Mohammad Karimzada, MD
RESIDENT PHYSICIAN
Surgery
School of Medicine

Mohammad Karimzada is a general surgery resident at UCSF. He received his BS in Biochemistry/Molecular Biology from UC Davis and his medical degree from UCLA. His research interests include surgical innovations and devices. He is interested in pursuing a career in acute care surgery and trauma. Furthermore, he is involved in resident education and hopes to continue the tradition of training the next generation of surgeons through innovative methods.

Awards

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• Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2016
• Alpha Omega Alpha, AOA, 2016

Education & Training

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• MD Medical Degree UCLA 06/2017
• BS Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UC DAVIS 12/2012

Interests

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• Acute Care Surgery
• Trauma
• Metabolic Surgery
• Surgical Education
• Surgical Endoscopy
• Surgical Innovations

Publications (8)

Top publication keywords:
Internship and ResidencyMedicineObesity, MorbidLearningMagnetic PhenomenaSoft Tissue InfectionsReoperationInsulin ResistancePapillomavirus InfectionsPapillomaviridaeDebridementCarcinoma, Squamous CellSurgeonsPeer GroupGene Expression

• Evaluation of a Magnetic Compression Anastomosis for Jejunoileal Partial Diversion in Rhesus Macaques.
  Obesity surgery 2023 Evans LL, Lee WG, Karimzada M, Patel VH, Aribindi VK, Kwiat D, Graham JL, Cummings DE, Havel PJ, Harrison MR
• Implementation, evaluation, and modification of a near-peer learning group in graduate surgical education.
  American journal of surgery 2022 Conroy PC, Mohamedaly S, Karimzada M, Brian R, Im C, Hernandez S, Roman S, Hirose K, Mukhtar R, Kirkwood K, O'Sullivan P, Alseidi A
• Virtual Interviews: Assessing How Expectations Meet Reality.
  Journal of surgical education 2022 Brian R, Wang JJ, Park KM, Karimzada M, Sequeira N, O'Sullivan P, Alseidi A
• Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM
• Detection of viral gene expression in risk-stratified biopsies reveals no active HPV in cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
  Experimental dermatology 2021 Vandiver AR, Thomas BJ, Karimzada M, Knowles BC, Botten GA, Spreafico R, Rotman JN, Gharavi NM, Chesnut C, Wesel K, Mangul S, Soriano T, Scumpia PO
• Association for Surgical Education Annual Meeting
  Resident Motivation for Longitudinal Near-Pear Learning Participation in Graduate Surgical Education. 2021 m CJ, Conroy PC, Mohamedaly S, Karimzada M, Hernandez S, Roman S, Hirose K, O’Sullivan P, Alseidi A, Kirkwood K.
• Mandatory Operative Re-Exploration after Initial Debridement of Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections: Is it Mandatory?
  The American surgeon 2017 Spence LH, Yan H, Moazzez A, Schwed A, Keeley J, Karimzada M, Allison M, Neville A, Plurad D, Putnam B, de Virgilio C, Kim D
• Langerhans cell histiocytosis masquerading as acute appendicitis: Case report and review.
  World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy 2017 Karimzada MM, Matthews MN, French SW, DeUgarte D, Kim DY