Christine Chung, DO

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Christine Chung, DO

Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery

General Surgery

Affiliation

  • Hoag Physician Partners
  • Hoag Specialty Clinic

About Dr. Chung

Dr. Chung’s journey into medicine was profoundly shaped during college when she founded a chapter of a nonprofit organization, Global Medical Brigades. Through medical mission trips to rural Honduras, she helped provide healthcare to underserved communities—offering medical exams, surgical referrals, treating infections, and even assisting with infrastructure projects like stoves and irrigation systems. This meaningful experience sparked her commitment to serve others by helping to heal them. 

Guided by her faith and a servant-leader mindset, Dr. Chung finds deep purpose in the relationships she forms with her patients, especially during their most vulnerable moments. She specializes in conditions and surgeries of the liver, pancreas, bile duct, and surrounding organs, and approaches each case with empathy, diligence, and a commitment to treating every patient as she would a member of her own family. 

Dr. Chung earned her medical degree from Western University College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, and completed her general surgery residency at Swedish Medical Center. She is board certified in general surgery, and completed a Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) fellowship at Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. She is passionate about providing exceptional, comprehensive, and compassionate clinical care with excellence and integrity. She has a special interest in multidisciplinary work and minimally invasive approaches in surgery. 

Outside of medicine, she enjoys traveling, spending time outdoors, weightlifting, Pilates, yoga, and experiencing the arts, including the symphony and ballet performances.  

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National Provider ID (NPI): 1952838518

Education

  • Medical Education - Western University of Health Sciences (Medicine)
  • Residency - HCA HealthOne/Swedish Medical Center (General Surgery)
  • Fellowship - Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Program (HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery)

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Affiliations

  • Hoag Physician Partners
  • Hoag Specialty Clinic

Area of Focus

  • Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, General Surgery

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