Kara Faktor, MD, MSc
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine

Kara Faktor, MD, MSc, is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She graduated from Brandeis University with a B.S. in neuroscience, biology and Hispanic studies and received her medical degree from UCLA.

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During medical school, she spent a year in Rwanda conducting surgical site infection research through a Doris Duke International Clinical Research Fellowship, as well as a year pursuing an MSc in Public Health for Development from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests include local and global surgical equity.

Education & Training

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• General Surgery Residency UCSF 06/2028
• M.D. Medicine DGSOM at UCLA 06/2021
• MSc Public Health for Development LSHTM 12/2020
• B.S. Neuroscience, Biology, Hispanic Studies Brandeis University 05/2014

Interests

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• Global Surgery

Publications (5)

Top publication keywords:
RwandaCommunity Health WorkersLaboratories, HospitalInternational CooperationPhysiciansQualitative ResearchGram-Negative Bacterial InfectionsSurgical Wound InfectionCapacity BuildingGeneral SurgeryLaboratoriesGram-Negative BacteriaAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialCesarean Section

• Impact and Sustainability of Foreign Medical Aid: A Qualitative Study with Honduran Healthcare Providers.
  Annals of global health 2023 Faktor KL, Payán DD, Ramirez AJ, May FP
• Postgraduate Surgical Education in East, Central, and Southern Africa: A Needs Assessment Survey.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2022 Elmaraghi S, Min Park K, Rashidian N, Yap A, Faktor K, Ozgediz D, Borgstein E, Bekele A, Alseidi A, Tefera G
• Global Surgery Opportunities for General Surgery Residents: Are We Making Progress?
  The Journal of surgical research 2022 Rosenberg A, Jayaram A, Still M, Hauser B, Dworkin M, Faktor K, Petroze R
• Strengthening Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Capacity in Rural Rwanda: A Feasibility Assessment.
  Annals of global health 2021 Umutesi G, Velin L, Muwanguzi M, Faktor K, Mugabo C, Rukundo G, Rucogoza A, Yankurije M, Mazimpaka C, de Dieu Gatete J, Shyirambere C, Hedt-Gauthier B, Riviello R, Mpunga T, Mwikarago EI, Kateera F
• Surgical Site Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance After Cesarean Section Delivery in Rural Rwanda.
  Annals of global health 2021 Velin L, Umutesi G, Riviello R, Muwanguzi M, Bebell LM, Yankurije M, Faktor K, Nkurunziza T, Rukundo G, de Dieu Gatete J, Emil I, Hedt-Gauthier BL, Kateera F