Robert W. Chang, MD

​Robert W. Chang, MD, the Assistant Chair of Vascular Surgery for The Permanente Medical Group, is an Adjunct Investigator with the Division of Research and a physician researcher with the Delivery Science & Applied Research Physician Researcher Program. Dr. Chang is active in the education of residents and fellows and is also affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco, medical training program.

Dr. Chang conducts clinical research aimed at improving patient care. His current research on abdominal aortic aneurysms illustrates how Kaiser Permanente’s integrated health system and established IT infrastructure can be used to develop databases that researchers can use to help patients and doctors make shared medical decisions based on personalized risk analyses.

Dr. Chang earned his medical degree from the University of Southern California. He completed his surgical residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and vascular fellowship at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.

Current Position(s):

• Adjunct Investigator, Division of Research
• Physician Researcher, Delivery Science & Applied Research Physician Researcher Program, The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG)
• Assistant Chair of Vascular Surgery, Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Section Affiliations:

• Cardiovascular and Metabolic Conditions

Primary Research Interests:

• Optimal management of abdominal aortic aneurysm
• Outcomes after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair
• Optimal management of carotid artery disease