Tang-Whitmore, Colin

By Michael Hilleary | August 17, 2026

 

 

Colin Tang-Whitmore, MD

Dr. Colin Whitmore-Tang, Resident

Hometown:

Everett, WA

Undergraduate School:

Reed College

Medical School:

University of Minnesota

Bio:

I grew up in Everett, Washington. I studied history at Reed College, where my academic work focused on the American eugenics movement and the early twentieth-century treatment of epilepsy. During college, I also worked at the Reed Research Reactor, a primarily undergraduate-run nuclear research facility that reinforced my interest in structured, high-reliability environments. After graduation, I moved to Minneapolis with my partner, Margie, who earned her PhD in history at the University of Minnesota. In medical school, I pursued a range of scholarly interests including clinical database research and projects focused on healthcare access.

Personal Interests:

Spending time with my partner and our pets (Noodles, Jackie, and Honeydew), exploring the city, trying new restaurants, alpine mountaineering with my dad, embroidery & sewing, and helping my partner with NYT games.

Clinical Interests:

Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, Transplantation, Immunologic Response To Trauma/Critical Illness, Complex Wound Healing, Burn Surgery, Health Equity

Professional Activities:

American College of Surgeons
Physicians for a National Health Program
Gold Humanism Honor Society
Phi Beta Kappa

Why UW?

UW stood out to me for its breadth of surgical training across the WWAMI region and the opportunity to train within a high-acuity academic system serving diverse patient populations. I was especially drawn to the balance between rigorous operative experience and exposure to a wide range of clinical settings, from tertiary referral care to community-based practice. I also value UW’s strong tradition in trauma, burn, and transplant surgery, as well as its collaborative academic environment and robust research infrastructure.

Publications:

Peer-Review Journal Publications: 

  1. Nigam A, Onongaya C, Tang-Whitmore C, et al. Partial versus complete cholecystectomy: a propensity score-matched analysis of complications. J Surg Res. 2026;322:449-457. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2026.03.106.
  2. Nguyen SH, Tang-Whitmore C, Randall Z, Sauve J, Meshram P, Espinoza C, Reding M, Costantini T,  Harmon JV. Emergent laparoscopic cholecystectomy is safe in the setting of hereditary coagulation disorders: a propensity score-matched analysis of the Nationwide Readmissions Database. J Gastrointest Surg. Published online August 19, 2025. doi:10.1016/j.gassur.2025.102190
  3. Tang-Whitmore C, Ostlund L, Munson K, Schulz B. Successful Treatment of Pemphigus Vulgaris with Obinutuzumab in the Setting of Hypersensitivity to Rituximab-abbs. Br J Dermatol. 2025 May 23 doi: 10.1093/bjd/ljaf201
  4. Matar A, Keiler J, Bolognese A, Cimeno A, Whitmore C, Wehrle C, Aucejo F, Subramanian R, Nassar A, D. Lo, Kitchens W, Lynch R, Kazimi M, Maharaj V, Aby E, Magliocca J, Kim S. Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Following Liver Transplantation – A Multicenter Cohort Study. Liver Transplantation doi: 10.1097/LVT.0000000000000503

Oral Presentations: 

  1. Tang-Whitmore C, Mernitz K, Sauve J, Randall Z, Nigam A, Onongaya C, Meshram P, Harmon JV. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy In A Patient With Ebstein’s Anomaly And Mechanical Mitral Valve On Therapeutic Anticoagulation. Minnesota Surgical Society Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, October 2025. 
  2. Nguyen SH, Tang-Whitmore C, Randall Z, Sauve J, Meshram P, Costantini T, Ikramuddin S,  Harmon JV. Measure twice, cut once: consequences of delayed and take back surgery for perforated peptic ulcer disease. ACS Clinical Congress 2025. Chicago, IL, October 2025.
  3. Whitmore C, Shetty R, Alley D, Cameron T, Hwang H, Jaffer S. Harvesting Clarity – Developing Innovative Mobile Eye Care Solutions for Migrant & Seasonal Agricultural Workers. Midwest Stream Forum for Agricultural Worker Health. Albuquerque, NM, April 2024.
  4. Whitmore C, Beck E, Opryszko A, Hendrickson L, Kandaswamy R, Harmon J. An Institutional Commitment: a Historical Analysis of Islet Allograft Research at the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery, 1973–1979. Minnesota Surgical Society Fall Conference. Rochester, MN, September 2023.
  5. Whitmore C. Segregating the Epileptic Body: Social Control and Epileptic Colonies in the United States in the Early Twentieth Century. Lewis & Clark College Gender Studies Symposium. Portland, OR, March 2019.