Research Summary

Hueylan Chern is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her M.D. from UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School and completed her general surgery training at Brown University. After her residency, she then finished a colorectal surgery fellowship at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, followed by additional oncology training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is interested in developing a curriuclum to teach laparoscopic surgery. She is also interested in assessment of technical skills in the operating room and transfer of skills from the lab to the operating room.

Education

2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
M.D., 2002 - School of Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Selected Publications

  1. Brian R, Sterponi L, Murillo A, Oh D, Chern H, Silverman E, O'Sullivan P. Ambiguity in robotic surgical instruction: lessons from remote and in-person simulation. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract. 2025 Jan 17.  View on PubMed
  2. Sarin A, Barnes KE, Shui AM, Nakamura Y, Hoffman DB, Romero-Hernandez F, Chern H. Initial Experience With Single-Port Robotic Right Colectomies: Results of an Investigator-Initiated Investigational Device Exemption Study Using a Novel Single-Port Robotic Platform. Dis Colon Rectum. 2024 Oct 01; 67(10):e1600-e1606.  View on PubMed
  3. Brian R, Murillo A, Gomes C, Chern H, Oh D, O'Sullivan PS. Consensus guidelines on the bedside assistant skills required in robotic surgery. Surg Endosc. 2024 Nov; 38(11):6406-6412.  View on PubMed
  4. Brian R, Murillo A, Oh DS, Chern H, O'Sullivan PS. Comparing observed and preferred instruction in robotic surgery. Surgery. 2024 Oct; 176(4):1072-1078.  View on PubMed
  5. Brian R, Cowan B, Knox JA, O'Sullivan PS, Bayne D, Ito T, Lager J, Chern H. Comparing Peer and Faculty Feedback for Asynchronous Laparoscopic Skill Acquisition. J Surg Educ. 2024 Aug; 81(8):1154-1160.  View on PubMed
  6. Brian R, Rodriguez N, Rapp J, Chern H, O'Sullivan P, Gomez-Sanchez C. Vascular Anastomoses and Dissection: A Six-Part Simulation Curriculum for Surgical Residents. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11406.  View on PubMed
  7. Brian R, Bayne D, Ito T, Lager J, Edwards A, Kumar S, Soriano I, O'Sullivan P, Varas J, Chern H. An At-Home Laparoscopic Curriculum for Junior Residents in Surgery, Obstetrics/Gynecology, and Urology. MedEdPORTAL. 2024; 20:11405.  View on PubMed
  8. Anya L. Edwards, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Joseph H. Rapp, Adnan Alseidi, Hueylan Chern, Justin L. Sewell, Christy Boscardin, Shareef M. Syed. Development of the Cognitive Load Inventory for Surgical Skills: preliminary validity evidence. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2023 Oct 28; 2(1):102.  View on PubMed
  9. Connie J. Zhou, Anya L. Edwards, Riley Brian, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Amy M. Shui, Aly Cortella, Adnan Alseidi, Joseph H. Rapp, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed. Is participation enough? Impact of simulation curriculum structure on performance of basic surgical skills. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2023 Oct 21; 2(1):98.  View on PubMed
  10. Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Nakamura Y, Chern H, Sarin A. Transanal excision of rectal lesions using the single port robotic platform: A video vignette. Colorectal Dis. 2023 11; 25(11):2275-2279.  View on PubMed
  11. Charondo LB, Brian R, Syed S, Chern H, Lager J, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan P, Bayne D. Confronting new challenges: Faculty perceptions of gaps in current laparoscopic curricula in a changing training landscape. Surg Open Sci. 2023 Dec; 16:1-7.  View on PubMed
  12. Wile RK, Brian R, Rodriguez N, Chern H, Cruff J, O'Sullivan PS. Home practice for robotic surgery: a randomized controlled trial of a low-cost simulation model. J Robot Surg. 2023 Oct; 17(5):2527-2536.  View on PubMed
  13. Hamilton BC, Dairywala MI, Highet A, Nguyen TC, O'Sullivan P, Chern H, Soriano IS. Artificial intelligence based real-time video ergonomic assessment and training improves resident ergonomics. Am J Surg. 2023 11; 226(5):741-746.  View on PubMed
  14. Brian R, Oh D, Ifuku KA, Sarin A, O'Sullivan P, Chern H. Experience matters for robotic assistance: an analysis of case data. J Robot Surg. 2023 Oct; 17(5):2421-2426.  View on PubMed
  15. Anya L. Greenberg, Katherine E. Barnes, Mohammad M. Karimzada, Chiung-Yu Huang, Adnan Alseidi, Joseph H. Rapp, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed. Difficult or high risk? Objective task assessment vs. faculty perceptions of surgical skills. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2023 Apr 19; 2(1):50.  View on PubMed
  16. Anya L. Greenberg, Katherine E. Barnes, Shareef M. Syed, Joseph H. Rapp, Adnan Alseidi, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern. Faculty entrustment of residents in the operating room: the role for surgical simulation. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2023 Apr 6; 2(1):48.  View on PubMed
  17. Barnes KE, Brian R, Greenberg AL, Watanaskul S, Kim EK, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H. Beyond watching: Harnessing laparoscopy to increase medical students' engagement with robotic procedures. Am J Surg. 2023 07; 226(1):143-144.  View on PubMed
  18. Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H. Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum. J Robot Surg. 2023 Jun; 17(3):1029-1038.  View on PubMed
  19. Anya L. Greenberg, Shareef M. Syed, Adnan A. Alseidi, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern. Communicating from a distance: medical student perspectives from a robotic bedside assist simulation. Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education. 2022 Oct 20; 1(1):53.  View on PubMed
  20. Watanaskul S, Schwab ME, Chern H, Varma M, Sarin A. Robotic transanal excision of rectal lesions: expert perspective and literature review. J Robot Surg. 2023 Apr; 17(2):619-627.  View on PubMed

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