Keith C Chung, M.D.
4150 Nelson Rd. Ste B6
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605
About Keith C Chung
Settling in Lake Charles in 1998, he has been a staff surgeon at LSU Health Care Sciences Division at W.O. Moss Regional Medical Center.
In 2001 Dr. Chung opened the Comprehensive Surgery Clinic, incorporating general thoracic and now bariatric surgery. Determined to be trained in the safest and most effective procedures offered, he traveled to areas on the forefront of bariatric medicine - San Francisco, Houston and Boston.
Together with a multitude of health care professionals, Dr, Chung now offers a lifelong commitment to those in need of unconventional answers to morbid obesity and its risks.
Now designated as a Centers of Excellence Surgeon, Dr. Chung practices at Women & Children's Hospital, a Center of Excellence facility.
Credentials and training
- Medical School Attended
- Emory School of Medicine - Atlanta, GA1993
- Residency
- Ochsner Foundation Hospital - New Orleans, LA1998
- Bariatric surgery volume
- More than once a week
View listed training (2)
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Thomas Lavin, M.D. (proctor)2004
Laparoscopy, Bariatric Surgery
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Tufts-New England Medical Center2002
, Bariatric Surgery
Accreditations
- Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence Accreditation ABC
Listed procedures
- Adjustable Gastric Band
- Gastric Bypass
- Revision Surgery
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- StomaphyX
- Gastric Plication
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Group Memberships
- ACS
- ASMBS
- LAP-BAND
- SRC
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Practice and contact
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Obesity Surgery Center of LouisianaObesity Surgery Center Of LouisianaGet directions
4150 Nelson Rd. Ste B6
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605 -
Phone 337-433-1303
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