
Dr. Jung comes to her new role from the University of Washington, where she has spent the past five years as the first woman chair of the department of internal medicine. Prior to her current role, she was chief of gastroenterology at the University of Illinois Chicago. She has conducted extensive clinical and basic research on gastrointestinal diseases, including colorectal cancer and pancreatitis. Last year, she was elected president of the American Gastroenterological Association.
A native of Portland, Oregon, Dr. Jung received her medical degree from Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany.


