Colorectal Surgery
MD, FACS, Section Head of Oncology, Department of Colorectal Surgery; Rectal Cancer Program Director, Cleveland Clinic, USA.
Haniee Chung, MD, FACS, completed her residency in General Surgery and fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis. She began her career at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with a clinical focus on treating colorectal cancers. Dr. Chung has developed a strong interest in building multidisciplinary teams to tackle aggressive cancers, particularly those requiring nonoperative modalities of treatment in the perioperative setting and multivisceral resections. Currently, as the Section Head of Oncology in the Department of Colorectal Surgery and Rectal Cancer Program Director at the Cleveland Clinic, she continues to work in a multidisciplinary setting to offer comprehensive treatment options to complex cancer patients.
Selected publications from PubMed
Sustained Organ Preservation in Patients With Rectal Cancer After Sequential Short-Course Radiation Therapy and Chemotherapy.
Liu IC, Gearhart S, Hu C, Chung H, Gabre-Kidan A, Najjar P, Christenson ES, Azad NS, Lee V, Zaheer A, Birkness-Gartman JE, Narang AK, Meyer J
Am Surg. 2025 Nov;91(11):1913-1922 doi: 10.1177/00031348251341945.
Analysis of Metabolic and Quality-of-Life Factors in Patients With Cancer for a New Approach to Classifying Walking Habits: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.
Tak YW, Kim J, Chung H, Lee SB, Park IJ, Lee SW, Jo MW, Lee JW, Baek S, Lee Y
J Med Internet Res. 2025 Apr 1;27:e52694 doi: 10.2196/52694.
Surgical and local control outcomes after sequential short-course radiation therapy and chemotherapy for rectal cancer.
Liu IC, Gearhart S, Ke S, Hu C, Chung H, Efron J, Gabre-Kidan A, Najjar P, Atallah C, Safar B, Christenson ES, Azad NS, Lee V, Zaheer A, Birkness-Gartman JE, Reddy AV, Narang AK, Meyer J
Surg Open Sci. 2024 Mar;18:42-49 doi: 10.1016/j.sopen.2024.01.015.
Reply to "The impact of nerve sparing robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy on positive surgical margins: Uncertainty".
Yang CW, Wang HH, Fayez Hassouna M, Chand M, Huang WJ, Chung HJ
J Chin Med Assoc. 2023 Feb 1;86(2):255 doi: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000859.
Effects of nerve-sparing procedures on surgical margins after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
Yang CW, Wang HH, Fayez Hassouna M, Chand M, Huang WJ, Chung HJ
J Chin Med Assoc. 2022 Dec 1;85(12):1131-1135 doi: 10.1097/JCMA.0000000000000810.
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