Dr. Chung received his health services research training as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar from the University of Michigan. He obtained his general surgery training from the University of Texas in San Antonio, his plastic surgery training from the University of Michigan and his hand surgery training from the Curtis National Hand Center in Baltimore. Dr. Chung's research interests involve the structuring of evidence-based practice and research in hand surgery. His projects have focused on epidemiology studies and clinical trials to derive the best evidence to guide treatment for upper extremity conditions. He developed the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire, which is widely used in this country and around the world for measuring outcomes after hand surgery.

Dr. Chung is a hand and upper extremity surgeon who performs a wide variety of reconstructive procedures in the fields of rheumatoid arthritis, congenital hand problems, spinal cord injuries, nerve injuries, and complex fractures. Dr. Chung serves as an Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs (instructional track) for the Medical School. He is currently a Council member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and a Director for the American Board of Plastic Surgery. He has published over 180 manuscripts in national journals and has authored 6 textbooks. He is a National Institutes of Health funded researcher who is the principal investigator for an R01 grant for a multicenter clinical study on the rheumatoid hand. He has also received a K24 Midcareer Investigator Grant in Patient-Oriented Research and a R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award from the National Institutes of Health. He is the Deputy Editor for the Journal of Hand Surgery and is an Associate Editor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Selected publications:
Chung KC, Pillsbury MS, Walters MR, Hayward RA: Reliability and validity testing of the Michigan Hand Outcomes Questionnaire. The Journal of Hand Surgery 23A:575-587, 1998.

Chung KC, Walters MR, Greenfield MLVH, Chernew ME: Endoscopic versus open carpal tunnel release: a cost-effectiveness analysis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 102:1089-1099, 1998.

Chung KC, Wei FC: An outcome study of thumb reconstruction using microvascular toe transfer. The Journal of Hand Surgery 25A:651-658, 2000.

Chung KC, Kotsis SV, Kim HM: A prospective outcomes study of Swanson metacarpophalangeal joint arthroplasty for the rheumatoid hand. The Journal of Hand Surgery 29A:646-653, 2004.

Chung KC, Kowalski CP, Kim HM, Kazmers IS: Patient outcomes following Swanson silastic metacarpophalangeal arthroplasty in the rheumatoid hand: systematic overview. The Journal of Rheumatology 27:1395-1402, 2000.

Chung KC, Watt AJ, Kotsis SV, Margaliot Z, Haase SC, Kim HM: Treatment of unstable distal radius fractures with the volar locking plating system. Journal of Bone Joint Surgery (A) 88:2687-2694, 2006.