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Melissa Cheng, MD, MOH, MHS, FACOEM

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Languages Spoken: English, Mandarin Chinese, Min Nan Chinese

Dr. Melissa Cheng joined the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health after her completion of residency in 2011. She graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2008. She also has a Master of Health Science in International Health with an emphasis on complex humanitarian emergencies from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2003 and Master of Occupational Health from the University of Utah in 2010. Dr. Cheng is the medical director for the University of Utah Occupational Medicine Clinic, which consists of three clinics in the Wasatch Front and she maintains a full spectrum occupational medicine practice. She also consults with major businesses and organizations like Biofire, Union Pacific Railroad and US Customs Border Patrol regarding occupational safety and health. Her educational teaching interests include teaching residents and graduate students in occupational and environmental health and health professionals about SBIRT, a universal screening program for substance use disorder. She was the program director for the University of Utah SBIRT training program and is the founder and director for the Utah SBIRT program. Her research interests includes evaluating the effectiveness of opioid use within the workers compensation system. She has given both local and national presentations on "opioids in the workplace."

Clinical Locations

Farmington Health Center
Farmington Urgent Care

801-213-3200

165 N. University Ave.
Farmington, UT  84025
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Greenwood Health Center
Greenwood Urgent Care

801-213-8840

7495 South State Street
Midvale, UT  84047
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Parkway Health Center

801-213-9777

145 W University Parkway
Orem, UT  84058
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Redstone Health Center
Redstone Urgent Care

435-658-9262

1743 W Redstone Center Drive
Park City, UT  84098
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Redwood Health Center

801-213-9777

1525 West 2100 South
Salt Lake City, UT  84119
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Redwood Health Center
Redwood Urgent Care

801-213-8841

1525 West 2100 South
Salt Lake City, UT  84119
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South Jordan Health Center

801-213-4500

5126 West Daybreak Parkway
South Jordan, UT  84009
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South Jordan Health Center
South Jordan Urgent Care

801-213-4500

5126 West Daybreak Parkway
South Jordan, UT  84009
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Sugar House Health Center
Sugar House Urgent Care

801-581-2000

1280 E. Stringham Avenue
Salt Lake City, UT  84106
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Westridge Health Center
Westridge Urgent Care

801-213-8843

3730 West 4700 South
West Valley City, UT  84118
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Specialties

  • Addiction Medicine
  • Occupational & Environmental Health
  • Occupational & Environmental Health
  • Occupational Medicine

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Family & Preventive Medicine - Associate Professor (Clinical)
Psychiatry - Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry
Occupational and Environmental Health
Board Certification American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine)

Dr. Melissa Cheng joined the Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health after her completion of residency in 2011. She graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 2008. She also has a Master of Health Science in International Health with an emphasis on complex humanitarian emergencies from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2003 and Master of Occupational Health from the University of Utah in 2010. Dr. Cheng is the medical director for the University of Utah Occupational Medicine Clinic, which consists of three clinics in the Wasatch Front and she maintains a full spectrum occupational medicine practice. She also consults with major businesses and organizations like Biofire, Union Pacific Railroad and US Customs Border Patrol regarding occupational safety and health. Her educational teaching interests include teaching residents and graduate students in occupational and environmental health and health professionals about SBIRT, a universal screening program for substance use disorder. She was the program director for the University of Utah SBIRT training program and is the founder and director for the Utah SBIRT program. Her research interests includes evaluating the effectiveness of opioid use within the workers compensation system. She has given both local and national presentations on "opioids in the workplace."

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Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Family & Preventive Medicine - Associate Professor (Clinical)
Psychiatry - Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions Adult Psychiatry
Occupational and Environmental Health
Board Certification American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine)
American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine)

Research Interests

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Occupational Medicine

Education History

Fellowship University of Utah
Addiction Medicine
Fellow, 2021
Residency University of Utah
Occupational Medicine
Resident, 2011
Graduate Training University of Utah
Occupational Health
M.O.H., 2010
Internship University of Utah
Internal Medicine
Intern, 2010
Professional Medical University of Utah
Medicine
M.D., 2008
Graduate Training Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
International Health
M.H.S., 2003
Undergraduate University of Utah
Medical Technology
B.S., 2001

Selected Publications - Journal Articles

Journal Article

  1. Cheng, M, Thiese MS, Wood, EM, Kapellusch, J, Drury, D, Merryweather, A, Hegmann, KT (2019). Relationship between opioid use and pain severity rating in workers with low back pain. . J Occup Environ Med, 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001673.

Book

  1. ACOEM team (2010). Forearm. Worked to help write the ACOEM Practice Guidelines, is an evidence-based guidelines that is the gold standard in effective treatment of occupational injuries and illness, regarding occupationally related forearm pathology, such as radial tunnel syndrome. . American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Online Journal.
  2. ACOEM team (2010). Worked to help write the ACOEM Practice Guidelines, is an evidence-based guidelines that is the gold standard in effective treatment of occupational injuries and illness, regarding occupationally related hand pathology, such as carpal tunnel syndrome and De Quervain's.  (3rd). American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Online Journal.

Book Chapter

  1. Cheng M (2010). Elbow. Worked to help write the ACOEM Practice Guidelines, is an evidence-based guidelines that is the gold standard in effective treatment of occupational injuries and illness, regarding occupationally related elbow pathology, such as medial and lateral epicondylitis. . In Dr. Kurt Hegmann (Ed.), Web (3rd edition). American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Online Journal.

Other

  1. Cheng, Melissa and Phillips, Andrew (2019). "Ladder Safety in the Workplace." A 3-minutes instructional video for employees and employers on how to properly set-up and use a ladder at work to stay safe. .
  2. Cheng, Melissa and Phillips, Andrew (2019). "How to survive an active shooter in the workplace." This is a 7-minute educational video for employers and employees when encountered with an active shooter situation and to facilitate safety culture change at work. .
  3. Cheng M (2014). Evidence-Based Medicine: Determining Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials. AMA Guides Newsletter ((Aug 2014), pp. 3-5). American Medical Association.

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