Dr. Bradford Chong

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Bradford Chong is a board-certified gastroenterologist specializing in benign and malignant pancreatic diseases. He graduated with an MD from Rush Medical College of Rush University and completed his internal medicine residency at USC/Los Angeles General Medical Center. Following this, he pursued a gastroenterology fellowship at Oregon Health Science University, where he served as Chief Gastroenterology Fellow, and later completed an additional fellowship in medical pancreatology at Mayo Clinic. Now serving as the Director of the Pancreas Program at the University of Chicago, Dr. Chong's clinical interests include pancreatic cysts, pancreatic cancer, acute and chronic pancreatitis, and pancreatic insufficiency. He chairs the Pancreas Multi-Disciplinary Conference and the Pancreatitis-Pain Board and co-chairs the IgG4 Clinical Consortium at the University of Chicago. Additionally, he is a principal investigator on studies focusing on healthcare disparities in pancreatic cancer diagnoses and outcomes, emphasizing community-engaged research to enhance genetic testing identification for high-risk individuals. Dr. Chong is dedicated to educating trainees and serves as the Director of the Pancreatology Elective for gastroenterology fellows at the University of Chicago.

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Requirements for University of Chicago

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
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Required:26
Reading
Required:26
Writing
Required:26
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:104
IELTS
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Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7
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Department of Philosophy