Surg Clin North Am
Biliary Tract NeoplasmsPalliative Care
Dr. Christine Chung, DO
NPI1952838518PAC ID8325427370
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 20
- Part D claims, 2024
- 72
- Publications
- 3
- Hospital affiliations
- 1
- Industry payments
- $10,403
- Practice address
- One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663
- Practice phone
- Call (949) 764-4624
- Professional email
- Get professional email
- Personal email
- Get personal email
- Mobile number
- Get mobile number
Primary practice
Find Dr. Chung's professional email, personal email and mobile number
Dmand AI checks each channel through healthcare-specific waterfall enrichment. See what is on file with a free account, with practice phones, licenses and affiliations.
Dr. Christine Chung is a general surgeon in Newport Beach, California
Dr. Chung practices at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California, part of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Dr. Chung's NPI, 1952838518, was assigned on May 15, 2017. Dr. Chung graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2017. Dr. Chung holds California license 20A22942.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1952838518NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8325427370
- NPI enumeration date
- May 15, 2017
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (949) 764-4624
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
- Get email
- Mobile number
- Get number
- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 35
- Medical school graduation
- 2017
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Christine Chung practices at 2 locations in Newport Beach, California
Dr. Chung's primary practice is Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, at One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663 in Orange County. The practice phone is (949) 764-4624. Dr. Chung also practices at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, 1 Hoag Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92663.
- Hoag Hospital Newport BeachPrimaryOne Hoag Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663 · Orange CountyPhone(949) 764-4624
- Hoag Hospital Newport Beach1 Hoag Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92663 · Orange CountyPhone(949) 764-4624
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Practice Data
Dr. Christine Chung is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 2 medical groups
Dr. Chung's primary practice is Hoag Hospital Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California, part of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. The medical group on file is Hoag Clinic. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chung to 1 more home health agency and 1 medical group, each named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Christine Chung's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Chung practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Hoag Hospital Newport Beach | Available with a free account |
| +1 more site and 1 medical group | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
For health IT teams
See the EHR and IT leaders at every hospital where Dr. Chung practices
Dmand AI maps EHR vendors, IT decision makers and buying committees across Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian and 6.2K+ hospitals, with verified contacts in the same login.
Dr. Christine Chung is one of 2,926 general surgeons in California
Surgery is Dr. Chung's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Chung is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Chung's licenses on file in 2 states: California and Washington.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, CaliforniaPrimary
- Washington license
General surgeons near Dr. Chung
Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
2,926general surgeons in California39general surgeons in Newport Beach26general surgeons at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Christine Chung treated 20 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 75
CMS counts 20 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chung in 2024. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.90, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Chung's median patient age at 69, with 59% women.
Medicare patients, 202420
Average age75
Average risk score1.90
Chronic conditions among Dr. Chung's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Chung's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 69
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women59%
- Men39%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Christine Chung wrote 72 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Chung wrote 72 Medicare Part D claims for 35 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 34 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $195 in total drug cost. In 2021, CMS named 28 claims across 1 drug.
Part D claims, 202472
Drugs named by CMS2
Total drug cost$195
Part D patients35
Dr. Chung's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic68 claims94%
- Brand-name and other4 claims6%
Dr. Chung's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Chung's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids28%20 of 72 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2021 to 2024
- 2021
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2021: 282024: 3421%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 in 2021.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Christine Chung offers telehealth to Medicare patients
Dr. Chung accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Chung as offering telehealth.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Offers telehealth
- Yes
Hernia repair (minimally invasive): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
For MedTech and pharma teams
Find general surgeons like Dr. Chung by procedure volume and prescribing
Filter 7.4M+ HCPs by Medicare procedures, Part D drugs and Open Payments history, then reach them with verified contacts in one login.
Dr. Christine Chung has 3 publications on record
Dmand AI links 3 papers to Dr. Chung in 2024. 2024 was the busiest year, with 2. Dr. Chung's most frequent co-authors are Lauren Marie Wancata, MD and Thomas R. Biehl, MD.
Papers3
Dr. Chung's most frequent co-authors
Recent publications by Dr. Chung
Duodenal NeoplasmsDuodenumOrgan Sparing Treatments
See who Dr. Chung researches with
Physician Network Discovery turns co-authorship, shared hospitals and shared groups into a map of who Dr. Chung works with, so you can find a warm path to the right general surgeons.
Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Christine Chung received $10,403 in industry payments from 2017 to 2025
CMS Open Payments shows 30 general payments to Dr. Chung from 6 drug and device companies from 2017 to 2025. Education make up the largest share, 73% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $9,957.
General payments to Dr. Chung by program year, 2017 to 2025
General payments to Dr. Chung by kind, 2017 to 2025
$10.4Kin total
- Education$7,57173%
- Travel and lodging$2,25222%
- Food and beverage$5816%
Companies that paid Dr. Chung the most, 2017 to 2025
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Dr. Christine Chung serves on 3 committees
Dr. Chung serves on American College of Surgeons Associate Fellow, American HepatoPancreaticoBiliary Association Surgical Innovation Committee and American College of Surgeons (ACS) Resident and Associate Society (RAS) Advocacy Group.
Dr. Chung's committees and leadership roles
- American College of Surgeons Associate FellowProfessional Development SubCommittee Lead
- 2021 to present
- American HepatoPancreaticoBiliary Association Surgical Innovation CommitteeGeneral Member
- 2020 to present
- American College of Surgeons (ACS) Resident and Associate Society (RAS) Advocacy GroupGeneral member
- 2019 to present
- AHPBA Program CommitteeFellow Representative
- 2022 to 2023
- American College of Surgeons (ACS) Associate Fellows CommitteeProfessional development lead
- 2021 to 2022
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Christine Chung graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
Dr. Chung graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2017. Dr. Chung is a member of ACS, Americas hepatopancreatobiliary association, Association of Women Surgeons, International hepatopancreatobiliary association and Southern Medical Association (SMA).
- Medical school
- Board certified in surgery
- Board certified in advanced cardiovascular life support
- Board certified in basic life support
- Board certified in 2024 - 2026
- Board certified in 2019 - 2023
- Board certified in da vinci robotic training certification
- Board certified in 2020 - 2020
- Board certified in 2024 - 2025
- Board certified in fundamentals of endoscopic surgery certified
- Board certified in fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery certified
- Board certified in 2022 - 2024
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Dr. Christine Chung accepts plans from 4 insurance carriers
Dr. Chung is in network with 4 carriers, including Elevance, Kaiser Permanente and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
- Elevance
- Kaiser Permanente
- HCSC
- CMS Medicare
Plan types Dr. Chung accepts, by number of carriers
- Medicare3
- EPO2
- HMO2
- PPO2
- POS1
Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data
Sources for Dr. Christine Chung's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Practice Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Awards and committee roles | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Insurance carriers and plan types | Dmand AI Insurance Network Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
Data last refreshed October 2026Report an inaccuracyRemove my information
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Dr. Christine Chung
Spotted something out of date? Email hello@dmand.ai and we will check the record. Contact details live in the free trial.
What is Dr. Christine Chung's NPI number?
Dr. Christine Chung's NPI number is 1952838518. It was assigned on May 15, 2017, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Christine Chung?
Dr. Christine Chung is a general surgeon in Newport Beach, California. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Dr. Christine Chung practice?
Dr. Chung practices at One Hoag Drive, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Dr. Chung also practices at 1 Hoag Dr, Newport Beach, CA 92663. Dr. Chung's primary practice is Hoag Hospital Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California, part of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian. Dmand AI also links Dr. Chung to 1 home health agency and 1 medical group.
What is Dr. Christine Chung's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Chung is (949) 764-4624.
What is Dr. Christine Chung's medical license number?
Dr. Chung holds California license 20A22942, one of the licenses on file in 2 states.
Which states has Dr. Christine Chung been licensed in?
Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Chung in California and Washington.
Which hospitals is Dr. Christine Chung affiliated with?
Dr. Chung practices at Hoag Hospital Newport Beach in Newport Beach, California.
What medical group is Dr. Christine Chung part of?
Dr. Chung is linked to Hoag Clinic. Dmand AI links Dr. Chung to 1 more medical group.
Does Dr. Christine Chung accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS lists Dr. Chung as accepting Medicare assignment.
Does Dr. Christine Chung offer telehealth?
Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Chung as offering telehealth services.
Show 9 more questionsShow fewer questions
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Christine Chung see?
CMS counts 20 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Chung in 2024, with an average age of 75.
Is Dr. Christine Chung board certified?
Yes. Dr. Chung is board certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery.
Where did Dr. Christine Chung go to medical school?
Dr. Chung graduated from WesternU College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific in 2017.
What drugs does Dr. Christine Chung prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Chung's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl and Pantoprazole Sodium.
Has Dr. Christine Chung received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $10,403 in general payments to Dr. Chung from 6 companies from 2017 to 2025. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Dr. Christine Chung been practicing?
Dr. Chung graduated from medical school in 2017, 9 years ago.
Does Dr. Christine Chung do research?
Dmand AI links 3 publications to Dr. Chung.
Who does Dr. Christine Chung publish with?
Dr. Chung's most frequent co-authors are Lauren Marie Wancata, MD (2 shared papers) and Thomas R. Biehl, MD (1 shared paper).
What insurance does Dr. Christine Chung accept?
Dr. Chung is in network with 4 carriers, including Elevance, Kaiser Permanente and HCSC. Medicare plans come from the most carriers, 3. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.
Selling to surgery practices?
See general surgeons in California by site of care and group
Find the practices, groups and hospitals they work with, and the right people to contact at each.
- 30 days free
- Self-serve
- No credit card