University of California San Francisco

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Caitlin Collins, MD

Assistant Professor of Surgery
Trauma and Surgical Critical Care
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Address

35 Medical Center Way, #3A25
San Francisco, CA 94143
United States

Email: [email protected]
Phone: 415-476-1239
Fax: 415-502-1259

    Biography

    Caitlin Collins, M.D., M.P.H. is a Surgical Critical Care Fellow at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her General Surgery residency training at UCSF in 2022. She completed a master's degree in Public Health at Berkeley with a focus on Global Health. Her research has focused on alternative payment models, health equity, and quality improvement within surgical populations. Under the mentorship of Dr. Liza Wick, she has explored the impact of bundled payment reimbursement models within a general surgery population. She has also worked on the implementation of a quality improvement platform for trauma patients in Southwestern Cameroon under the guidance and mentorship of Dr. Catherine Juillard and Dr. Alain Chichom Mefire.

    Education

    Institution Degree Dept or School End Date
    University of California Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training 2019

    Clinical Interests

    Trauma and Critical Care
    Global Surgery

    In the News

    Research Interests

    Quality Improvement and Process Improvement within Surgery
    Health Equity and Barriers to Access in Surgery
    Global Surgery
    Medical Student Education

    Research Pathways

    Publications

    MOST RECENT PUBLICATIONS FROM A TOTAL OF 7
    1. Subclavian line infiltration causing neck compartment syndrome and bradycardic arrest: A case report.
      Bucyk TB, Collins CR, Macuja JT, Boeck MA, Wong JK| | PubMed
    2. Surgery, Anesthesia, and TBI Outcomes-Unraveling the Complex Interplay.
      Collins CR, Campbell A| | PubMed
    3. Preparing for participation in the centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' bundle care payment initiative-advanced for major bowel surgery.
      Collins CR, Abel MK, Shui A, Intinarelli G, Sosa JA, Wick EC| | PubMed
    4. Surgical Trainee Well-Being: A Synergy of Individual and System-Level Interventions.
      Greenberg AL, Collins CR, Rosser ML, Ascher NL, O'Sullivan PS, Reilly LM, Lebares CC| | PubMed
    5. Emergency general surgery utilization and disparities during COVID-19: an interrupted time-series analysis.
      Greenberg AL, Schwartz H, Collins CR, Kelly YM, Mackersie R, Mourad M, Roberts JP, Bongiovanni T| | PubMed
    6. Stress and the Surgical Resident in the COVID-19 Pandemic.
      Collins C, Mahuron K, Bongiovanni T, Lancaster E, Sosa JA, Wick E| | PubMed
    7. Reflections on the Complexity of Surgical Site Infection Prevention and Detection from an Organizational Lens.
      Collins CR, Wick EC| | PubMed