Medical Director, Capital Health Metabolic & Weight Loss Center
Medical Director, Capital Health Robotic-Assisted Surgery Program
Dr. Jooyeun Chung is a fellowship trained bariatric surgeon who specializes in diagnosis and treatment of metabolic disorders with a focus on minimally invasive gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, placement of lap band and other surgical procedures with potential to successfully affect obesity and diabetes.
Prior to joining Capital Health, Dr. Chung was a surgeon on staff and clinical instructor in surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston, MA.
She completed her fellowship training in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery and minimally invasive surgery at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, where she also completed her internship and residency in general surgery. She earned her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and is board certified by the American Board of General Surgery.
She is a member of various honorary medical societies, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Hernia Society, the Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and the American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery. An expert in robotic-assisted surgery, she has performed more than 1,000 cases using the da Vinci Surgical System.
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