Dai Chung, M.D. Chief Med Ofcr Chldrns Hlth Sys UTSW Joint Ped Enterprise Professor Endowed Title Helen J. and Robert S. Strauss and Diana K. and Richard C. Strauss Chair in Pediatric Surgery School Medical School Department Phms Admin | Surgery You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Download Curriculum Vitae Dai H. Chung, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in pediatric surgery. Dr. Chung earned his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, where he also completed an internship and a residency in surgery. He received advanced training through a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center/University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, as well as through research fellowships with the National Institutes of Health at Shriners Burns Hospital and the University of Texas Medical Branch. Certified by the American Board of Surgery in pediatric surgery, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018. Dr. Chung is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery. He currently serves as President of the Society of University Surgeons Foundation and Director of the American Board of Surgery. He is Chairman of the American Board of Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification Examination Committee and is on the editorial board of several publications, including JAMA Surgery, Children, and Cancer Research Frontiers. In addition, he is a member of the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Pediatric Trauma Society, and the Society of Clinical Surgery, among many other organizations. Dr. Chung has published more than 130 academic articles and contributed to dozens of books. He is also a sought-after speaker and has delivered scores of presentations around the world. In 2017, he earned the Society of University Surgeons Travel Award to travel to the Surgical Research Society of South Africa. Education Medical School University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (1988) Research Fellowship Shriners Hospital for Children - Galveston (1992), T3 Residency University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (1994), Surgery Fellowship Children's Hospital Medical Center (1996), Pediatric Surgery Research Fellowship University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (1999), T3 Graduate School Brandeis University (2019) Research Interest Neuroendocrine Regulation of Neuroblastoma Publications Featured Publications Mutations in BMPR2 are not present in patients with pulmonary hypertension associated with congenital diaphragmatic hernia. Chiu JS, Ma L, Wynn J, Krishnan U, Rosenzweig EB, Aspelund G, Arkovitz M, Warner BW, Lim FY, Mychaliska GB, Azarow K, Cusick RA, Chung DH, Chung WK J. Pediatr. Surg. 2017 Nov 52 11 1747-1750 ML327 induces apoptosis and sensitizes Ewing sarcoma cells to TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand. Rellinger EJ, Padmanabhan C, Qiao J, Appert A, Waterson AG, Lindsley CW, Beauchamp RD, Chung DH Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 2017 09 491 2 463-468 A multiyear assessment of a hospital-school program to promote teen motor vehicle safety. Unni P, Estrada CM, Chung DH, Riley EB, Worsley-Hynd L, Stinson N J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2017 Aug 83 2 289-295 FX11 inhibits aerobic glycolysis and growth of neuroblastoma cells. Rellinger EJ, Craig BT, Alvarez AL, Dusek HL, Kim KW, Qiao J, Chung DH Surgery 2017 03 161 3 747-752 Understanding the Operative Experience of the Practicing Pediatric Surgeon: Implications for Training and Maintaining Competency. Abdullah F, Salazar JH, Gause CD, Gadepalli S, Biester TW, Azarow KS, Brandt ML, Chung DH, Lund DP, Rescorla FJ, Waldhausen JH, Tracy TF, Fallat ME, Klein MD, Lewis FR, Hirschl RB JAMA Surg 2016 08 151 8 735-41 Laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Craig BT, Rellinger EJ, Mettler BA, Watkins S, Donahue BS, Chung DH J. Pediatr. Surg. 2016 Jan 51 1 76-80 Standardizing ICU management of pediatric traumatic brain injury is associated with improved outcomes at discharge. O'Lynnger TM, Shannon CN, Le TM, Greeno A, Chung D, Lamb FS, Wellons JC J Neurosurg Pediatr 2016 Jan 17 1 19-26 Non-fecalith-induced appendicitis: etiology, imaging, and pathology. Swischuk LE, Chung DH, Hawkins HK, Jadhav SP, Radhakrishnan R Emerg Radiol 2015 Dec 22 6 643-9 Diagnostic utility of PHOX2B in primary and treated neuroblastoma and in neuroblastoma metastatic to the bone marrow. Hata JL, Correa H, Krishnan C, Esbenshade AJ, Black JO, Chung DH, Mobley BC Arch. Pathol. Lab. Med. 2015 Apr 139 4 543-6 Enhanced autophagy blocks angiogenesis via degradation of gastrin-releasing peptide in neuroblastoma cells. Kim KW, Paul P, Qiao J, Lee S, Chung DH Autophagy 2013 Oct 9 10 1579-90 Results 1-10 of 114 1 2 3 4 5 Next Last Books Featured Books Emergencies during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and their management. In Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Support in Critical Care Chung DH, Zwischenberger JB (2000). Ann Arbor, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Chylothorax and diseases of the pleura. In Handbook of Pediatric Surgery Papaconstantinou HT, Chung DH (2000). Austin, R.G. Landes Gastrointestinal tumors. In Handbook of Pediatric Surgery Chappell VL, Chung DH (2000). Austin, R.G. Landes, Disorders of the spleen. In Handbook of Pediatric Surgery Papaconstantinou HT, Chung DH (2000). Austin, R.G. Landes, Minimally invasive pediatric surgery. In Handbook of Pediatric Surgery Papaconstantinou HT, Chung DH (2000). Austin, R.G. Landes Surgical management of complications of burn injury. In D.N. Herndon (ed), Total Burn Care, 2nd ed. Chung DH, Robie DK, Hernandez A, Herndon DN (2001). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders The digestive system. In J.P. O'Leary (ed), The Physiologic Basis of Surgery, 3rd, Chung DH, Evers BM (2002). Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Vascular access procedures. In M.M. Ziegler, R.G. Azizkhan, T.R. Weber (eds.), Operative Pediatric Surgery Chung DH, Ziegler MM (2003). Stanford, Appleton & Lange Publisher Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. In P.H. Kay, C.M. Munsch (eds.), Techniques in extracorporeal circulation Alpard SK, Chung DH, Zwischenberger JB (2004). London, Arnold Publisher Emergencies during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and their management.. In J.B. Zwischenberger, R.H. Steinhorn, R.H. Bartlett (eds.), Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Support in Critical Care, 3rd Edition DeBerry BB, Lynch J, Chung DH, Zwischenberger JB (2005). Ann Arbor, Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Treatment of Burns. In Grosfeld, O?Neill, Fonkalsrud, Coran (eds), Pediatric Surgery, 6th ed Chung DH, Sanford AP, Herndon DN (2006). Philadelphia, W.B.Saunders Surgical management of complications of burn injury. In D.N. Herndon (ed), Total Burn Care, 3rd ed. Beierle E, Chung DH (2007). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders The digestive system. In J.P. O'Leary (ed), The Physiologic Basis of Surgery, 4th ed. Chung DH, Evers BM (2008). Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Mediastinal masses. In R.M. Arensman (ed.), Handbook of Pediatric Surgery, 2nd ed. Chung DH, Adolph V. (2009). Austin, R.G. Landes Gastrointestinal tumors. In R.M. Arensman (ed.), Handbook of Pediatric Surgery, 2nd ed. Chung DH, Adolph V (2009). Austin, R.G. Landes Minimally invasive pediatric surgery. In R.M. Arensman (ed.), Handbook of Pediatric Surgery, 2nd ed. Chung DH, Adolph V (2009). Austin, R.G. Landes Thyroglossal duct cyst. In C.M. Townsend, Jr., B.M. Evers (eds), Atlas of General Surgery Techniques Chung DH. (2010). Philadelphia, Elsevier Intussusception. In C.M. Townsend, Jr., B.M. Evers (eds), Atlas of General Surgery Techniques Chung DH (2010). Philadelphia, Elsevier Burns. In Holcomb, Murphy (eds.), Pediatric Surgery, 5th ed. Chung DH, Herndon DN (2010). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Single-walled carbon nanotube-mediated small interference RNA delivery and silencing gastrin-releasing peptide receptor in human neuroblastoma. In Methods Mol Biol. Qiao J, Guo H, Xu Y, Chung DH (2013). Totowa, NJ, Humana Press Neuroblastoma. In M.M. Ziegler, R.G. Azizkhan, von Allmen (eds.), Operative Pediatric Surgery, 2nd ed. Long E, Chung DH (2014). Stamford, Appleton & Lange Publisher Burns. In Ashcraft, Holcomb, Murphy (eds.), Pediatric Surgery, 4th ed Chung DH, Herndon DN (2005). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Meckel?s Diverticulectomy. In C.M. Townsend, Jr., B.M. Evers (eds), Atlas of General Surgery Techniques Chung DH (2010). Philadelphia, Elsevier Pediatric Surgery. In C.M. Townsend, Jr., B.M. Evers, R. D. Beauchamp, K Mattox (eds.), Textbook of Surgery, 19th ed. Chung DH. (2012). Philadelphia, Elsevier Surgical management of complications of burn injury. In D.N. Herndon (ed.), Total Burn Care, 4th ed. Colon NC, Schlegel C, Chung DH. (in press). Philadelphia, Elsevier Burns. In Coran A (ed). Pediatric Surgery, 7th ed. Chung DH, Colon NC, Herndon DN (2012). Philadelphia, Elsevier Care of the burned child. In Hazinksi M (ed). Nursing care of the critically ill child Pietsch J, Chung DH (2012). Philadelphia, Elsevier Neuroblastoma. In Chung, Chen (eds.), Atlas of Pediatric Surgical Techniques Baregamian N, Chung DH. (2010). Philadelphia, Elsevier Honors & Awards Society of University Surgeons Travel Award to Surgical Research Society of South Africa, Johannesburg (2017) Society of University Surgeons Representative to Surgical Research Society of South Africa, Cape Town (2016) Society of University Surgeons Representative to Surgical Research Society of South Africa, Bloemfontein (2015) Director, The American Board of Surgery (2013-2019) Director, The American Board of Surgery, Pediatric Surgery Board (2013-2019) President, Society of University Surgeons Foundation (2013-2018) SUS Travel Award to Japan Surgical Society, Tokyo (2012) Best Doctor in America (2011-2018) Best Doctor in Middle T ennessee (2011-2017) SUS Travel Award to European Society of Surgical Research, Geneva (2011) SUS Travel Award to Society of Academic & Research Surgery, Dublin (2011) Top Doctors in Nashville (2011-2017) President, Society of University Surgeons (2010) President-Elect, Society of University Surgeons (2009) Society of University Surgeons Travel Award to Surgical Research Society of South Africa, Johannesburg (2009) Werner Creutzfeldt Lectureship, Inter. Regulatory Peptide Society (2009) Americas T op Surgeons (2008) NIH Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Sciences Study Section (2008-2012) T exas Super Doctors-Pediatric Surgery (2006-2010) Outstanding Teacher, Department of Surgery, UTMB (2004) Shipley Award, Southern Surgical Association (2004) Outstanding Teacher, Department of Surgery, UTMB (2001) Outstanding Teacher, Department of Surgery, UTMB (2000) Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (1992) Association of American Medical Colleges, Resident Representative (1992-1994) Residents Prize at the Singleton Surgical Society (1992) Residents Prize at the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (1991) University of Texas at Austin, cum laude (1984) Alpha Epsilon Delta Premedical Honor Society, University of Texas at Austin (1983) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Surgery, Fellow (2000) American Association for Cancer Research (2001) American Burn Association (1996) American College of Surgeons, Fellow (1999) American College of Surgeons, South Texas Chapter (1999-2009) American College of Surgeons, T ennessee Chapter (2010) American Gastroenterological Association (2000) American Pediatric Surgical Association (2000) American Society for Cell Biology (2011) American Surgical Association (2008) Assoc. of Pediatric Surgery Training Program Directors (2011) Association for Academic Surgery (1999) Association of American Medical Colleges (1992) Childrens Oncology Group (2000) H. William Scott Jr., Surgical Society (2017) International Society of Paediatric Surgical Oncology (2015) Pediatric Surgery Biology Club (1998) Pediatric Trauma Society (2014) Singleton Surgical Society (1996) Society of American gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons (1998) Society of Clinical Surgery (honorary) (2011) Society of University Surgeons (2000) Southern Surgical Association (2003) Surgery Biology Club (2002) T exas Surgical Society (2007) Texas Pediatric Society (2000) The Halsted Society (2011)
