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Lyn Sue Kahng

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  • 2002 Commendation for Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System

  • 1997 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Physician Postdoctoral Fellowship

Selected Accolades

    • 2002 Commendation for Service, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System

    • 1997 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Physician Postdoctoral Fellowship

  • UIC gastroenterology fellowship curriculum committee

  • Previous service on VA National Field Advisory Committee and Section Chief Sub-Field Advisory Board

Other Positions and Professional Services

    • UIC gastroenterology fellowship curriculum committee

    • Previous service on VA National Field Advisory Committee and Section Chief Sub-Field Advisory Board

Current research participation as a Local Site Investigator for VA Cooperative Studies #577:  CONFIRM (Colonoscopy vs. Fecal Immunochemical Test in Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer) and #596: OpTION (Optimal Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection).

Research Interests

  • Current research participation as a Local Site Investigator for VA Cooperative Studies #577:  CONFIRM (Colonoscopy vs. Fecal Immunochemical Test in Reducing Mortality from Colorectal Cancer) and #596: OpTION (Optimal Treatment for Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection).

  • Clinical Associate Professor (Medicine), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine

  • Gastroenterology Section Chief, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

Job Title/Position and Hospital/Academic Institution

    • Clinical Associate Professor (Medicine), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Illinois College of Medicine

    • Gastroenterology Section Chief, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL

MD

Academic and Professional Qualifications

  • MD

Lyn Sue Kahng, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Gastroenterology Section Chief at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. She obtained her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, and also completed her residency in internal medicine at UCSF. She subsequently completed research fellowship and gastroenterology at Stanford. Her clinical interests include colorectal cancer screening and management, medical education, and endoscopy quality.

Short Bio

  • Lyn Sue Kahng, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Gastroenterology Section Chief at the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center. She obtained her medical degree at the University of California, San Francisco, and also completed her residency in internal medicine at UCSF. She subsequently completed research fellowship and gastroenterology at Stanford. Her clinical interests include colorectal cancer screening and management, medical education, and endoscopy quality.

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