George J. Chang MD MS, FACS, FASCRS, FSSO
Professor and Chair ad interim Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Professor of Health Services Research, Sue and Radcliffe Killam Chair, Associate Vice President for Regional Surgery Strategy The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
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1515 Holcombe BlvdHouston, TX 77030
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Education & Training
Harvard University TH Chan School of Public HealthMHCM, Health Care Management, 2021 - 2023- University of Texas Health Sciences CenterMS, Clinical Research, 2004 - 2007
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Rochester)Residency, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 2003 - 2004
University of California (San Francisco)Residency, Surgery, 1995 - 2003
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1995
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2021 - Present
AZ State Medical License 2023 - 2026
CA State Medical License 1997 - 2026
GA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2004 - 2026
AL State Medical License 2023 - 2025
LA State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery Colon & Rectal Surgery
American Board of Surgery Surgery- Join now to see all
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Fellow (FASCRS) American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
- Fellow (FSSO) Society of Surgical Oncology
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- A Prospective Study for the Assessment of Recurrence Risk in Stage II Colon Cancer Patients Using ColoPrint Start of enrollment: 2008 Sep 01
- Evaluation of Quality of Life and Utilities Following Surgical Treatment of Stage I-IV Rectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 May 16
- Patient-Centered Risk Adjusted Surveillance After Curative Resection of Colorectal Cancer Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 16
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Rise in Minimally Invasive Surgery for Colorectal Cancer Is Associated With Adoption of Robotic Surgery.Naveen Manisundaram, Christopher P Childers, Chung-Yuan Hu, Abhineet Uppal, Tsuyoshi Konishi
Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 2025-04-01 - Evaluating a digital prehabilitation tool in patients with colorectal surgery: protocol for a multisite randomised controlled trial.Kelsey Ogomori, Jeanette Broering, Camille Rogine, Cindy Kin, George J Chang
BMJ Open. 2025-02-18 - 2 citationsRisk Factors for Regrowth After Nonoperative Management for Rectal Cancer.Neal Bhutiani, Kentaro Ochiai, Oliver Peacock, Y Nancy You, Brian K Bednarski
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2025-02-09
Press Mentions
- What People Born in the 90s Should Know About Colon Cancer RiskMarch 8th, 2023
- What People Born in the 90s Should Know About Their Colon Cancer RiskMarch 7th, 2023
Total Pelvic Exenteration Survivor: ‘Life Is Precious. Don’t Waste It.’September 19th, 2017- Join now to see all
Grant Support
- Patient Centered Risk Stratified Surveillance After Curative Resection of Colorectal CancerPatient Centered Outcomes Research Institute2014–2018
- Optimizing Treatment Of Rectal Cancer Using A Markov Decision ModelNational Cancer Institute2009–2011
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- American Surgical AssociationMember
External Links
- MD Anderson Faculty Profilehttps://faculty.mdanderson.org/profiles/george_chang.html
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