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EDUCATION
AND TRAINING
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Undergraduate
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University
of Michigan Ann Arbor,
Michigan
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Medical
degree
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University
of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Internship
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St. Joseph
Medical Center Ann Arbor,
Michigan
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Residency
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Hospital
of the University of Pennsylvania
Philadelpia, Pennsylvania
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BOARD CERTIFICATION
Radiation Oncology (American
Board of Radiology)
OTHER
Chief Resident in Radiation
Oncology (1999 - 2000)
Assistant Editor in Oncolink
- cancer website (1997 - 2000)
AREAS
OF SPECIALTY
- Breast Cancer
- Genitourinary Cancers
- Gynecologic Cancers
- Head and Neck Cancers
- Lymphomas and Hodgkins
Disease
- Sarcoma
- Pediatric Tumors
- Low and High Dose
Rate Brachytherapy for Sarcomas,
Gynecological and Prostate
Cancers
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery
- Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy
- Image Guided Radiation Therapy
- Three Dimensional
Conformal Radiation Therapy
- Total Skin Electron
Treatment
- Total Body Irradiation
- Proton Therapy
Dr. Chang primarily practices at the Central Dupage Proton Center - a ProCure center and Lutheran General Hospital. He is board-certified in Radiation Oncology. After completing his medical school at the University of Michigan and residency at the University of Pennsylvania, he joined Radiation Oncology Consultants, where he has been in private practice since 2000. Dr. Chang is the principal investigator for the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) and the Children's Oncology Group (COG) research program, and is an assistant professor at the Chicago Medical School/Rosalind Franklin School of Medicine and Science. He is a peer review editor for the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Physics and Biology.
Dr. Chang has expertise in the use of conformal 3-D radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), stereotactic radiosurgery, high dose rate brachytherapy, and permanent brachytherapy (seed implants) and Proton therapy. He is knowledgeable in breast, head and neck, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, brain, lung, and pediatric malignancies. He has presented numerous papers, and given lectures on various cancer treatments.
He spends his leisure time playing hockey and baseball with his two sons, and softball with his wife. He also derives great enjoyment from training his South African Mastiff to become a pet therapy dog.
When asked why he chose Radiation Oncology, he states, "Although I thoroughly enjoyed research and the technological aspect of medicine early in my career, I longed for patient contact. Radiation Oncology gives me the perfect setting to use my expertise in technology to help my patients fight their disease with the most advanced therapies possible."
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