Biography

Andrew C. Chang, M.D., is the John Alexander Distinguished Professor, Head of the Section of Thoracic Surgery at the University of Michigan and Surgical Director of Pulmonary Transplantation at the University of Michigan. After completing his undergraduate education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and medical education at The Johns Hopkins University he pursued general surgical residency at Vanderbilt University. During this time he also obtained an individual National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health to study cardiothoracic transplantation with Richard N. Pierson, III, M.D. He then continued as a thoracic surgical resident at the University of Michigan, completing this in 2002. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan as a fellow/lecturer in congenital cardiac surgery. In 2003, he joined the Section of Thoracic Surgery as a fellow/lecturer until his promotion to assistant professor in 2004. His clinical interests encompass all aspects of general thoracic surgery including thoracic oncology, pulmonary transplantation, minimally-invasive surgery and interventional endoscopy. His research focus is thoracic oncology, particularly the tumorigenesis of esophageal cancer.

Dr. Chang is a member in several national/international professional organizations including the American College of Surgeons, the American College of Chest Physicians, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, the Association for Academic Surgery, The International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Association of VA Surgeons, the John Alexander Society, the H. William Scott Society and the General Thoracic Surgical Club.