Alexandra Targan, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
Department of Family Medicine
300 North Ingalls Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

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Alexandra Targan, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
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  • Research Overview
  • Recent Publications
  • About

    Alexandra Targan, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine. She serves as a primary care physician at Domino's Farms Family Medicine and an attending physician on the Family Medicine Inpatient Service at the University of Michigan Hospital. She also serves as the Assistant Ultrasound Director for the Department of Family Medicine.

    Dr. Targan earned her undergraduate degree in Health & Sustainability at the University of Michigan and her medical degree at Wayne State University. She completed residency training in Family Medicine at the University of Colorado in Denver where she served as a Chief Resident. Dr. Targan completed advanced training in conducting point-of-care ultrasound and gynecologic procedures at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Her family has lived in and around Detroit for four generations. She is thrilled to return to her home state and serve her own community as a clinician educator on the cutting edge of Family Medicine education and primary care.

    Links
    • https://medicine.umich.edu/dept/family-medicine/alexandra-h-targan-md
    Qualifications
    • Faculty Development Institute 1.0
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, 2023
    • Career Development Fellow
      University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Family Medicine, 2022
    • Comprehensive Colposcopy Course
      American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology, Philadelphia, 2022
    • Family Medicine Resident
      University of Colorado, School of Medicine, 2021
    • Chief Resident
      University of Colorado, Family Medicine, 2021
    • Ultrasonography Essentials in Critical Care
      American College of Chest Physicians, Chicago, 2021
    • Faculty Development Institute 2.0
      University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor
    • Medical Doctor
      Wayne State University School of Medicine, School of Medicine, 2018
    • Bachelor of Science
      University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2013
    Research Overview

    - Point-of-care ultrasound adaptation in primary care
    - Technological use to enhance patient participation in their own healthcare
    - Delabeling patients with low-risk penicillin allergy
    - Gender equity and inclusion in academic medicine

    Recent Publications See All Publications
    • Chapter
      Family and Other Caregivers
      Targan A, Roberts C. Chronic Illness Care, Principles and Practice,
    • Journal Article
      Taking Our Own Temperature: Using a Residency Climate Survey to Support Minority Voices.
      Smith R, Johnson A, Targan A, Piggott C, Kvach E. Fam Med, 2022 Feb; 54 (2): 129 - 133. DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2022.344019
      PMID: 35143685
    • Journal Article
      Does a sex education curriculum decrease unintended pregnancy in adolescents compared with an abstinence curriculum?
      Targan A, Langner S, Caragol J. Evidence-Based Practice, 24 (6): 47 - 48. DOI:10.1097/ebp.0000000000001051
    • Journal Article
      A temporal skin lesion.
      Targan A, Khodaee M. J Family Med Prim Care, 2020 May; 9 (5): 2500 - 2501. DOI:10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_359_20
      PMID: 32754528
    • Journal Article
      Brucellosis With Pulmonary and Spinal Complications
      Kim E, Targan A, Eldred S, White D. Consultant, 2020 60: DOI:10.25270/con.2020.06.00007