Joy Weiling Chang, MD, MS

Joy Chang, MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and her medical degree from the University of Maryland. After completing her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, she came to the University of Michigan and completed her gastroenterology and esophageal fellowship training, during which she also received a Master’s degree in Health and Healthcare Research from the University of Michigan. She specializes in caring for patients with eosinophilic GI diseases and is a member of the Esophageal Diseases Program at the University of Michigan.

Her research interests focuses on patient and physician preferences and decision making in EoE care.

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As an academic gastroenterologist and health services researcher, Dr. Chang’s main clinical and research interests are in improving care, quality of life, and patient-provider communications for patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and eosinophilic GI diseases (EGIDs). Her research is supported by the NIH, American College of Gastroenterology, and the Consortium of Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Researchers, and focuses on improving outcomes and understanding patient and provider-level factors that influence in treatment decisions, shared decision making, health technology interventions in EoE care, and patient-centered collaborative research methods.