
Dr. Douglas G Chang M.D
Physiatrist (Physical Medicine) | Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
200 W Arbor Dr Mail Code 8894 San Diego CA, 92103About
Dr. Douglas Chang is a physiatrist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Chang is a medical doctor specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a physiatrist, Dr. Chang focuses on a patients ability to function, and can treat multiple conditions that affect the brain, nerves, spine, bones, muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons. Dr. Chang can diagnose and treat pain that is a result of injury, disease or a disabling condition. Physiatrists often lead a team of physical therapists, occupational therapists and physicians in a patients treatment or prevention plan.
Education and Training
UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA Medical Degree
UC San Diego, Department of Bioengineering, San Diego, CA Other Degree
Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service Medical Degree
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery Medical Degree
Board Certification
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationAmerican Board of Physical Medicine and RehabilitationABPMR- Sports Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The Ilizarov method of external fixation: current intraoperative concepts.
- Older age increases short-term surgical complications after primary knee arthroplasty.
- Body posture and backpack loading: an upright magnetic resonance imaging study of the adult lumbar spine.
- Three decades of citation classics: the most cited articles in the field of physical medicine and rehabilitation.
- Return to Learn: A review of cognitive rest versus rehabilitation after sports concussion.
- Anatomic Evaluation of the Sacroiliac Joint: A Radiographic Study with Implications for Procedures.
- WISE 2005: Aerobic and resistive countermeasures prevent paraspinal muscle
- Yoga as a treatment for chronic low back pain: A systematic review of the literature.
- Poster 180 Rectus Femoris Avulsion of the Direct and Reflected Heads in a Kickball Player: MRI Diagnosis and Nonoperative Outcome.
- Lumbar Spine Paraspinal Muscle and Intervertebral Disc Height Changes in Astronauts After Long-Duration Spaceflight on the International Space Station.
- From the international space station to the clinic: how prolonged unloading may disrupt lumbar spine stability.
Dr. Douglas G Chang M.D's Practice location
Practice At 200 W Arbor Dr Mail Code 8894
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UC San Diego Health - Encinitas: Garden View - Orthopedics
1200 Garden View Road -Encinitas, CA 92024Get Direction
UC San Diego Health - Perlman Medical Offices - Orthopedic Surgery
9350 Campus Point Drive -La Jolla, CA 92037Get Direction
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