Dr. Cara Franken is a well-known general surgeon in Los Angeles, California. She received her medical diploma from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois in 2010. Dr. Franken completed her medical education with a residency in general surgery at Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Los Angeles Medical Center. She is certified by the American Board in surgery. Her subspecialty is general surgery. This doctor works at Kaiser Permanente, at Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca and at Modesto Medical Offices. In 2014, together with other doctors, she published the article “Comparison of Short-term Outcomes in Laparoscopic vs. Open Hepatectomy.” She is a member of the medical group Permanente Medical Group Inc.