University of Southern California | United States
Dr. Tze-Woei Tan is an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and Director of the Limb Salvage Research Program. He obtained his MBBS at the University of Melbourne (2002), completed general surgery training at Brown University (2010) and a vascular surgery fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine (2012), and later earned a Master of Public Health in Health Promotion (2020). His academic career includes an Assistant Professorship at the Louisiana State University Health Science Center (2012-16) and an Associate Professorship at the University of Arizona College of Medicine (2020-22) before his current role at USC. His research focuses on health services, access to care, health equity, and particularly limb preservation in patients with diabetes and peripheral artery disease, securing major NIH and foundation-funded grants in these areas. Among his recognitions are the Roger Pecoraro Award (American Diabetes Association, 2023) and the Faculty Teaching Award at Keck (2024). According to publicly available data his publication record spans from 2007 to 2025 and he is credited with an h-index of ~25, around 2,597 citations, and approximately 124 documents (note: bibliometric values vary by database and may be approximate). In sum, Dr. Tan merges specialist operative vascular surgery with a strong public-health and equity orientation, leading interdisciplinary efforts to reduce amputations and improve vascular care in underserved populations.
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Featured Publications
Bolakale-Rufai, I.K., French, S.R., Knapp, S.M., Thompson, M., Arias, J.C., Garcia-Filion, P., Ainapurapu, B., Tan, T.-W., & Weinkauf, C.C. (2025). “Stratification of Clinical Microvascular Disease Severity Using Non-Invasive Monofilament Testing in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus” in Diabetology, 6(4). DOI: 10.3390/diabetology6040024.
Luu, I.Y., Hong, A.T., Lee, A., Arias, J.C., Shih, C.-D., Armstrong, D.G., & Tan, T.-W. (2024). “Improved Diabetic Foot Ulcer Outcomes in Medicaid Beneficiaries with Podiatric Care Access” in Diabetology, 5(5). DOI: 10.3390/diabetology5050036.
Kwon, K., Brown, T.A., Arias Aristizábal, J.C., Armstrong, D.G., & Tan, T.-W. (2024). “Outcomes for Patients with Diabetic Foot Ulcers Following Transition from Medicaid to Commercial Insurance” in Diabetology, 5(3). DOI: 10.3390/diabetology5030027.
Finco, M.G., Cay, G., Lee, M., Garcia, J., Salazar, E., Tan, T.-W., Armstrong, D.G., & Najafi, B. (2023). “Taking a Load Off: User Perceptions of Smart Offloading Walkers for Diabetic Foot Ulcers Using the Technology Acceptance Model” in Sensors, 23(5), 2768. DOI: 10.3390/s23052768.
Tan, T.-W., Armstrong, D.G., & collaborators. (2022). “Rates of Diabetes-Related Major Amputations Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults Following Medicaid Expansion Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act” in JAMA Network Open, 5(3), e223991. DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.3991. PMID: 35323948.