OUR TEAM

Dr. Christian Y. Chung pursued his career in medicine by enrolling and completing an accelerated six-year B.S./M.D. program at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1980 and received his M.D. degree in 1984. He completed Internal Medicine residency training at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York between 1984 and 1987 and two years of subspecialty training in Gastroenterology and Nutrition at New York Medical College between 1987 and 1989. He received Board Certification in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology in 1987 and 1989 respectively. During his GI fellowship, Dr. Chung received special training in Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) for treatment of esophageal cancers and Barrett’s Esophagus. Dr. Chung joined our practice in July 1989 and has been on active staff at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center since that time. He has served in various committees at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. Dr. Chung introduced Flexible Endoscopic Swallowing Study to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in 2000 and was instrumental in training the staff speech language pathologists to perform the procedure.

Dr. Chung is a general gastroenterologist and endoscopist who is passionate about excellent patient care. He is skilled in all areas of gastrointestinal endoscopy including upper endoscopy; colonoscopy; small bowel video capsule endoscopy. His areas of special interest include caring for patients who suffer with inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis), chronic hepatitis B infection, Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (formerly known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease) and colon cancer screening and prevention. Dr. Chung is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation.