Christine Chung
DO
About Dr Christine Chung
Bio
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.
Specialties
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
Focus areas
Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery
location
Newport Beach
1 Hoag Dr Bldg 41 Ste 301-302, Newport Beach, CA 92663 Phone: (949) 764-6665 • Fax: (949) 764-5607
Irvine
16105 Sand Canyon Ave Ste 230, Irvine, CA 92618 Phone: (949) 764-5347 • Fax: (949) 557-0221
Accepting new patients
Yes
Hoag affiliations
Hoag Physician Partners
Languages
Background
Certification
American Board of Surgery
Surgery
Education
Medical Education
Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences
Residency
General Surgery, HCA HealthOne/Swedish Medical Center
Fellowship
HepatoPancreatoBiliary Surgery, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health Program