Chung's Choices

In this week's episode we sit down with Christine Chung, MD. 

Dr. Chung's early interest in teaching evolved into an academic medicine career that is now helping to teach the next generation of interventional cardiologists.   She is excited to have a procedural focus with so much opportunity for innovation.  As a part of our structural heart team, she will be helping lead the way into its future.

0:40 - From the beginning
3:18 - Ms. Chung the Teacher?
4:04 - Drawn to Procedural Cardiology
5:15 - Why Structural Heart
7:30 - The path to Structural Heart
9:20 - Mentorship
10:48 - Role as a Mentor
13:10 - "Not just mentorship, but also sponsorship"
14:50 - The other career and mental health
19:25 - Anticoagulation and TAVR
23:20 - Valve-in-Valve
25:41 - Anatomic Considerations
29:12 - Aortic Regurgitation
32:35 - Shout out to Robert Lederman and Adam Greenbaum
33:35 - Risk of mortality vs. benefits of intervention
39:25 - Unpacking deal-breakers
42:01 - Left Atrial Appendage Closure/Occlusion (LAAC/LAAO)
45:00 - Good Candidates for LAAO
50:20 - Industry Education (Commercial Referenced)

Dr. Chung can be reached at her email:
cjchung1@uw.edu