
Dr. Paul Chung DO
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
251 E HURON ST CHICAGO IL, 60611About
Dr. Paul Chung is a critical care surgeon practicing in CHICAGO, IL. Dr. Chung specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Chung has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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2160 S 1ST AVENUE MAYWOOD IL 60153