Changgi Jung, MD

Changgi Jung, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine in the Section of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the University of Chicago and medical director of the Inpatient Geriatric Medicine Consult Service at UChicago Medicine. Board-certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine, he cares for older adults in inpatient, outpatient, post-acute, and home-based settings.

His clinical work focuses on geriatric conditions and concerns including falls, delirium, dementia, polypharmacy, and functional decline. He emphasizes patient-centered decision-making, goals-of-care discussions, and deprescribing when appropriate.

Dr. Jung’s research and quality improvement work focuses on geriatric care delivery and medical education. His scholarly interests include deprescribing frameworks, comprehensive geriatric assessment, and communication in complex clinical decisions. He completed his internal medicine residency and geriatric medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and serves on the American Geriatrics Society Public Education Committee.