Anne Y. Lin, MD

Dr. Anne Lin is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Surgery in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

She is a practicing colorectal surgeon and also serves as the Chief Quality Officer for the Division of General Surgery. She is also a Senior Quality Officer, leading UCLA Health’s ability to improve the value of the care delivery, using the tools of quality improvement.

Dr. Lin works closely with her patients and their families to provide patient-centered and individualized care. She is the recipient of several awards for clinical excellence including “Top Doctor” by Castle Connolly and Super Doctors. Her clinical interests and expertise include colorectal and anal cancer, minimally invasive colorectal surgery (laparoscopic and robotic), inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s & ulcerative colitis), HPV, and anorectal disorders.

Dr. Lin’s research interests include remote monitoring and innovative technology to improve patient engagement and quality of life, and quality improvement efforts to reduce disparities in adoption of telehealth, surgical site infections and length of stay.

Dr. Lin was recruited to join the UCLA Department of Surgery in 2011. She obtained a Master of Public Health degree from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Lin attended medical school at Tufts University in Boston and general surgery residency at Brown University. She completed a colorectal research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, followed by a colorectal clinical fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Florida. She was an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis from 2007 to 2011 and served as the director of the Inherited Colorectal Cancer Registry. She is a member of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and is actively involved with the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

Academic/Teaching Appointments

• Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Colon and Rectal Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

Memberships

• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• American College of Surgeons

Patient Stories

From a Stage III colon cancer diagnosis to a cure, in a year