Wendy Chung | Medical Services
Programs & Services
Languages
- English
Wendy Chung | Education
Undergraduate School
Cornell University
1990, Ithaca, NY
Graduate School
Rockefeller University
1996, New York, NY
Medical School
Cornell University Medical College
1998, New York, NY
Internship
Pediatrics
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
1999, New York, NY
Residency
Pediatrics
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
2000, New York, NY
Fellowship
Clinical Genetics; Molecular Genetics
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
2003, New York, NY
Wendy Chung | Certifications
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (Clinical Genetics)
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (Clinical Molecular Genetics and Genomics)
Wendy Chung | Professional History
Wendy Chung, MD, PhD is a clinical and molecular geneticist and the Chief of the Department of Pediatrics at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Dr. Chung directs NIH funded research programs in human genetics of pulmonary hypertension, breast cancer, obesity, diabetes, autism, birth defects including congenital diaphragmatic hernia and congenital heart disease.
Dr. Chung is a national leader in the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics. She was the recipient of the Rare Impact Award from the National Organization of Rare Disorders, and is a member of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Physicians. Dr. Chung received her B.A. in biochemistry from Cornell University, her M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and her Ph.D. from The Rockefeller University in genetics.