Anthony Hung Chau

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Assistant Clinical Professor, Surgery
School of Medicine
B.A., UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, 2007, ECONOMICS
M.D., DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA, 2011, MEDICINE
University of California, Irvine
333 City Blvd West, Suite 1600
Orange, CA 92868
Research Interests
VASCULAR SURGERY, ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY, MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY, ROBOTIC SURGERY, THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM, AORTIC DISSECTION, ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM, CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE, RENAL FAILURE, DIALYSIS ACCESS, PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE, CLAUDICATION
Academic Distinctions
Certificate in Leadership for Healthcare Management - University of California, Irvine, The Paul Merage School of Business
Research Abstract
Dr. Anthony Chau is a vascular surgeon at the UCI Medical Center and the VA Long Beach Health Care System where he also serves as the Chief of Vascular Surgery. Dr. Chau’s clinical interests include abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissections, carotid artery disease, peripheral arterial disease, dialysis access, and deep venous thrombosis. Dr. Chau is especially interested new device development and trialing new innovative technologies. Dr. Chau has additional research interests in healthcare economics and disparities vascular surgery.
Awards and Honors
2022 Health Care Leadership Development Program. Veterans Health Administration Healthcare Leadership Talent Institute.
2021 Leadership Development Institute Program. VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network (VISN 22)
2018 Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery – Fellows Program Scholarship
2018 Best Video: Robot Assisted Inferior Vena Cavoscopy. The American Urologic Association Annual Meeting.
2018 Best Video: Robotic Assisted Left Renal Vein Transposition. The American Urologic Association Annual Meeting.
2017 Fellows Program Scholarship, Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
2017 Fellows Program Scholarship, Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Society
2014 General Surgery Resident Vascular Annual Meeting Travel Scholarship, Society for Vascular Surgery
2009 Helen Pierce Lata Scholarship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2008 Donald, Jason and Stefan Wong Scholarship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2008 Israel Levin Scholarship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2008 Dr. Ursula Mandel Scholarship, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
2003 – 2007 Education is Freedom Scholarship
2004 – 2007 National Society of Collegiate Scholars
2006 UCLA Asian Pacific Alumni-Excellence in Community Service Scholarship
Publications
Tohmasi S, Kabutey NK, Maithel S, Chen SL, Kuo IJ, Donayre CE, Fujitani RM, Chau AH. Management of Acute Aortoiliac Arterial Thrombosis in Patients with the Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Series and Systematic Review of the Literature. Annals of Vascular Surgery - Brief Reports and Innovations. Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2022, 100105
Au C, Skochko S, Chau AH. Intra-mesenteric Abscess Caused by Non-typhoidal Salmonella: IDCases, Volume 29, 2022, e01523.
Assis R, Jain A, Nakajima R, Jasinskas A, Khan S, Palma A, Parker DM, Chau A; Specimen Collection Group, Obiero JM, Tifrea D, Leung A, Grabar C, Muqolli F, Khalil G, Escobar JC, Ventura J, Davies DH, Albala B, Boden-Albala B, Schubl S, Felgner PL. Distinct SARS-CoV-2 antibody reactivity patterns elicited by natural infection and mRNA vaccination. NPJ Vaccines. 2021 Nov 4;6(1):132
Tulloch AW, Chun Y, Chau A, Levi DS, Mohanchandra KP, Carman GP, Lawrence PF, Rigberg DA; Thin-film nickel titanium demonstrates reduced bacterial adherence in vitro compared with commercially available endograft materials. Journal of the American College of Surgeons - September 2009 (Vol. 209, Issue 3, Supplement, Page S141.
Chau AH, Abdul-Muhsin H, Peng X, Martin CJ, Castle EP, Money SR. Robotic assisted Left Renal Vein Transposition: A Novel Surgical Technique for the Treatment of Renal Nutcracker Syndrome. Journal of Vascular Surgery June 2017. Volume 65, Issue 6, Supplement, Page 141S.
Chau AH, Davila VJ, Sheaffer WW, Stone WM, Fowl RJ, Bower TC, Money SR. Disease Activity in Takayasu’s Arteritis Affects Long Term Graft Related Outcomes. Journal of Vascular Surgery February 2018. Volume 67, Issue 2, Page e31.
Abdul-Muhsin H, Chau AH, Fowl RJ, Castle EP. Robot Assisted Inferior Vena Cavoscopy. The Journal of Urology , Volume 199 , Issue 4 , e662.
Ranvier GF, Chau AH. Molecular Tests for Parathyroid Carcinomas. In Orlo Clark, Quan-Yang Duh, Electron Kebebew (Eds), Textbook of Endocrine Surgery, 3nd Edition. Philadelphia, PA. Yaypee Medical Inc; 2016.
Vardanian A; Chau A; Quinones-Baldrich W; Lawrence P; Arterial Allograft Allows In-line Reconstruction of Prosthetic Graft Infection With A Low Recurrence Rate and Mortality. Am Surg. 2009; 75(10):1000-3
Chau AH, Abdul-Muhsin H, Peng X, Martin CJ, Castle EP, Money SR. Robotic assisted Left Renal Vein Transposition as a Novel Surgical Technique for the Treatment of Renal Nutcracker Syndrome. Journal of Vascular Surgery: Cases and Innovative Techniques 2018; 4:31-4.
Sheaffer WW, Hangge PT, Chau AH, Alzubaidi SJ, Knuttinen M-G, Naidu SG, Ganguli S, Oklu R, Davila VJ. Minimally Invasive Limited Ligation Endoluminal-Assisted Revision (MILLER): A Review of the Available Literature and Brief Overview of Alternate Therapies in Dialysis Associated Steal Syndrome. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2018; 7(6):128.
Tohmasi S, Fujitani RM, Duong WQ, Donayre CE, Kuo IJ, Chau AH, Kabutey NK. Intentional Bilateral Renal Artery Coverage During Ruptured Endovascular Paraanastomotic Pseudoaneurysm Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Oct 12:S0890-5096(21)00702-0
Professional Societies
SOCIETY OF VASCULAR SURGERY
SOCIETY FOR CLINICAL VASCULAR SURGERY
SOCIETY OF ASIAN ACADEMIC SURGEONS
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
MAYO CLINIC ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Other Experience
Chief of Vascular Surgery
VA Long Beach Healthcare System 2019—Curr
Graduate Programs
Surgery-General
Vascular Surgery (GS)
Last updated
08/30/2022