Ching-Fei Chang, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Critical Care
  • Internal Medicine
  • Lung Cancer
  • Pulmonary

Title:

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Associate Program Director, PCCM Fellowship Training
  • Director of Bronchoscopy, LAC+USC Medical Center

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Locations:

Background:

Dr. Ching-Fei Chang began her academic career by graduating magna cum laude from the University of California-Berkeley in the field of Molecular and Cellular Biology. She subsequently studied medicine at the University of California-San Diego and completed her residency in internal medicine at  Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles where she also served as chief resident in her final year.  Intrigued by the complexities of intensive care medicine and lung physiology, she accepted a fellowship position in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Harbor-UCLA, and, after graduation, continued her interest in medical education by joining the faculty at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine.

In 2007, Dr. Chang was made Director of Bronchoscopy at the LAC+USC Medical Center. Her top priority has been to transform this county hospital into one of the most cutting-edge centers of interventional pulmonology on the west coast. Under her leadership, it now offers advanced bronchoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic services such as endobronchial ultrasound, electromagnetic navigation, medical thoracoscopy, and bronchial thermoplasty, in addition to pre-existing capabilities of argon plasma coagulation, electrocautery, balloon dilation, and stent placement.

Complementing her interest in pulmonary procedures, Dr. Chang also has a professional focus and interest in lung cancer.  She is an integral member of the USC Lung Cancer Program, and runs a weekly private practice clinic at the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center which is devoted to not only the evaluation and management of lung nodules and masses, but also the treatment of pulmonary complications stemming from aggressive oncologic therapy.  As part of the multidisciplinary lung cancer team, Dr. Chang provides the interventional pulmonary support for minimally-invasive approaches to the diagnosis of thoracic lesions.

Dr. Chang’s other interests include critical care ultrasonography, simulation training, and medical education. She serves as an Associate Program Director and a Research Mentor for the USC Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship, which is one of the largest training programs in the nation with a total of 21 fellows. Each year, she organizes and teaches the first-year fellow Skills Simulation Workshop, as well as supervises the on-going Program Improvement Projects for the Division. She also provides ambulatory didactic teaching for the Internal Medicine program at LAC+USC and helps teach the Year Two pulmonary curriculum for the Keck School of Medicine.  Dr. Chang has also been active in educating community physicians by organizing, chairing, and lecturing at several regional pulmonary conferences in the past 3 years, and was recently selected to join the faculty of Bronchoscopy International, a nationally-recognized team of experts devoted to improving the teaching of bronchoscopy around the world. She is board-certified in both pulmonary and critical care medicine.


Abstracts and Publications:


1.    Ivan M, Koss M, Chang CF:  Hepatoid adenocarcinoma. Chest 132 (4):690, 2007. 

2.    Patel A, Malish S, Chang CF: Use of intermittant heliox in intubated patients: Are we there yet?  Chest 132(4):693a-694a, 2007. 

3.    Malish H, Becker K, Girgis G, Chang C: Efficacy of Educational Intervention on the Understanding and Use of Sleep Apnea Screening Tools by Internal Medicine Residents. Chest (Meeting Abstracts) 2009 136: 68S

4.    Orjioke N, Wilcox A, Chang C. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) Provides Improved Screening for Cardiac Impairment in Oncologic Patients. Am J  Respir Crit Care Med (Abstract Book) May 2010; 181: A5819. 

5.    BoydKing A, Chang CF. Tumor emboli from Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Contributing to Respiratory Failure in a Lung Transplant Patient. Am J  Respir Crit Care Med (Abstract Book)  May 2010; 181: A5815. 

6.    Chang CF, Gould MK, Rastian A. Use and Misuse of PET in NSCLC.  Clin Chest Med 2011;32 (4): 749-762. 

7.    Chang CF, Morado A, Gould MK. Diagnostic yield and costs associated with endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsy in patients with mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Chest October 2011:140:4 (Meeting Abstracts) 934A. 

8.    Kuo MG, Chang CF, Bradley C, Wilcox A. Intracardiac Thrombi in Hughes-Stovin Syndrome: A case report and review of the literature. Chest October 2011:140:4 (Meeting Abstracts) 100A.  

Education:

  • B.A., Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, Magna Cum Laude, 1990 - 1995
  • Doctor of Medicine, UCSD Medical School, 1995 - 1999

Internships:

  • Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000

Residencies:

  • Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles, Internal Medicine, 2000 - 2002

Fellowships:

  • Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2003 - 2006

Board Certification:

  • American Board of Internal Medicine: Pulmonary Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine: Critical Care Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

  • ACCP
  • ATS

Awards:

  • National Merit Finalist
  • NIH Student Researcher
  • Internal Medicine Chief Resident, 2002
  • SCPRS Best Young Investigator Award, 2006
  • CHEST Best Case Report Presentation-ICU Dilemmas, 2007
  • Elected by her peers for inclusion in Best Doctors in America from 2009 to 2012

Languages:

  • English
  • Taiwanese