Karen Cheng, MD

Karen Cheng, M.D. completed her undergraduate training at Princeton University and graduated cum laude with an AB degree in Molecular Biology. She then started her medical training at Tufts University and received her Doctor of Medicine degree in 1991. Family ties drew her to southern California where she completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the UCLA Medical Center. To further round out her medical expertise, she chose to do an Internal Medicine fellowship for an additional year focusing on sports medicine, dermatology, and women’s health. Dr. Cheng is Clinical Professor at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Her practice focuses on primary care and preventive medicine.

Dr. Cheng translated her extra training into teaching workshops for other physicians. Workshops on the evaluation of shoulder pain and the evaluation of knee pain were featured at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s Annual Meeting. “Shoulder Pain – The Generalist’s Approach” won a faculty education award. She continues to teach sports medicine workshops to residents, fellows, and other colleagues. She authored two chapters in the book Women’s Health – Principles and Clinical Practice on ankle sprains and knee pain.

Nominated by her peers, she was voted one of the best doctors in Los Angeles by Los Angeles Magazine. She is a medical consultant on a series produced for the National Geographic Channel. Dr. Cheng has volunteered at the Westside Women’s Health Center and abroad for Medical Ministries International.

She was named a 2014 "Best Doctor" based on peer selection, an honor that fewer than 5% of practicing physicians attain.

Dr. Cheng is married with three children. Her husband is a wealth management advisor. Her goal is to practice evidence based primary care and preventive medicine.