ, Weston T, Higgs JD, Ohkubo M, Sauls A, Tedeschi F, White M, Young CC
• Cardiovascular screening of Paralympic athletes reported by chief medical officers of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
  British journal of sports medicine 2018 Toresdahl BG, Blauwet C, Chang CJ, Ling DI, Asif IM
• The First Decade of Web-Based Sports Injury Surveillance: Descriptive Epidemiology of Injuries in US High School Boys' Soccer (2005-2006 Through 2013-2014) and National Collegiate Athletic Association Men's Soccer (2004-2005 Through 2013-2014).
  Journal of athletic training 2018 Kerr ZY, Putukian M, Chang CJ, DiStefano LJ, Currie DW, Pierpoint LA, Knowles SB, Wasserman EB, Dompier TP, Comstock RD, Marshall SW
• The last Summer Olympics? Climate change, health, and work outdoors.
  Lancet (London, England) 2016 Smith KR, Woodward A, Lemke B, Otto M, Chang CJ, Mance AA, Balmes J, Kjellstrom T
• Care of the endurance athlete: promotion, perception, performance and professionalism.
  British journal of sports medicine 2011 Asplund C, Chang CJ
• Sideline evaluation and management of acute hip trauma in a collegiate athlete.
  Current sports medicine reports 2008 Callahan W, Chang CJ
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in athletes.
  Current sports medicine reports 2006 Saxena A, Chang CJ, Wang S
• Herpes and tinea in wrestling: managing outbreaks, knowing when to disqualify.
  The Physician and sportsmedicine 2004 Landry GL, Chang CJ
• Treating and avoiding herpes and tinea infections in contact sports.
  The Physician and sportsmedicine 2004 Landry GL, Chang CJ, Mees PD
• Subtalar dislocation in a female gymnast.
  Current sports medicine reports 2003 Yi S, Chang CJ
• Two unusual cases of acetabular fractures sustained during sports.
  Clinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine 2002 Moazzaz P, Chang CJ