Biography
Victoria Tang, MD completed medical school, Internal Medicine residency, and a Geriatrics fellowship at the University of Texas ? Southwestern in Dallas. She is passionate about providing outstanding care to older adults in her role as an attending physician on the Acute Care of Elders (ACE) Unit at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and in the Geriatric Medicine Clinic. She also provides geriatric assessments for the Center for Surgery in Older Adults with the goal of maximizing older surgical patients? functional outcomes and quality of life. In addition, Dr. Tang is currently a VA Quality Scholars Fellow pursuing advanced training in healthcare quality. She is also a Geriatrics Research Fellow pursuing a Master's degree in clinical research at UCSF with a specialization in implementation science. Dr. Tang?s research program focuses on improving the quality of care provided to hospitalized older adults.
Education
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, B.S. Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, 2005
University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, M.D., 2009
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, Internship, Internal Medicine, 2010
University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, Residency, Internal Medicine, 2012
University of Texas - Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, 2013
University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Masters Degree Program, Training in Clinical Research, 2015
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California, Fellowship, VA Quality Scholars, 2016
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Expertise
Geriatric Medicine
Internal Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Acute Care of Elder Adults
Clinical Interests
Geriatric Medicine
Internal Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Acute Care of Elder Adults
Abstracts
Tang V, Burton M., Varicella Zoster Virus Meningoencephalitis: a case report and literature review, 2011
Tang V, Bachrach S., Activation of Leinamycin: Solution Phase Modeling, 2004
Tang V, Bachrach S., Theoretical studies of the activation of Leinamycin, an antitumor antibiotic, 2003.
Tang V, Kurtin W., Potentiometric and NMR Titrations of Fatty Acids in Bile Salt Solutions, 2002
Delirium in the Hospitalized Elderly after Hip Fracture 2012 (Lecture)
Behavioral Training Treatments for Urge Incontinence in the Geriatric Population 2011 (Lecture)
Efficacy of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine against HPV Infection and Diseases in Males 2011 (Lecture)
Medical Treatments of Urinary Incontinence in the Geriatric Population 2010 (Lecture)
Reasons for and Causes of Medication Non-Adherence 2007 (Lecture)
Theoretical Studies of the Activation of Leinamycin, an Anti-tumor Antibiotic 2004 (Lecture)
Potentiometric and NMR Titrations of Fatty Acids in Bile Salt Solutions 2003 (Lecture)
VZV Meningoencephalitis, Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting 2011 (Poster)
Activation of Leinamycin, American Chemical Society National Symposium 2004 (Poster)
Fatty Acids in Bile Salt Solutions, Baylor University American Chemical Society 2003 (Poster)
In the News
Research Interests
Older Adults
Implementation Science
Aging
Hospital Medicine
Acute Care of Elderly
Surgery in Older Adults
Delirium
Function
Advanced Care Planning