Dr. Michael S. Tam

General Surgery | Colorectal Surgery
Kaiser Permanente
Riverside Medical Center
10800 Magnolia Ave, Ste 1800, 
Riverside, CA 
Accepting New Patients
18 Years of Experience

Kaiser Permanente
Riverside Medical Center
10800 Magnolia Ave, Ste 1800, 
Riverside, CA 
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Overview

Michael Tam is a General Surgeon and a Colorectal Surgeon in Riverside, California. Dr. Tam has been practicing medicine for over 18 years. His top areas of expertise are Retroperitoneal Inflammation, Colorectal Cancer, Genital Warts, Small Bowel Resection, and Endoscopy. Dr. Tam is currently accepting new patients.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 15 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Year
2008
Specialties
General Surgery
Colorectal Surgery
Licenses
Surgery in CA
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Riverside Medical Center
10800 Magnolia Ave, Ste 1800, Riverside, CA 92505
Call: 833-574-2273

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


15 Total Publications

Mitigation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Treatment and Outcomes of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in a Closed Health Care Delivery System.
Mitigation of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Surgical Treatment and Outcomes of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer in a Closed Health Care Delivery System.
Journal: The Permanente journal
Published: June 06, 2025
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