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Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery

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(Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD)

(71 Ratings)

Specializes in: Transplant Surgery, General Practice, General Surgery and Surgical Oncology (Cancer Surgery)

Professional interests include: liver transplant, kidney transplant, kidney surgery

400 PARNASSUS AVENUE FLOOR 7
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143

(415) 353-1551

Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery is a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA specializing in transplant surgery, general practice, general surgery and surgical oncology (cancer surgery). Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery is affiliated with UCSF Health, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, Hill Physicians and Kidney Transplant Center.

Office Locations

400 PARNASSUS AVENUE FLOOR 7
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143

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400 Parnassus Avenue Seventh Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143

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1825 4th Street Floor 6
San Francisco, CA 94143

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1825 Fourth Street Sixth Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158

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400 PARNASSUS AVENUE
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143

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1825 4TH STREET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94143

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Hill Physicians

505 Parnassus Avenue Suite M884
San Francisco, CA 94143

(415) 353-1551

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In The News

“To ensure a successful transplant, doctors have to test to make sure the recipient's antibodies are compatible with the new kidney, said Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, one of the doctors who performed the...”—"Oakland man's Craigslist ad scores a kidney from generous donor", East Bay Times, June 2018

“"What the immune system wants to do is destroy that organ," says Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, associate professor of surgery at the University of California San Francisco and surgical director of the...”—"New Procedure May Aid Transplant Patients", Newsweek, February 2009

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	26
doctor visit	32
hospital care	100
inpatient care	100
transplant procedures	26
urologic procedures	26

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care, urologic procedures and transplant procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	18
doctor visit	12
hospital care	173
inpatient care	173
minimally invasive procedures	14
transplant procedures	18
urologic procedures	32

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	77
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	45
Black	0
Hispanic	39
Asian	22
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	99

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	48
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	48
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	15
doctor visit	57
hospital care	58
inpatient care	58
transplant procedures	15
urologic procedures	15

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	64
Female	45

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	36
Black	15
Hispanic	39
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	73

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	18
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	27
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	61
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2015 were urologic procedures, hospital care, inpatient care and transplant procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	20
doctor visit	114
hospital care	26
inpatient care	26
minimally invasive procedures	14
transplant procedures	20
urologic procedures	34

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	208
Female	156

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	152
Black	0
Hispanic	112
Asian	58
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	116
From 75 to 84	26
85 and over	0
Less than 65	222

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	9
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	10
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	7
Diabetes	53
Dementia	0
Cancer	7

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2016 were transplant procedures, abdominal surgery and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	18
doctor visit	67
transplant procedures	18
urologic procedures	18

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	76
Female	51

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	49
Black	0
Hispanic	44
Asian	20
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	72

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	46
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	38
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	13
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	24
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	55
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care, urologic procedures and transplant procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	13
doctor visit	52
hospital care	151
inpatient care	151
minimally invasive procedures	13
transplant procedures	13
urologic procedures	26

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	85
Female	68

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	64
Black	0
Hispanic	51
Asian	22
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	94

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	39
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	32
Depression	24
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	8
Heart Failure	22
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	10
Diabetes	49
Dementia	10
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2018 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	45
hospital care	154
inpatient care	154
minimally invasive procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	84
Female	57

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	57
Black	0
Hispanic	52
Asian	15
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	69

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	52
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	26
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	9
Diabetes	50
Dementia	12
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2019 were hospital care, inpatient care, transplant procedures and abdominal surgery.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

abdominal surgery	11
doctor visit	12
hospital care	85
inpatient care	85
transplant procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	49
Female	49

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	42
Black	0
Hispanic	28
Asian	15
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	54

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	50
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	12
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	21
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	12
Diabetes	61
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2020 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	32
hospital care	116
inpatient care	116
minimally invasive procedures	11
urologic procedures	11

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	38
Black	0
Hispanic	43
Asian	14
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	65

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	52
Depression	26
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	12
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	30
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	61
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2021 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	51
hospital care	76
inpatient care	76

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	59
Female	32

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	26
Black	0
Hispanic	38
Asian	16
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	44

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	13
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	60
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA during 2022 were hospital care, inpatient care, minimally invasive procedures and urologic procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	31
hospital care	58
inpatient care	58
minimally invasive procedures	12
urologic procedures	12

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Male	48
Female	38

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	33
Black	0
Hispanic	26
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	43

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	16
Atrial Fibrilation	19
Heart Failure	29
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	62
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated as a transplant surgeon in SAN FRANCISCO, CA were hospital care, inpatient care, urologic procedures and transplant procedures.

abdominal surgery	17
doctor visit	45
hospital care	99
inpatient care	99
minimally invasive procedures	12
transplant procedures	17
urologic procedures	19

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery.

**Gender**
Female	54
Male	73

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	1
Asian / Pacific Islander	16
Non-Hispanic White	49
Hispanic	42
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	0
75 to 84	2
Less than 65	75
65 to 74	10

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery treated were chronic kidney disease, hypertension, diabetes and high cholesterol.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	45
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	35
Depression	22
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	6
Osteoporosis	9
Heart Failure	23
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	4
Diabetes	50
Atrial Fibrillation	4
Dementia	2
Cancer	0

Education & Training

He completed residency at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery, General Surgery and has a state license in California.

Residency: University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Affiliated Hospitals

Board Certification: American Board of Surgery, General Surgery

Licensed In: California

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UCSF Health

UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals

Hill Physicians

Kidney Transplant Center

Insurance Information

Please note: Insurance information may change at any time, and the provider may accept your insurance plan even if it is not listed below. Please contact the provider's office to confirm that your insurance is accepted.

Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery appears to accept the following insurance providers: Cigna, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, UnitedHealthcare, SCAN Health Plan, Anthem, Health Net, Hill Physicians Care Solutions, Central Health Plan, CCHP Health Plan (Chinese Community Health Plan) and Canopy Health.

Insurance Accepted by Provider includes:

According to our sources, Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery accepts the following insurance providers:

Cigna

Aetna

Blue Shield of California

UnitedHealthcare

SCAN Health Plan

Anthem

Health Net

Hill Physicians Care Solutions

Central Health Plan

CCHP Health Plan (Chinese Community Health Plan)

Canopy Health

Ratings & Reviews

Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery has an exceptional overall rating with an average of 4.71 out of 5 stars based on 71 ratings. We collect ratings and reviews of Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery from all over the web to help you find the right in SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

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Overall Rating: 4.0 2025-09-18

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Sang-Mo Kang, MD, Kidney Transplant Surgery | Liver Transplant Surgery. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	$2,544 DAVINCI XI $2,500	Da Vinci Surgical System $44
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$806 ZORTRESS $575	NON BRAND $231
Olympus America Inc.	$110 ThunderBeat $110
ACell, Inc.	$100 $100
Ethicon US, LLC	$90 HARMONIC Product Family $90
Other	$54 Gastric Neurostimulation $24	Enterra $14	$16

**Types of Payments**
Education	$2,500
Food and Beverage	$1,204

Biography

Dr. Sang-Mo Kang is a San Francisco, CA physician who specializes in general practice, general surgery, and surgical oncology (cancer surgery). Before completing his residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Dr. Kang attended medical school at Harvard Medical School. Areas of expertise for Dr. Kang include kidney transplant and liver transplant. On average, patients gave him a rating of 4.5 stars (out of 5). Dr. Kang seems to be an in-network provider for Blue Shield, Health Net, and Anthem, as well as other insurance carriers. Dr. Kang (or staff) speaks Spanish and Korean. His professional affiliations include UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals, UCSF Health, and Hill Physicians. Doctor.com reports that Dr. Kang is accepting new patients at his office in San Francisco, CA.