Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Anesthesia
School of Medicine

Dr. Barreto Chang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, with a research focus on understanding the molecular and behavioral basis of cognitive impairment after surgery.

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By focusing on the perioperative period, she seeks to improve both the information patients receive during the perioperative evaluation in terms of their brain health assessment and also develop potential approaches for neuroprotection during the period of surgery and postoperative recovery.

Awards

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• Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2024
• Long-Term Mentor Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2024
• Weill Award for Clinician-Scientists in the Neurosciences, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, 2024

Education & Training

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• Internship Surgery Stanford Hospital and Clinics
• MD/PhD Medicine/Neuroscience Stanford University School of Medicine
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California San Francisco
• Postdoctoral Studies Neuroscience University of California San Francisco
• Residency Anesthesia University of California, San Francisco
• BS Biology University of Puerto Rico - Mayaguez

Interests

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• Cognition
• Anesthesia
• Health Disparities
• Diversity
• Electroencephalogram (EEG)
• Community Outreach
• Neuroscience
• Aging
• Postoperative Delirium (POD)
• Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders (PND)
• Geriatrics

Websites

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• Posts on X @OdmaraBarreto (X.com)

Publications (34)

Top publication keywords:
SeizuresCognitive DysfunctionEmergence DeliriumHyponatremiaAnalgesics, Non-NarcoticKetamineMilk HypersensitivityAnesthesiologyDeliriumOtoscopesDermoscopyRicketsPilomatrixomaAnesthesiologistsCocos

• Gaps in cognitive care among older patients undergoing spine surgery.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2024 Barreto Chang OL, Pawar N, Whitlock EL, Miller B, Possin KL
• A novel approach for the detection of cognitive impairment and delirium risk in older patients undergoing spine surgery.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Barreto Chang OL, Whitlock EL, Arias AD, Tsoy E, Allen IE, Hellman J, Bickler PE, Miller B, Possin KL
• A 4-Day Exposure to High Altitude Prolongs QTc in Healthy Human Subjects.
  Wilderness & environmental medicine 2025 Gudelunas K, Chinn GA, Barreto-Chang OL, Campbell L, Sall JW
• A comparison of large language model-generated and published perioperative neurocognitive disorder recommendations: a cross-sectional web-based analysis.
  British journal of anaesthesia 2025 Saxena S, Barreto Chang OL, Suppan M, Meco BC, Vacas S, Radtke F, Matot I, Devos A, Maze M, Gisselbaek M, Berger-Estilita J
• ASA Doctors Back to School 2024: The Philly Edition
  ASA Monitor 2025 Niti Pawar, MD; Marc Parris, MD, MPH; Odmara L. Barreto Chang, MD, PhD

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• Closing the Quality Chasm for Brain Health with Implementation Science
  ASA Monitor 2025 Odmara L. Barreto Chang MD, PhD; Daniel J. Cole MD, FASA; Robert A. Whittington, MD
• Handbook of the Biology and Pathology of Mental Disorders
  The role of IL-6 Trans-signaling in the pathogenesis of Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders 2024 Odmara L. Barreto Chang, Harper S. Kim, and Mervyn Maze
• Intraoperative Burst Suppression by Analysis of Raw Electroencephalogram Postoperative Delirium in Older Adults Undergoing Spine Surgery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
  Journal of neurosurgical anesthesiology 2024 Pawar N, Zhou S, Duarte K, Wise A, García PS, Kreuzer M, Barreto Chang OL
• Representation of intensivists' race/ethnicity, sex, and age by artificial intelligence: a cross-sectional study of two text-to-image models.
  Critical care (London, England) 2024 Gisselbaek M, Suppan M, Minsart L, Köselerli E, Nainan Myatra S, Matot I, Barreto Chang OL, Saxena S, Berger-Estilita J
• Beyond the stereotypes: Artificial Intelligence image generation and diversity in anesthesiology.
  Frontiers in artificial intelligence 2024 Gisselbaek M, Minsart L, Köselerli E, Suppan M, Meco BC, Seidel L, Albert A, Barreto Chang OL, Saxena S, Berger-Estilita J
• Gender and Race/Ethnicity dynamics in anesthesiology mentorship: results of a European survey.
  BMC anesthesiology 2024 Gisselbaek M, Marsh B, Soriano L, Jackman S, Seidel L, Albert A, Matot I, Coppens S, Narouze S, Barreto Chang OL, Saxena S
• Case Report of Hyponatremic Seizures in a Term Neonate Attributed to Excessive Maternal Coconut Water Ingestion During Labor.
  A&A practice 2024 Soriano LP, Rollins MD, Barreto Chang OL
• Gender bias in images of anaesthesiologists generated by artificial intelligence.
  British journal of anaesthesia 2024 Gisselbaek M, Köselerli E, Suppan M, Minsart L, Meco BC, Seidel L, Albert A, Barreto Chang OL, Berger-Estilita J, Saxena S
• Clinical and Medical Innovation in Anesthesiology. Primary book author: Adam E.M. Eltorai. Chapter 15: Pilot Study
  Clinical and Medical Innovation in Anesthesiology. Primary book author: Adam E.M. Eltorai. Chapter 15: Pilot Study 2024 Odmara L. Barreto Chang
• ASA 2023 Doctors Back to School Program Returns to the Classroom
  ASA Monitor 2024 Sara Zhou, Darryl P. Brown, and Odmara L. Barreto Chang
• Association of University Anesthesiologists
  The Leaky Pipeline: How Are We Addressing This Problem? 2024 Odmara L. Barreto Chang and Niti Pawar
• Impostor syndrome in anaesthesiology primarily affects female and junior physicians☆.
  British journal of anaesthesia 2023 Gisselbaek M, Hontoir S, Pesonen AE, Seidel L, Geniets B, Steen E, Barreto Chang OL, Saxena S
• Gender equity in anesthesia: is it time to rock the boat?
  BMC anesthesiology 2023 Gisselbaek M, Barreto Chang OL, Saxena S
• Addressing gaps in primary care diagnosis of cognitive impairment via a telephone-based nurse consultation.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023 Shin SY, Goode CA, Bui NM, Premkumar M, Hill-Sakurai LE, Bernstein Sideman A, Kiekhofer RE, Chodos AH, Dulaney S, Wynn MJ, Barreto Chang OL, Possin KL
• Defining the role of Interleukin-6 for the development of perioperative neurocognitive disorders: Evidence from clinical and preclinical studies.
  Frontiers in aging neuroscience 2023 Barreto Chang OL, Maze M
• Age-Related Perioperative Neurocognitive Disorders: Experimental Models and Druggable Targets.
  Annual review of pharmacology and toxicology 2022 Barreto Chang OL, Possin KL, Maze M
• Moving Forward: 2022 Committee on Professional Diversity's 2nd Virtual Doctors Back to School Program
  ASA Monitor 2022 Christine Vo and Odmara L. Barreto Chang
• Ketamine-Associated Intraoperative Electroencephalographic Signatures of Elderly Patients With and Without Preoperative Cognitive Impairment.
  Anesthesia and analgesia 2022 Barreto Chang OL, Kreuzer M, Morgen DF, Possin KL, García PS
• Burst Suppression During General Anesthesia and Postoperative Outcomes: Mini Review.
  Frontiers in systems neuroscience 2022 Pawar N, Barreto Chang OL
• Reaching Out During Challenging Times: The First Virtual Doctors Back to School Program Event
  ASA Monitor 2021 Odmara L. Barreto Chang, Daniel P. Corsino, Crystal C. Wright
• A case report: anaphylaxis to cefazolin during renal transplant surgery.
  Allergy, asthma, and clinical immunology : official journal of the Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2021 Hemati K, Gierat S, Roll GR, Barreto Chang OL
• A little help from our friends: intra-operative endoscopy for the extraction of an ingested foreign body.
  Digestive diseases and sciences 2011 Barreto-Chang O, Palmer O, Ready J, Hwang J
• Diagnosis of pilomatricoma using an otoscope.
  Pediatric dermatology 2010 Barreto-Chang OL, Gorell ES, Yamaguma MA, Lane AT
• Vitamin D--deficient rickets in a child with cow's milk allergy.
  Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 2010 Barreto-Chang OL, Barreto-Chang O, Pearson D, Shepard WE, Longhurst CA, Longhurst C, Greene A
• Regulation of Neuronal Survival and CREB-Dependent Transcription by CaV1.2 L-Type Calcium Channels
  Regulation of Neuronal Survival and CREB-Dependent Transcription by CaV1.2 L-Type Calcium Channels 2010 Barreto-Chang OL
• Calcium imaging of cortical neurons using Fura-2 AM.
  Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE 2009 Barreto-Chang OL, Dolmetsch RE
• Parcs is a dual regulator of cell proliferation and apaf-1 function.
  The Journal of biological chemistry 2008 Sanchez-Olea R, Ortiz S, Barreto O, Yang Q, Xu CJ, Zhu H, Yuan J
• The C terminus of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel Ca(V)1.2 encodes a transcription factor.
  Cell 2006 Gomez-Ospina N, Tsuruta F, Barreto-Chang O, Hu L, Dolmetsch R
• Bcl-2 transfection via herpes simplex virus blocks apoptosis-inducing factor translocation after focal ischemia in the rat.
  Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism 2004 Zhao H, Yenari MA, Cheng D, Barreto-Chang OL, Sapolsky RM, Steinberg GK