Katherine Sanders, MD
Endocrine Surgery Fellow
Surgery
School of Medicine

Katherine Sanders, MD, MAS, is an Endocrine Surgery fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her General Surgery residency at UCSF in 2025. Dr. Sanders received her BA in Biology from Dartmouth College, her MD from Dartmouth Medical School, and a Master’s in Clinical Research from UCSF.

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Her research focuses on disparities in evidence-based medical management and the comparative and cost-effectiveness of surgical devices. She is pursuing a career in academic endocrine surgery, with the goal of combining clinical practice with research to advance equitable and evidence-based surgical care.

Awards

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• VA Quality Scholars (VAQS) program, San Francisco VA, 2021-2023
• NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute StARR Award, UCSF, 2021-2022

Education & Training

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• MAS Master's in Clinical Research UCSF 06/2023
• MD Medicine Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine 06/2018
• BA Biology Dartmouth College 06/2012

Publications (10)

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Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase InhibitorsAngioplasty, BalloonAspirinPatient DischargeRibsVascular PatencyPrescriptionsPeripheral Arterial DiseaseFemoral ArteryRelative Value ScalesEndovascular ProceduresAtherectomyVascular Surgical ProceduresSemenLithotripsy

• Current use of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program surgical risk calculator in academic surgery: a mixed-methods study.
  Surgery in practice and science 2023 Miller SM, Azar SA, Farrelly JS, Salzman GA, Broderick ME, Sanders KM, Anto VP, Patel N, Cordova AC, Schuster KM, Jones TJ, Kodadek LM, Gross CP, Morton JM, Rosenthal RA, Becher RD
• Structured discharge documentation reduces sex-based disparities in statin prescription in vascular surgery patients.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2023 Sanders KM, Nacario JH, Smith EJT, Jaramillo EA, Lancaster EM, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Racial and ethnic disparities in major adverse limb events persist for chronic limb threatening ischemia despite presenting limb threat severity after peripheral vascular intervention.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2022 Jaramillo EA, Smith EJT, Matthay ZA, Sanders KM, Hiramoto JS, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Endovascular treatment of high-risk peripheral vascular occlusive lesions: a review of current evidence and emerging applications of intravascular lithotripsy, atherectomy, and paclitaxel-coated devices.
  Seminars in vascular surgery 2021 Sanders KM, Schneider PA, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC
• Risk factors for venous thromboembolism after vascular surgery and implications for chemoprophylaxis strategies.
  Journal of vascular surgery. Venous and lymphatic disorders 2021 Matthay ZA, Flanagan CP, Sanders K, Smith EJ, Lancaster EM, Gasper WJ, Kornblith LZ, Hiramoto JS, Conte MS, Iannuzzi JC

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• Understanding value and patient complexity among common inpatient vascular surgery procedures.
  Journal of vascular surgery 2021 Ramirez JL, Lopez J, Sanders K, Schneider PA, Gasper WJ, Conte MS, Sosa JA, Iannuzzi JC
• 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
• Human seminal plasma fosters CD4(+) regulatory T-cell phenotype and transforming growth factor-β1 expression.
  American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 2012 Balandya E, Wieland-Alter W, Sanders K, Lahey T
• Semen protects CD4+ target cells from HIV infection but promotes the preferential transmission of R5 tropic HIV.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2010 Balandya E, Sheth S, Sanders K, Wieland-Alter W, Lahey T
• Prevalence and diversity of microbes in the amniotic fluid, the fetal inflammatory response, and pregnancy outcome in women with preterm pre-labor rupture of membranes.
  American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) 2010 DiGiulio DB, Romero R, Kusanovic JP, Gómez R, Kim CJ, Seok KS, Gotsch F, Mazaki-Tovi S, Vaisbuch E, Sanders K, Bik EM, Chaiworapongsa T, Oyarzún E, Relman DA