Dr. Chung is Professor of Radiology, Chief, Section of Thoracic Radiology, and Chief Quality Officer at the University of Chicago Medicine. He specializes in cardiopulmonary imaging and analyzes and interprets chest radiographs and CT scans for thoracic diseases. He also has expertise in interstitial lung disease, occupational lung disease, nontuberculous mycobacterial pneumonia, and diseases of the large and small airways. He has authored more than 180 peer-reviewed articles that have been published in scientific journals and co-authored five book chapters and five books that focus on chest diagnostics.
The current imaging interpretation model undoubtedly has reached its breaking point due to increasing volumes and fewer radiologists. The time is now to solve this systemic imaging interpretation issue.