Lynn Chung, MD: SFMS August 2013 Member of the Month September 19, 2013 Member of the Month, SFMS Member Plastic Surgeon, Lynn Chung, SFMS Member of the Month 0 Dr. Chung is a fellowship-trained cosmetic plastic surgeon serving San Francisco and the surrounding Bay Area. She is a native of Taiwan but grew up in North Carolina. She has described herself as a perfectionist with a healthy dose of Southern Charm. This translates into her professional philosophy to provide personalized treatment and superior surgical results with uncompromising attention to detail in all aspects of the patient experience including hospitality, comfort and discretion. Dr. Chung completed the 6-year combined general surgery and plastic surgery residency at UCSF, after which she went on to complete the highly-competitive aesthetic plastic surgery fellowship at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary in Manhattan. The fellowship was a one-year extensive program focusing exclusively on cosmetic surgery of the face, breast, and body where she further honed her surgical skills. Dr. Chung returned to San Francisco in 2010 and opened Laurel Heights Plastic Surgery, a boutique plastic surgery practice focused on current, leading-edge cosmetic plastic surgery. She is on staff at CPMC, St. Mary’s Medical Center, St. Francis Memorial Hospital, Chinese Hospital, Seton Medical Center in Daly City, and Mills-Peninsula Medical Center in Burlingame. To view Dr. Chung’s practice information, please click here. I am a SFMS member because SFMS is an excellent way to reconnect with old friends and meet new physician colleagues. It is also a great resource of health care information and news. I think the most helpful SFMS member resource is the practice management sessions (webinars, seminars, and on-demand guides). No one ever teaches you the business of medicine in residency so it’s nice to have some instruction and advice from experts so you don’t feel like you’re totally out there alone. The most important things I learned in residency are persistence, determination, will-power, always strive to do your best and don’t rest until you’ve reached your goal. If you love what you do, you forget you’ve been up for 36 hours. What are some of the biggest opportunities or challenges you see in health care within the next five years? The biggest challenge I see is having to provide the same quality of care with less resources and more regulations, while at the same time, practicing more defensive medicine. I love practicing Plastic Surgery because it allows me to use my technical skills with my artistic sensibility to achieve an aesthetic and functional result. Every patient is different and surgery is always uniquely tailored to the patient’s anatomy and aesthetic goals. As a plastic surgeon with a focus in cosmetic plastic surgery of the face, breast, and body, I love that I am an integral part of my patients’ lives when they can look as good as they feel. What is your favorite restaurant in San Francisco? It’s hard to name an absolute favorite but these are some of my favs: Spruce for power lunches, Gialina’s for delicious pizza, Katana-ya for late night ramen, brunch at Squat & Gobble in the Marina with my girlfriends & dog Buddy before a walk in Crissy Fields, dim sum at Hakkasan, and drinks at Local Edition. If I wasn't a physician, I would like to be an actress… the comedian type, not dramatic type. It just seems so much fun to lose yourself in the part, temporarily. Comments are closed.
