Dr. Chung is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Disease.
She completed her Internal Medicine residency at Michigan State University and an Infectious Disease fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch. She has been practicing in Northern Indiana since 2013. She has a special interest in integrative medicine, women’s health, and herbal medicine. She is a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America, College of Lifestyle Medicine, and Institute of functional medicine.
While working in the conventional medical field as an infectious disease specialist for 8 years, Dr. Chung realized there were so many limitations on what Western medicine can do for patients. Advancements in technology, and pharmaceuticals did not result in improving quality of life. Hence, more people are suffering from a chronic illnesses without clear explanations. That was a turning point and started looking into different aspects such as lifestyle medicine, nutrition, mind-body therapy, and functional medicine.
Dr. Chung expanded her knowledge beyond conventional medicine and started to apply it in her daily practice which made a huge difference to patients.
In this episode, Dr. Aerie Chung explains how she built her successful membership-based infectious disease clinic. She reveals that she started by talking to referral sources, such as local ID doctors and a non-profit organization for HIV patients, to target the ideal clients. She also emphasizes the importance of making direct connections with physicians and networking, despite working in a community dominated by corporate systems. Dr. Chung adds that every patient referred to her is valuable and she treats each with high-quality care. She says she added acupuncture to the mix after taking a physician course and deciding to go with the Japanese style.
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