Edward Chang, MD, FACS

Assistant Dean of Medical Education

Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology

About

Dr. Edward Chang, MD, FACS, is the Assistant Dean of Medical Education and Clinical Professor of Otolaryngology. Dr. Chang joins us after an 18-year tenure at Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center, where he successfully led the continuing medical education program. Throughout his career, he has held numerous leadership positions and has been instrumental in the education of medical students at Santa Rosa Kaiser facility in collaboration with Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Dr. Chang earned his Medical Degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He completed a six-year residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, which included two years of general surgery. Following this, he pursued a fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of South Florida in Tampa. In addition to his medical training, he completed his dental education at the University of Southern California, earning his DDS Degree. He has served on the Otolaryngology faculty as a division director at both Columbia University and the University of South Florida and has also been a clinical faculty member at Stanford University School of Medicine and UCSF School of Medicine. He completed a faculty development fellowship at UCSF. Until recently, he has been an oral board examiner for the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

With a passion for teaching that spans his 30-year clinical practice, Dr. Chang actively teaches facial and head and neck anatomy to medical students, residents, fellows, and surgeons on a national level. In addition to his prior role as Chief of Physician Education for Kaiser Permanente, he has served as a California Medical Association (CMA) accreditation surveyor and has been a member of the CMA accreditation committee for continuing medical education and ambulatory surgery centers.