Kyong-Mi Chang, MD

Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Associate Director, Penn Center for Viral Hepatitis
  • Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Residency: St. Francis Medical Center
  • Residency: Inspira Medical Center - Woodbury
  • Residency: Medical College of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: UC San Diego Medical Center

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Chang is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Cindi Z, Cardone KM, Bradford Y, Hall MA, Kim H, Daar ES, Gulick R, Riddler SA, Vujkovic M, Chang KM, Tsao PS, Sinxadi P, Haas DW, Ritchie MD; VA Million Veteran Program. Polygenic risk score and risk of drug-induced liver injury after initiating antiretroviral therapy in people living with HIV , Pharmacogenomics: 2026


Alkhairo H, Koyama S, Iyer K, Hilliard AT, Kho PF, Clarke S, Abdulwahab FM, Assimes TL, Lynch JA, Ramsay M; Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa); VA Million Veteran Program (MVP); Chang KM, Tsao PS, Alkuraya FS, Ito K, Risch N, Tcheandjieu C. Linkage disequilibrium and allelic heterogeneity explain variation in coronary artery disease risk at 9p21 across populations and reduced effect in Africans , Am J Hum Genet: 2026


Zhou JJ, Jensen A, Samuels DC, Markianos K, Zhou H, Zhang H, Vujkovic M, Lynch JA, Dinatale T, Joseph J, Liu C, Hung A, Sun YV, Pyarajan S, Tsao PS, Chang KM, Hulgan T, Reaven P; VA Million Veteran Program. A large-scale multi-ancestry mitochondrial variant association analysis for cardiometabolic traits , Nat Commun: 2026


Koyama S, Yu Z, Choi SH, Jurgens SJ, Selvaraj MS, Klarin D, Huffman JE, Clarke SL, Zhang SK, Trinh MN, Ravi A, Dron JS, Spinks C, Surakka I, Bhatnagar A, Lannery K, Hornsby W, Damrauer SM, Chang KM, Lynch JA, Assimes TL, Tsao PS, Rader DJ, Cho K, Peloso GM, Ellinor PT, Sun YV, Wilson PWF, VA Million Veteran Program, Natarajan P Exome-wide association study of blood lipids in 1,158,017 individuals from diverse populations , Nature Genetics, 58(6): 2026


Sinnott-Armstrong N, Strausz S, Urpa L, Abner E, Johnson JP, Valliere J, Palumaa T, FinnGen, Estonian Biobank Research Team, VA Million Veteran Program, Palta P, Dashti HS, Chang KM, Vujkovic M, Daly M, Pritchard JK, Saxena R, Jones SE, Ollila HM Genetic variants affect diurnal glucose levels throughout the day , Nature Communications, 17(1): 2026


Wendland ZD, Teerlink CC, Pridgen KM, Lo S, Sayed C, van Straalen KR, Tcheandjieu C, Tsao PS, Chang KM, Li Y, Mohlke KL, Sun Q, Lynch JA, Goldfarb N. A genome-wide association study of hidradenitis suppurativa from the VA's Million Veteran Program , Dermatology: 2026


Bermudez F, Shakt G, Bowles A, Alba P, Dinatale T, Chang KM, Tsao PS, Lynch J, Dochtermann D, Pyarajan S, Small A, Levin MG, Damrauer SM. Multipopulation Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Loci for Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Reveals Shared Genetic Architecture With Aortopathies , Circ Genom Precis Med: 2026


Sideris K, Nelson TJ, Brinker L, Gao A, Tcheandjieu C, Kyriakopoulos CP, Berlowitz D, Hull L, Ferraro JP, Agiri FY, Pridgen KM, Roblin S, Joseph J, Damrauer SM, Chang KM, Teerlink CC, Stehlik J, Carter S, Lynch JA. Systemic Manifestations and Mortality Risk in Transthyretin V142I Variant Carriers: A Million Veteran Program Analysis , JACC CardioOncol: 2026


Mureddu M, Pelusi S, Jamialahmadi O, Vujkovic M, Miano L, Eidgah Torghabehei H, Ronzoni L, Malvestiti F, Saracino M, Periti G, Moretti V, Teerlink CC, Lynch JA, Tsao PS, Johnson JP, La Mura V, Dilena R, Alqahtani SA, Cherubini A, Russo FP, D'Ambrosio R, Fraquelli M, Petta S, Miele L, Vespasiani-Gentilucci U, Bugianesi E, Mancina RM, Parini P, Prati D, Chang KM, Schneider CV, Romeo S, Valenti LV. Carriage of rare APOB variants predisposes to severe steatotic liver disease and hepatocellular carcinoma , J Clin Invest: 2026


Sideris K, Nelson TJ, Brinker L, Gao A, Tcheandjieu C, Kyriakopoulos CP, Berlowitz D, Hull L, Ferraro JP, Agiri FY, Pridgen KM, Roblin S, Joseph J, Levin MG, Damrauer SM, Chang KM, Teerlink CC, Stehlik J, Carter S, Lynch JA. Risk of Systemic Manifestations in Homozygous Carriers of the Transthyretin V142I Variant: A Million Veteran Program Analysis , J Am Heart Assoc, 14: 2025,e044923


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