Kara Tanaka, MD
Physician Resident
Pathology
School of Medicine

Education & Training

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• Genitourinary Pathology, Fellowship; Chief Resident, Anatomic Pathology University of California, San Francisco 2025
• Anatomic Pathology, Residency University of California, San Francisco 2024
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2022
• MD Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2021
• MFA Art California Institute of the Arts 2008

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
Casts, SurgicalPrinting, Three-DimensionalReoperationElbowProsthesis DesignOsteotomyUpper ExtremityElbow JointProsthesis FailureRadius FracturesFemurFemoral NeoplasmsProsthesis ImplantationBone NeoplasmsArtificial Limbs

• Utility of The Paris System for Reporting Urinary Cytology in patients with HPV-positive urinary tract carcinoma.
  Cancer cytopathology 2024 Tanaka K, Kayraklioglu N, Chan E, Ding CC, Vohra P
• Survival and failure modes of the Compress® spindle and expandable distal femur endoprosthesis among pediatric patients: A multi-institutional study.
  Journal of surgical oncology 2022 Tanaka KS, Andaya VR, Thorpe SW, Gundle KR, Hayden JB, Duong YC, Avedian RS, Mohler DG, Morse LJ, Zimel MN, O'Donnell RJ, Fang A, Randall RL, Tran TH, New C, Wustrack RL, other members of Study Group …
• Perceptions of a Remote Learning Pathology Elective for Advanced Clinical Medical Students.
  Academic pathology 2021 Tanaka KS, Ramachandran R
• The Use of Photogrammetry for Interactive, Three-Dimensional Modeling of an Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Elbow.
  Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews 2020 Isaacson DS, Tanaka KS, Wang NK, Storelli DAR, Lattanza LL
• Identifying a commercially-available 3D printing process that minimizes model distortion after annealing and autoclaving and the effect of steam sterilization on mechanical strength.
  3D printing in medicine 2020 Chen JV, Tanaka KS, Dang ABC, Dang A
• A Biomechanical Comparison of Fiberglass Casts and 3-Dimensional-Printed, Open-Latticed, Ventilated Casts.
  Hand (New York, N.Y.) 2019 Hoogervorst P, Knox R, Tanaka K, Working ZM, El Naga AN, Herfat S, Lee N
• Advances in 3D-Printed Pediatric Prostheses for Upper Extremity Differences.
  The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume 2016 Tanaka KS, Lightdale-Miric N