Dr. Zheng is a passionate teacher with a dedication for teaching teamwork among healthcare professionals. After graduating from medical school at UCSD, she completed an emergency medicine residency at the U. of Arizona. After moving back to San Diego, she worked for the VA Medical Center and taught interprofessional education at the UCSD medical school. For eight years, she chaired one of the largest teamwork exercises in the country. She left clinical work at the VA in 2014 to work for the VA Office of Inspector General where she published 31 government reports on the quality of care at the VA. She has briefed members of Congress on her findings. She now works at Sharp Urgent Care and teaches PA students at PNLU.
Education
- B.S. with Honors, History and Biology, California Institute of Technology
- M.Phil with Distinction, History of Medicine, U. of Glasgow
- M.D., U. of California San Diego School of Medicine
- Emergency medicine residency, University of Arizona
- Teaching Fellowship, American College of Emergency Medicine
Professional and Community Involvement
- Interprofessional Education Collaborative across 6 professional schools in San Diego region, Chair and Consultant
- San Diego High School Foundation, Board of Trustees
- Jewish Family Services, Volunteer
- Grant K-8 School, Science Olympiad Coach
Awards and Honors
- Sharp Rees Stealy Core Service Award, 2022
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Inspector General’s Values Award, Dec 2018
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Individual Contribution Award, Dec 2017
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Inspector General, Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections Award for Team Work, Dec 2016
- Nominated for the Kaiser Excellence in Teaching Award by the UCSD SOM, Classes of 2012 and 2013
- National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine, Class of 2012 Valedictorian
- UCSD, Department of Medicine Chief Resident Teaching Award, 2012 and 2010
- American College of Emergency Physicians Rising Star Speaker Award, Oct 2009
- Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholar to Glasgow, Scotland. Sept 1998 - July 1999
Dissertations, Presentations, and Publications
Presentations
- Invited Speaker. Future of Covid. Hamilton Burnett American Inn of Court. Virtual Meeting. March 9, 2021.
- Panel Faculty. Open-Faced, Triple-Decker, or Plain Old Peanut Butter and Jelly: Stories and Tips from the Sandwich Generation. American Medical Writers Association Medical Writing & Communications Conference, San Diego, CA, Nov 9, 2019.
- Panel Faculty. Interprofessional Education Faculty Development for Large Scale Simulation. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA, Jan 12, 2015.
- Panel Faculty. 360 Degree Performance Evaluation for Interprofessional Education. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, New Orleans, LA, Jan 12, 2015.
- Panel Faculty. Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator Preparation. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 29, 2014.
- Panel Faculty. Ten Tips for Large Scale Interprofessional Education. Society for Simulation in Healthcare Interprofessional Education Affinity Group: A Pecha Kucha Session on Simulation-Enhanced Interprofessional Education. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 28, 2014.
- Panel Faculty. Operationalizing IPE: Initiating Partnerships, Planning, and Execution. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 27, 2014.
- Course Director. Simulation-Based Interprofessional Education Implementation: We All Want to Do It, but How? A Practical Workshop Exploring Benefits, Barriers, and Solutions for Establishing Interprofessional Education at Your Institution. International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Francisco, CA, Jan 27, 2014.
- Panel Faculty. Incorporating Mannequins into Standardized Patient Cases for Standardized Patient Educators. Society for Simulation in Healthcare/Association for Standardized Patient Educator Workshop, San Diego, CA, June 3, 2012.
- Better Smart Than Lucky: Case-Based Approach to When Medical Disorders Present with Psychiatric Presentations. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV, Oct 1, 2010.
- Altered Mental Status in the Elderly. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Scientific Assembly, Las Vegas, NV, Oct 1, 2010.
- A Sight For Sore Eyes: an Ocular Ultrasound Primer. American College of Emergency Physician Annual Scientific Assembly, Chicago, IL, Oct 7, 2009.
- Chan, L; Reilly, K; Telfer, J; Zheng, A; Maloney, A; Meislin, H. An Emergency Department Intake Form Improves Documented Medicine History. Submitted presentation at the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine New York Regional Meeting in May 2005 and presented at the annual resident research forum June 2006.
- Kanegaye J, Friday JH, McCaslin RI, Zheng AM, Harley JR, Gutglass DJ. Ibuprofen provides analgesia equivalent to acetaminophen-codeine in the treatment of acute pain in children with extremity injuries. American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, Oct 8, 2004.
Publications
- Awdishu L, Galasso J, Macauley K, Namba J, Sweeney K, Hutchins S, Wallace P, Garman K, Zheng A. 360-Degree Performance Feedback for Interprofessional Education. MedEdPublish; 2018. Available from: https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2018.0000154.1
- Hurst S, Macauley K, Awdishu L, Sweeney K, Hutchins S, Namba J, Johnson M, Wallace P, Garman K, Zheng A. An Autoethnographic Study of Interprofessional Education Partnerships. J of Interprofessional Practice and Education; 2017, 7(1). Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.22230/jripe.2017v7n1a262
- Namba J, Macauley K, Zheng A, Hutchins S, Sweeney K, Wallace P, Garman K, Awdishu L. A Large-Scale Interprofessional Simulation Experience, Module 2: What Happens in Vegas Does Not Stay in Vegas. MedEdPORTAL Publications; 2016. Available from: https://www.mededportal.org/publication/10331
- Zheng A, Macauley K, Namba J, Hutchins S, Sweeney K, Wallace P, Garman K, Awdishu L. A Large Scale Interprofessional Simulation Experience for Medical, Nursing, and Pharmacy Students. MedEdPORTAL Publications; 2015. Available from: https://www.mededportal.org/publication/10018
- Zheng A, Awdishu L, Namba J, Wallace P. Breaking out of the Silos: Interprofessional Education in the 21st Century. UCSD Office of Research Affairs, Research Initiatives Abstracts. Jan 6, 2014.
- Friday F, Kanegaye J, McCaslin I, Zheng A, Harley J. Ibuprofen Provides Analgesia Equivalent to Acetaminophen -Codeine in the Treatment of Acute Pain in Children with Extremity Injuries: a Randomized Clinical Trial. Acad Emerg Med 2009; 16:711-716.
- Zheng A. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. Available from: http://www.annemergmed.com/content/imgemergmed, Images in Emergency Medicine. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52:e1.
- Chan L, Reilly K, Telfer J, Zheng A, Maloney A, Meislin H. An Emergency Department Intake Form Improves Documented Medicine History. Acad Emerg Med, 2005; 12 (5, suppl. 1): 103-4.
Government Publications
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Wrongful Death and Deficiencies in Documentation of a Patient's Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Status at the Baltimore VA Medical Center Maryland. Report
# 19-05916-24. Washington, DC. Published November 26, 2019. - Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Audits and Evaluations. Non-VA Emergency Care Claims Inappropriately Denied and Rejected. Report
# 18-00469-150. Washington, DC. Published August 6, 2019. - Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Mismanagement of a Resuscitation and Other Concerns at the Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System, Biloxi, Mississippi. Report # 18-00808-186. Washington, DC. Published August 6, 2019.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Episodes of Non-Adherence to Privacy and Security Policies at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California. Report # 17-03557-177. Washington, DC. Published July 13, 2019.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Deficiencies in Out of Operating Room Airway Management Processes at the Colmery-O’Neil VA Medical Center within the VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System, Topeka, Kansas. Report # 18-02765-144. Washington, DC. Published June 20, 2019.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Orthopedic Surgery Department and Other Concerns at the Carl T. Hayden VAMC, Phoenix, Arizona. Report # 18-02493-122. Washington, DC. Published May 7, 2019.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Staffing, Quality of Care, Supplies, and Care Coordination Concerns at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare System, California. Report # 17-02186-114. Washington, DC. Published May 6, 2019.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Inadequate Nurse Staffing Led to Quality of Care Issues in the Community Living Centers at the Northport VA Medical Center, New York. Report # 17-03347-293. Washington, DC. Published September 18, 2018.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Quality of Care Issues in the Community Living Centers at the Northport VA Medical Center, New York. Report # 17-03347-290. Washington, DC. Published September 18, 2018.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Poor Quality of Care in a Community Living Center at the Northport VA Medical Center, New York. Report # 17-03347-285. Washington, DC. Published September 18, 2018.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Inappropriate Controlled Substance Prescribing Practices at a Veterans Integrated Service Network 20 Medical Facility. Report # 16-05323-200. Washington, DC. Published July 5, 2018.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Mismanagement of a Resuscitation and Other Concerns Buffalo VA Medical Center, Buffalo, New York. Report # 17-01485-128. Washington, DC. Published March 12, 2018.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Patient Safety and Quality of Care Concerns in the Community Living Center James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital, Tampa, Florida. Report #
17-01491-112. Washington, DC. Published March 1, 2018. - Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Administrative and Clinical Concerns Central California VA Health Care System, Fresno, California. Report #
16-00352-12. Washington, DC. Published November 2, 2017. - Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program Issues VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California. Report # 15-01415-382. Washington, DC. Published September 28, 2017.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Delayed Access to Primary Care, Contaminated Reusable Medical Equipment, and Follow-Up of Registered Nurse Staffing Concerns Southern Arizona VA Health Care System, Tucson, Arizona. Report # 16-02241-375. Washington, DC. Published September. 26, 2017
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Patient Flow, Quality of Care, and Administrative Concerns in the Emergency Department VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland. Report # 15-03418-350. Washington, DC. Published August 23, 2017
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Access Delays and Surgery Service Concerns, VA Roseburg Healthcare System, Roseburg, Oregon. Report # 15-00506-535. Washington, DC. Published July 11, 2017.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Delays in the Evaluation and Care of a Patient with Lung Cancer VA Southern Nevada Healthcare System, Las Vegas, Nevada. Report # 15-01301-242. Washington, DC. Published May 23, 2017.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Patient Deaths, Opioid Prescribing Practices, and Consult Management VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California. Report # 15-01669-246. Washington, DC. Published May 23, 2017.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Program Mismanagement and Other Concerns at the VA Southern Oregon Rehabilitation Center and Clinics White City, Oregon. Report # 15-01653-226. Washington, DC. Published May 17, 2017.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Consult Management Concerns VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California. Report # 15-04681-228. Washington, DC. Published May 4, 2017
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Community Nursing Home Program Patient Safety Concerns VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, California. Report # 15-01325-205. Washington, DC. Published May 2, 2017.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Nurse Staffing and Patient Safety Reporting Concerns, VA Roseburg Healthcare System, Roseburg, OR. Report # 15-00506-420. Washington, DC. Published Oct. 12, 2016.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Emergency Department, Mental Health Service, and Suicide Prevention Training Concerns, Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center, Spokane, WA. Report #15-03713-288. Washington, DC. Published Sept. 14, 2016.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Emergency Department Concerns, Central Alabama VA Health Care System, Montgomery, AL. Report #14-04530-41. Washington, DC. Published Jan. 14, 2016.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Poor Follow up Care and Incomplete Assessment of Disability, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA. Report #15-00827-68. Washington, DC. Published Jan. 5, 2016.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Access to Urology Service, Phoenix VA Health Care Systems, Phoenix, AZ. Report #14-00875-03. Washington, DC. Published Oc. 15, 2015.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Delay in Emergency Airway Management and Concerns about Support for Nurses, VA Northern California Health Care System, Mather, CA. Report #15-00533-440. Washington, DC. Published July 28, 2015.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Colorectal Cancer Screening and Administrative Issues, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Report #14-047554-407. Washington, DC. Published July 9, 2015.
- Department of Veteran Affairs, Office of Healthcare Inspections. Alleged Dental Service Scheduling and Administrative Issues, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA. Report #14-04755-428. Washington, DC. Published July 9, 2015.
Book Chapter
- Zheng A, Manage Eyelid Lacerations with Extreme Caution in Mattu A, Chanmugam AS, Swadron SP, Tibbles CD, and Woolridge DP (Eds). Avoiding Common Errors in the Emergency Department. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2010, pp 235
