Skip to Main Content

Faculty Directory

Back to
Faculty Directory
Katie Tran, M.D.

Katie Tran, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

Schools
Medical School
Departments
Internal Medicine

You have reached the Academic Profile.

For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile.

  • Biography

    Katie Tran, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center and a member of its Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

    Born in Thailand, Dr. Tran holds a bachelor's degree in biology from Newman University in Wichita, Kansas, where she graduated magna cum laude. She earned her medical degree at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City and completed internal medicine residency training at Baylor Scott and White in Temple, Texas, through the Texas A&M School of Medicine. She then obtained advanced training through a fellowship in sleep medicine at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, where she served as Chief Fellow.

    Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in sleep medicine, Dr. Tran joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2019.

    Dr. Tran's clinical and research interests include sleep medicine, sleep apnea, bariatric surgery and sleep, and other sleep disorders.

    Dr. Tran is an active member of the American Medical Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American College of Physicians.

    Personal Note

    Dr. Tran’s interests outside of medicine include baking, reading, board games, and learning new hobbies.

  • Education
    Medical School
    University of Kansas School of Medicine (2015)
    Residency
    Scott & White Memorial Hospital (2018), Internal Medicine
    Fellowship
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2019), Sleep Medicine
  • Research Interest
    • Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
    • Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
    • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Response to Dr. Hunasikatti.
    Lipatov K, Ghamande S, Jones S, J Clin Sleep Med 2019 May 15 5 809
    Response to Dr. Kapoor.
    Lipatov K, Ghamande S, Jones S, J Clin Sleep Med 2019 Mar 15 3 521
    Predictors of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on a Home Sleep Apnea Test After a Negative Attended Polysomnography.
    Lipatov K, Hayek A, Ghamande S, Boethel C, Chen W, Jones S J Clin Sleep Med 2018 Oct
  • Honors & Awards
    • Gold Humanism Society
      University of Kansas (2015)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Sleep Medicine
    • American College of Physicians
    • American Medical Association