Role CA-1 Resident Category Clinical Education M.D., 05/2023 - , David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAB.S., 05/2017 - , Saint Mary's College of California Publications Non-Operative Management of Uncomplicated Appendicitis in Children: Can Patients Be Discharged From the Emergency Department? Froehlich M, Karunungan K, Jen HC, Wagner JP, Shekherdimian S, Sullins VF, DeUgarte DA, Lee S Disparities in outpatient rural cholecystectomy outcomes. Howell EC, Sakai-Bizmark R, Karunungan K, Pak Y, Ugarte R, Richardson S, DeUgarte DA, Lee SL Creating an Unprotected Class: Addressing Legal Risks in the Era of Biologically-Defined Alzheimer's Disease. Vaishnav N, Gonzalez R, Karunungan K, Tyler A, Zheng W, Arias JJ Hemimegalencephaly: A Systematic Comparison of Functional and Anatomic Hemispherectomy for Drug-Resistant Epilepsy. Goel K, Ghadiyaram A, Krishnakumar A, Morden FTC, Higashihara TJ, Harris WB, Shlobin NA, Wang A, Karunungan K, Dubey A, Phillips HW, Weil AG, Fallah A Reimagining a pass/fail clinical core clerkship: a US residency program director survey and meta-analysis. Wang A, Karunungan KL, Story JD, Shlobin NA, Woo J, Ha EL, Hauer KE, Braddock CH Pediatric risk to orthotopic heart transplant (PRO) score: Insights from United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waitlist mortality findings. Raymundo S, Wilhalme H, Chaudhary A, Karunungan K, Alejos J, Srivastava N Gamma secretase activity modulates BMP-7-induced dendritic growth in primary rat sympathetic neurons. Karunungan K, Garza RH, Grodzki AC, Holt M, Lein PJ, Chandrasekaran V Contribution of a positive psychology-based conceptual framework in reducing physician burnout and improving well-being: a systematic review. Bazargan-Hejazi S, Shirazi A, Wang A, Shlobin NA, Karunungan K, Shulman J, Marzio R, Ebrahim G, Shay W, Slavin S Residency Program Director Perceptions of Resident Performance Between Graduates of Medical Schools With Pass/Fail Versus Tiered Grading System for Clinical Clerkships: A Meta-Analysis. Wang A, Karunungan KL, Shlobin NA, Story JD, Ha EL, Hauer KE, Braddock CH Residency Program Director Perspectives on Changes to US Medical Licensing Examination. Wang A, Karunungan KL, Story JD, Ha EL, Braddock CH Diversity and inclusion in neurosurgery. Wang A, Karunungan KL, Shlobin NA, DiCesare JAT, Holly LT The obesity paradox: Underweight patients are at the greatest risk of mortality after cholecystectomy. Rudasill SE, Dillon D, Karunungan K, Mardock AL, Hadaya J, Sanaiha Y, Tran Z, Benharash P Impact of Payer Status on Delisting Among Liver Transplant Candidates in the United States. Karunungan KL, Sanaiha Y, Hernandez RA, Wilhalme H, Rudasill S, Hadaya J, DiNorcia J, Benharash P Frailty Is Independently Associated With Worse Outcomes After Elective Anatomic Lung Resection. Karunungan KL, Hadaya J, Tran Z, Sanaiha Y, Mandelbaum A, Revels SL, Benharash P National trends in postoperative infections across surgical specialties. Madrigal J, Sanaiha Y, Karunungan K, Sareh S, Benharash P