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Arlene Chung, MD, Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, NY, Maimonides Medical Center

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Emergency Medicine • Brooklyn, NY

Residency Program Director, Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center

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Summary

  • Arlene S. Chung, MD, MACM is the Residency Director for the Maimonides Medical Center Emergency Medicine Residency in Brooklyn, New York. She completed a two-year Medical Education Fellowship at Maimonides Medical Center, during which time she also obtained a Master in Academic Medicine from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine. She completed four years of residency training at Brown University and is a proud alumnus of the NYU School of Medicine.


    Dr. Chung has a passion for physician wellness and has made advocating for well-being a central focus of her career. She is the former Chair of the CORD Resilience Committee (2016-2018) and the first Wellness Week Subcommittee Chair for the ACEP Well-being Committee (2015-2018). She is also the Chief Strategy Officer for the ALiEM Wellness Think Tank (2016-2018) and played a key role in organizing and leading the first ever EM Resident Wellness Consensus Summit hosted at the Essentials of Emergency Medicine Conference in 2017. She has lectured extensively on physician wellness, developed mindfulness curricula for students and residents, and published on the current issues surrounding wellness and burnout and possible solutions for the future.


    Dr. Chung is also one of the co-founders of a non-profit organization known as Airway: True Stories from the Emergency Room (http://airwaystories.org). Airway originally began in 2015 as a series of free New York City-based storytelling events for EM physicians with the mission of creating community, decreasing stigma, and fostering resilience through the vulnerability and shared experiences of storytelling. Airway events have since been organized in cities across the country and at multiple regional and national conferences including the AAEM Scientific Assembly, FemInEM Idea Exchange (FIX), and the NY ACEP Scientific Assembly.

    • AIRWAY: True Stories from the Emergency Room

    Airway is a showcase for the stories that enlighten us, expose our vulnerabilities, and quietly suggest ways to overcome the challenges we all face each day.

Education & Training

  • Maimonides Medical Center
    Maimonides Medical CenterMedical Education, 2014 - 2016
  • University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine
    University of Southern California Keck School of MedicineMACM, 2014 - 2016
  • Brown University
    Brown UniversityResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2010 - 2014
  • New York University School of Medicine
    New York University School of MedicineClass of 2010
  • Brown University
    Brown UniversityBS, Neuroscience, Magna Cum Laude, 2002 - 2006

Certifications & Licensure

  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2014 - 2025
  • VT State Medical License
    VT State Medical License 2023 - 2024
  • RI State Medical License
    RI State Medical License 2010 - 2014
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 2012 - 2012
  • American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Advancing Emergency Care Award New York Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, 2018
  • Academy Member Award in Teaching and Evaluation Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Academy for Scholarship in Education, 2017
  • Best Speaker Second Place Award, Semi-Final Division Clinical Pathologic Case Conference, 2015

Publications & Presentations

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Journal Articles

  • On the Move: A Life  
    Chung AS Carroll M, Haber J, Joshi N, Annals of Emergency Medicine, 1/1/2017
  • Story of Our Lives  
    Chung AS., Empire State EPIC: Emergency Physicians’ Interim Communique, 1/1/2016
  • Beyond the Medical Marriage: Attending to the Wellness of Unmarried Physicians  
    Chung AS., Academic Medicine, 1/1/2015
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Development of a Clinical Performance Dashboard to Empower Resident Education
    Sun J, Li K, Peng P, Chung AS, Genes N, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly, Washington D.C., 1/1/2017
  • A High-Impact Mindfulness in Emergency Medicine Curriculum for Medical Students
    Chung AS, Felber R, Han E, Mathew T, Rebillot K, Likourezos A., American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Scientific Assembly, Washington D.C., 1/1/2017
  • The Wellness Think Tank
    Battaglioli N, Liu L, Chung AS., Social Media and Critical Care (SMACC), Berlin, Germany, 1/1/2017
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Lectures

  • The Evolution of Individual Wellness to Departmental Well-Being: How to Cultivate Empathy, Resilience, and Longevity in Medicine 
    Washington, D.C. - 1/1/2017
  • Imposter Syndrome 
    Maimonides Medical Center, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brooklyn, NY - 1/1/2017
  • Senior Resident Career Night 
    Providence, RI - 1/1/2017
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Other

Press Mentions

  • 5 Fears That Keep Doctors Awake at Night
    5 Fears That Keep Doctors Awake at NightOctober 28th, 2019
  • 3rd Annual Emergency Medicine Wellness Week | 2018 Highlights
    3rd Annual Emergency Medicine Wellness Week | 2018 HighlightsMarch 16th, 2018
  • Emergency Medicine Wellness Week: An International Collaboration & Call to Action!
    Emergency Medicine Wellness Week: An International Collaboration & Call to Action!January 22nd, 2017
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Grant Support

  • Using a Clinical Dashboard to Empower Resident Education: Does Incorporating Objective Feedback into Semi-Annual Evaluations Improve Insight and Impact Clinical Behaviors Among Residents?EMF/CORD Educational Research Grant2017–2018
  • Are Interns Prepared for the Hard Conversations? Evaluating Empathy in the Emergency DepartmentMaimonides Medical Center Research and Development Foundation Grant2015–2016

Committees

  • Chair, Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD) Resilience Committee 2016 - Present
  • Chair-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Wellness Section 2016 - Present
  • Subcommittee Chair for Wellness Week, American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Well-Being Committee 2015 - Present
  • Member, New York Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians (NY ACEP) Education Committee 2015 - Present

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Arlene Chung, Dr. Arlene Chung, MD, Dr. A Chung, Dr. Arlene Sujin Chung