About Eric I. Chang
Dr. Chang was selected for the prestigious accelerated 7-year BA/MD program at Rutgers College. After graduating summa cum laude from this highly competitive program, he continued with his general surgery residency at Rutgers Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ and devoted an additional two years to basic science research in microvascular tissue engineering and stem cell biology at New York University School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine, for which he won multiple awards from the American College of Surgeons, the Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Plastic Surgery Research Council. Dr. Chang also completed a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles,CA and a Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, TX. His dedication and compassion for patient care was also recognized by his election into the Gold Humanism Honor Society.