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Biography
Karen Cheng, MD
Associate Director,
UCLA Comprehensive Health Program |
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Karen Cheng, M.D. completed her undergraduate training
at Princeton University and graduated cum laude with an AB
degree in Molecular Biology. She then started her medical
training at Tufts University and received her Doctor of
Medicine degree in 1991. Family ties drew her to southern
California where she completed a residency in Internal
Medicine at the UCLA Medical Center. To further round out
her medical expertise, she chose to do an Internal
Medicine fellowship for an additional year focusing on
sports medicine, dermatology, and women’s health. Dr.
Cheng is now Associate Clinical Professor at the David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Her practice focuses on
primary care and preventive medicine.
Dr. Cheng translated her extra training into teaching
workshops for other physicians. Workshops on the
evaluation of shoulder pain and the evaluation of knee
pain were featured at the Society of General Internal
Medicine’s Annual Meeting. “Shoulder Pain – The
Generalist’s Approach” won a faculty education award. She
continues to teach sports medicine workshops to residents,
fellows, and other colleagues. She authored two chapters
in the book Women’s Health – Principles and Clinical
Practice on ankle sprains and knee pain.
Nominated by her peers, she was voted one of the best
doctors in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine. She is a
medical consultant on a series produced for the National
Geographic Channel. Dr. Cheng has volunteered at the
Westside Women’s Health Center and abroad for Medical
Ministries International.
Dr. Cheng is married with three children. Her husband is a
wealth management advisor. Her goal is to practice
evidence based primary care and preventive medicine.
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