Jolie Chang, MD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology
School of Medicine

Dr. Chang received her bachelor's and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. She then completed her medical degree and residency training at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Chang specializes in sleep apnea surgery and minimally invasive approaches for salivary gland surgery including sialendoscopy. Dr. Chang provides comprehensive and individualized evaluations for patients considering surgery for sleep apnea and specializes in drug-induced sleep endoscopy, soft palate surgery, tongue base surgery, snoring surgery, and hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant surgery. She also has clinical expertise in ultrasonography for head and neck disorders.

She is an associate editor for the sleep section of the Laryngoscope journal. She is dedicated to medical education and mentors students and trainees in research as the Director of Resident Research for the Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Chang performs research in health care decision making and surgical outcomes for sleep apnea therapies. She was co-editor and primary author on the International Consensus Statement for Obstructive Sleep Apnea. She has also published research on surgical techniques and outcomes for minimally invasive sialendoscopy to treat sialolithiasis (salivary stone) and duct stenosis. She has studied hearing loss and its effect on brain plasticity, auditory function in bone diseases. Dr. Chang completed a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship and has successfully competed for grant funding from the American Academy of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, the Triological Society, and the UCSF Academic Senate.

Specialty: Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Salivary Gland Surgery and Sialendoscopy, General Otolaryngology.

Expertise: Sleep Apnea Surgery Sialendoscopy Minimally invasive salivary gland surgery Ultrasonography for head and neck disorders

Professional Interests: Head and neck surgery, shared decision-making, sleep apnea therapy and outcomes, hearing rehabilitation, salivary disorders, minimally invasive salivary gland surgery, sialendoscopy, ultrasound, digital health, sleep tracking.

Education and Training:

• Medical School: University of California, San Francisco
• Internship: University of California, San Francisco – General Surgery
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco – Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

• Laryngeal Hyposensitivity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
  The Laryngoscope 2024 Callander JK, Kandahari N, Strohl MP, Cheung SW, Chang JL
• Impact of Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation on Consumer Sleep Technology Metrics and Patient Symptoms.
  The Laryngoscope 2024 Cai Y, Zheng YJ, Cheng CM, Strohl KP, Mason AE, Chang JL
• In response to Impact of Insomnia on Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in the ADHERE Registry.
  The Laryngoscope 2024 Dhanda Patil R, Ishman SL, Chang JL, Thaler E, Suurna MV
• Proposal for standardized ultrasound analysis of the salivary glands: Part 1 submandibular gland.
  Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology 2024 Hoffman HT, Koch M, Witt RL, Ryan WR, Zenk J, Katz P, Rahmati R, Rassekh C, Donato F, McCulloch TM, Joshi AS, Chang JL, Gillespie MB, Pichardo PFA, Orloff LA, Marcelino A, Wenzel P, Cohen D, …
• Treatment of the Nose for Patients with Sleep Apnea.
  Otolaryngologic clinics of North America 2023 Callander JK, Chang JL
• Video-Based Decision Aids Improve Sleep Surgery Decision-Making: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Gulati A, Abdulbaki H, Callander JK, Cai Y, Chang JL
• Impact of Insomnia on Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Outcomes in the ADHERE Registry.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Dhanda Patil R, Ishman SL, Chang JL, Thaler E, Suurna MV
• Leadership Training Curriculum for Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Residents: A Scoping Review.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2023 Standiford TC, Eltawil Y, Durr ML, Pletcher SD, Chang JL
• Snoring Patterns During Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation Therapy Up-Titration.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Zheng YJ, Cai Y, Ifeagwu KC, Chang JL
• International Consensus Statement on Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
  International forum of allergy & rhinology 2023 Chang JL, Goldberg AN, Alt JA, Mohammed A, Ashbrook L, Auckley D, Ayappa I, Bakhtiar H, Barrera JE, Bartley BL, Billings ME, Boon MS, Bosschieter P, Braverman I, Brodie K, Cabrera-Muffly C, Caesar R, …
• Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Salivary Function: A Systematic Review.
  The Laryngoscope 2023 Gulati A, Kidane J, Chang JL
• A Smartphone Application and Education Program for Hearing Health Promotion in High School Teenagers.
  The Laryngoscope 2022 Chang JL, Huwyler C, Yoshida N, Henderson Sabes J, Cheung SW
• Symptom Outcomes After Sialendoscopy-Assisted Salivary Duct Surgery: A Prospective 6-Year Study.
  The Laryngoscope 2022 Callander JK, Plonowska-Hirschfeld K, Gulati A, Chang JL, Ryan WR
• Laryngeal Adductor Reflex Movement Latency Following Tactile Stimulation.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2021 Strohl MP, Chang JL, Dwyer CD, Young VN, Rosen CA, Cheung SW
• Author Correction: Corticostriatal functional connectivity of bothersome tinnitus in single-sided deafness.
  Scientific reports 2021 Henderson-Sabes J, Shang Y, Perez PL, Chang JL, Pross SE, Findlay AM, Mizuiri D, Hinkley LB, Nagarajan SS, Cheung SW
• Short-term chemosensory distortions and phantoms in COVID-19.
  Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology 2021 Gurrola JG, Chang JL, Roland LT, Loftus PA, Cheung SW
• Special Considerations in the Acute Post-Implantation Period.
  Upper Airway Stimulation Therapy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea 2021 Maria V. Suurna, Jolie L. Chang
• Temporal Profile of Olfactory Dysfunction in COVID-19.
  OTO open 2020 Loftus PA, Roland LT, Gurrola JG, Cheung SW, Chang JL
• Metabolic, Radiation, and Medication Induced Sialadenitis.
  Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports 2020 Jacqueline E. Harris, Stephen Y. Lai, Jolie L. Chang
• Evolving Otolaryngology Resident Roles and Concerns at the Peak of the US COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Head & neck 2020 Cai Y, Gulati A, Jiam NT, Wai KC, Shuman EA, Pletcher SD, Durr ML, Chang JL
• Clinical Entities that Mimic Salivary Inflammatory Disease.
  Current Otorhinolaryngology Reports 2020 Daniel E. Palmieri, Barry M. Schaitkin, Jolie L. Chang
• Novel Adaptation of a Validated Tactile Aesthesiometer to Evaluate Laryngopharyngeal Sensation.
  The Laryngoscope 2020 Strohl MP, Young VN, Dwyer CD, Bhutada A, Crawford E, Chang JL, Rosen CA, Cheung SW
• Reply to: Challenges in interpreting the diagnostic performance of symptoms to predict COVID-19 status: the case of anosmia.
  International forum of allergy & rhinology 2020 Roland LT, Loftus PA, Chang JL
• Corticostriatal functional connectivity of bothersome tinnitus in single-sided deafness.
  Scientific reports 2019 Henderson-Sabes J, Shang Y, Perez PL, Chang JL, Pross SE, Findlay AM, Mizuiri D, Hinkley LB, Nagarajan SS, Cheung SW
• Salivary Gland Imaging.
  Gland-Preserving Salivary Surgery 2018 Jolie L. Chang
• Surgeon-Performed Ultrasound for Chronic Obstructive Sialadenitis Helps Predict Sialendoscopic Findings and Outcomes.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2017 Larson AR, Aubin-Pouliot A, Delagnes E, Zheng M, Chang JL, Ryan WR
• Pediatric sialendoscopy indications and outcomes.
  Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery 2016 Ogden MA, Rosbe KW, Chang JL
• Chronic parotitis with multiple calcifications: Clinical and sialendoscopic findings.
  The Laryngoscope 2016 Jáuregui E, Kiringoda R, Ryan WR, Eisele DW, Chang JL
• Prognostic Implications of Lymph Node Yield in Central and Lateral Neck Dissections for Well-Differentiated Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma.
  Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association 2016 Heaton CM, Chang JL, Orloff LA
• Characteristics of oncocytic lipoadenoma of the submandibular gland: a case report.
  Acta Oto-Laryngologica Case Reports 2016 Seth E. Pross, Jolie L. Chang, Christine M. Glastonbury, Annemieke van Zante, Khaing Soe Win, David W. Eisele
• Stapedectomy Effects on Tinnitus: Relationship of Change in Loudness to Change in Severity.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2015 Dewyer NA, Kiringoda R, Kram YA, Chang JL, Chang CY, Cheung SW
• Effectiveness and costs of sialendoscopy in pediatric patients with salivary gland disorders.
  The Laryngoscope 2015 Rosbe KW, Milev D, Chang JL
• Surgeon-performed ultrasound and transfacial sialoendoscopy for complete parotid duct stenosis.
  The Laryngoscope 2013 Ryan WR, Chang JL, Eisele DW
• IBMS BoneKEy
  Biological Calibration of Bone Quality for Tissue-Specific Function. 2011 Alliston, T Chang, J
• TGFß and Runx2 calibration of bone extracellular matrix quality for tissue-specific function.
  BoneKEy Reports 2011 Tamara Alliston, Jolie Chang
• Examination of Bone Ossification Markers in Cochlear Development.
  The Laryngoscope 2011 Jolie Chang, Kristin Butcher, Omar Akil, Rich Schneider, Lawrence Lustig, Tamara Alliston
• Tissue-specific calibration of extracellular matrix material properties by transforming growth factor-β and Runx2 in bone is required for hearing.
  EMBO reports 2010 Chang JL, Brauer DS, Johnson J, Chen CG, Akil O, Balooch G, Humphrey MB, Chin EN, Porter AE, Butcher K, Ritchie RO, Schneider RA, Lalwani A, Derynck R, Marshall GW, Marshall SJ, Lustig L, Alliston T
• Cycle-averaged models of cardiovascular dynamics.
  IFAC Proceedings Volumes 2003 Thomas Heldt, Jolie L. Chang, George C. Verghese, Roger G. Mark