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Lee S. Chung
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Lee S. Chung, MD

Languages spoken: English, Chinese

Dr. Chung is a stroke neurologist, having completed fellowship in vascular neurology after completion of a neurology residency, both at the University of Utah. He has faculty appointments at both the University of Utah Hospital and at the Salt Lake City VA, with clinical, education, and research activities at both facilities. His vision is that expert stroke care will be available to all patients regardless of region or background, and his mission is to reduce current disparities in care by leveraging tools such as telemedicine and medical education. He is primarily interested in delivery of expert neurovascular care through optimization of stroke care systems, telemedicine implementation, and stroke education of medical students and community providers.

His clinical duties include inpatient and outpatient neurologic care at the University of Utah Hospital and the Salt Lake City VA. He has helped develop several telemedicine networks to provide emergent teleneurological consultations to patients with acute stroke (telestroke), and serves as consultant and liaison to partner hospitals in the UT-ID-WY-NV-CO region, and nationally with the VA National Telestroke Program.

He serves as the neurology clerkship co-director and helps design and administer the neurology clerkship with the School of Medicine. He has developed the stroke education lectures to MS3 and neurology residents, and also teach the neurological exam and clinical localization skills to the MS3 class. He as also co-developed Stroke Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a collaborative tele-mentorship program to empower community providers to deliver optimal stroke care, with a reach beyond the intermountain region. He also developed the VA National Stroke Project ECHO which is delivered to nation-wide VA stroke thought leaders who exchange quality improvement strategies and best practices. He is the medical director of the annual Utah Stroke Symposium which brings together multi-disciplinary providers from the intermountain region with national speakers. He directs education both within the stroke division and lectures at other allied health schools at the University. He serves as a site principle investigator for internal and external acute stroke trials at the University of Utah and VA Sale Lake City, including an interdepartmental study of spreading depolarizations in brain injury

Board Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Vascular Neurology)
American Society of Neuroimaging (Neurosonology)
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)

Patient Rating

Patients describe Dr. Chung as highly knowledgeable, thorough, and skilled in managing complex neurological issues. Commenters repeatedly note that he listens carefully, explains diagnoses and treatment options in understandable ways, and is patient, compassionate, and responsive — including in telehealth encounters. Many report feeling heard, well cared for, and confident in his follow-up and coordination of care.

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4.9 /5
( out of 45 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.


May 21, 2026
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

Very thorough and knowledgeable

Feb 21, 2026
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

I felt very comfortable with Dr. Chung. This was a video visit and I still felt like I was getting the best care from Dr. Chung.

Nov 15, 2025
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr Lee Chung is a truly amazing, caring doctor. I was so blessed to have him. He engages with his patients in a way that makes them feel seen and heard. He never rushed our visits and answered all my questions. He wasn't afraid to tell me things even if I wasn't in total agreement. I hope I don't have another stroke but if I did, Dr Chung would be the doctor I want. He is what a great doctor should be!

Sep 28, 2025
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

He is a wonderful doctor. He really made me feel interested in what I needed

Aug 21, 2025
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

Dr Chung really listens and cares about his patients. He goes over everything and if you don't understand he will explain in different ways until you do .

Jun 19, 2025
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

He has every characteristic one wants in a physician. One of the absolute best

Mar 26, 2025
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Awesome experience!

Mar 23, 2025
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

My husband and I gladly travel from Montana on a regular basis for a high quality MRI at the Neurosciences Center and clinical follow-up with Dr. Chung. He has been there for us since a tele-stroke consult with our local ER several years ago. Dr. Chung is a truly caring physician, who combines impressive knowledge and experience with warm humanity. Thank you!

Oct 29, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Chung is a very knowledgable physician and I trust his judgement completely.

Oct 19, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Lee Chung is outstanding. He has been with us on our neurology journey from an initial life-saving telestroke consult with our Montana hospital, to a virtual follow-up visit, to ongoing diagnosis and follow-up in Salt Lake City every 6 months. Dr. Chung's knowledge, empathy, and kindness are SO worth the 7 hour journey. Thank you!

Oct 02, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr. Chung was well prepared for our telehealth visit and treated us with respect and patience.

Sep 16, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

He is one of the best doctor I have had!

Sep 11, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Very courtesy and focused on respect for the patient. He was an excellant listerner and explained the treatments in details that you could follow and understand.

Sep 01, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

He seems to be a capable and caring pyhsician.

Jul 21, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Chung is an amazing doctor and practitioner. He is very responsive, thorough and always has excellent follow through. Anyone with a complex neurological condition would be well served by working with Dr. Chung.

Jul 08, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I am to receive a call and make an appointment with Bozeman Health Neurology.

Apr 21, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

I could care less. Tell me what's wrong with me and why do I keep landing in the hospital.

Apr 13, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Thank you Dr. Chung. You worked very well with our family in our mother's difficult situation.

Mar 24, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Thank you for taking great care of me, making sure I was safe to be home as a single mother, and being on my care team.

Mar 16, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Chung is extremely thorough and listens to my concerns in ways that you just don't find anywhere else

Mar 04, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Lee Chung is a wonderful neurologist. I feel so fortunate that I was under his top notch care. He is very caring and extremely knowledgeable. I will be forever grateful he was there for me from my time in the hospital to my many questions after discharge and in my follow-up appointments. I was super impressed he remembered so many details about my case 8+ months after hospital discharge. The whole University of Utah medical team has been so helpful and competent.

Feb 17, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Kindness caring.

Feb 04, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Very caring.

Jan 29, 2024
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Lee Chung is a great doctor he pays attention to his patients needs and is very concerned about his patients

Jan 09, 2024
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

He was very good explaining my heath concerns

Dec 22, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Great visit! Dr Chung is a true cowry. I trust him completely. I am delighted to have him as my neurologist.

Oct 14, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Chung is an extremely skilled and caring professional. He was able to focus intently on my needs and questions (and I had many). My husband and I are so very grateful.

Aug 20, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

made it so I could under stand my situation

Aug 19, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

During my exam, Dr. Chung asked why did I have an appointment with him being the he was not a spine neurologist. Dr. Chung apologized and referred me to the appropriate physician for a follow-up.

Jul 30, 2023
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Good experience.

May 14, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

I have a very rare brain disease and a history of strokes. I have been with Dr. Chung since my brain surgery 7 years ago. He has always taken the time to listen to me and explain all my options. He is extremally knowledgeable, kind and compassionate.

May 05, 2023
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr Chung was amazing! With only reading my report and never actually meeting me in person, he was able to correctly assess my situation and suggest the propper treatment. He was very knowledgeable, kind, and compassionate. Like I said before, he is awesome!

Mar 31, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

100% professional.

Mar 25, 2023
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Dr. Chung very polite. Explained why we were there for, and was happy with the progress that has been made. He was very knowledgeable of our medical diagnosis, and we are on the right track to recovery.

Jan 10, 2023
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

Dr Chung was extremely helpful & eased my fears of what we should do next.

Dec 05, 2022
REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Loved Dr Chung.. very attentive, honest and caring..


Patient comments are gathered from our patient experience survey and displayed in their entirety. For the convenience of our visitors, some patient comments have been translated from their original language into English while preserving their original meaning as accurately as possible. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.

Dr. Chung is a stroke neurologist, having completed fellowship in vascular neurology after completion of a neurology residency, both at the University of Utah. He has faculty appointments at both the University of Utah Hospital and at the Salt Lake City VA, with clinical, education, and research activities at both facilities. His vision is that expert stroke care will be available to all patients regardless of region or background, and his mission is to reduce current disparities in care by leveraging tools such as telemedicine and medical education. He is primarily interested in delivery of expert neurovascular care through optimization of stroke care systems, telemedicine implementation, and stroke education of medical students and community providers.

His clinical duties include inpatient and outpatient neurologic care at the University of Utah Hospital and the Salt Lake City VA. He has helped develop several telemedicine networks to provide emergent teleneurological consultations to patients with acute stroke (telestroke), and serves as consultant and liaison to partner hospitals in the UT-ID-WY-NV-CO region, and nationally with the VA National Telestroke Program.

He serves as the neurology clerkship co-director and helps design and administer the neurology clerkship with the School of Medicine. He has developed the stroke education lectures to MS3 and neurology residents, and also teach the neurological exam and clinical localization skills to the MS3 class. He as also co-developed Stroke Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a collaborative tele-mentorship program to empower community providers to deliver optimal stroke care, with a reach beyond the intermountain region. He also developed the VA National Stroke Project ECHO which is delivered to nation-wide VA stroke thought leaders who exchange quality improvement strategies and best practices. He is the medical director of the annual Utah Stroke Symposium which brings together multi-disciplinary providers from the intermountain region with national speakers. He directs education both within the stroke division and lectures at other allied health schools at the University. He serves as a site principle investigator for internal and external acute stroke trials at the University of Utah and VA Sale Lake City, including an interdepartmental study of spreading depolarizations in brain injury

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Neurology -Associate Professor (Clinical)
Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Sub: Vascular Neurology)
American Society of Neuroimaging (Neurosonology)
American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (Neurology)

Education history

Undergraduate Psychology - Harvard University B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of California, San Diego School of Medicine M.D.
Internship Internal Medicine - University of Utah Intern
Residency Adult Neurology - University of Utah Resident
Chief Resident Adult Neurology - University of Utah Chief Resident
Fellowship Vascular Neurology - University of Utah Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Poon JT, Tkach A, Havenon AH, Hoversten K, Johnson J, Hannon PM, Chung LS, Majersik J (2021). Telestroke consultation can accurately diagnose ischemic stroke mimics. Journal of telemedicine and telecare, 1357633X21989558.
  2. Zha AM, Chung LS, Song SS, Majersik JJ, Jagolino-Cole A (2020). Training in Neurology: Adoption of resident teleneurology training in the wake of COVID-19: Telemedicine crash course. Neurology, 95(9), 404-407.
  3. Chung LS, Brennan KC, Rolston J (2019). Early Focal Brain Injury Predicts Spreading Depolarizations after Subarachnoid Hemorrhage. Neurosurgery, 85(2), E188-E189.
  4. de Havenon A, Chung LS, Smith J, Taylor K, Majersik JJ, Chauhan (2019). Less Experienced Telestroke Consultants Are More Likely to Go On-Camera, but Less Likely to Give tPA. Stroke research and treatment, 2019, 1059369.
  5. Karsy M, Harmer JR, Guan J, Brock AA, Ravindra VM, Chung LS, Tkach A, Majersik JJ, Park MS, Schmidt R (2018). Outcomes in adults with cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: A retrospective cohort study. Journal of clinical neuroscience, 53, 34-40.
  6. Dreier JP, Fabricius M, Ayata C, Sakowitz OW, Shuttleworth CW, Dohmen C, Graf R, Vajkoczy P, Helbok R, Suzuki M, Schiefecker AJ, Major S, Winkler MK, Kang EJ, Milakara D, Oliveira-Ferreira AI, Reiffurth C, Revankar GS, Sugimoto K, Dengler NF, Hecht N, Foreman B, Feyen B, Kondziella D, Friberg CK, Piilgaard H, Rosenthal ES, Westover MB, Maslarova A, Santos E, Hertle D, Sánchez-Porras R, Jewell SL, Balança B, Platz J, Hinzman JM, Lückl J, Schoknecht K, Schöll M, Drenckhahn C, Feuerstein D, Eriksen N, Horst V, Bretz JS, Jahnke P, Scheel M, Bohner G, Rostrup E, Pakkenberg B, Heinemann U, Claassen J, Carlson AP, Kowoll CM, Lublinsky S, Chassidim Y, Shelef I, Friedman A, Brinker G, Reiner M, Kirov SA, Andrew RD, Farkas E, Güresir E, Vatter H, Chung LS, Brennan KC, Lieutaud T, Marinesco S, Maas AI, Sahuquillo J, Dahlem MA, Richter F, Herreras O, Boutelle MG, Okonkwo DO, Bullock MR, Witte OW, Martus P, van den Maagdenberg AM, Ferrari MD, Dijkhuizen RM, Shutter LA, Andaluz N, Schulte AP, MacVicar B, Watanabe T, Woitzik J, Lauritzen M, Strong AJ, Hartings JA (2017). Recording, analysis, and interpretation of spreading depolarizations in neurointensive care: Review and recommendations of the COSBID research group. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 37(5), 1595-1625.
  7. De Havenon A, Bennett A, Stoddard GJ, Smith G, Chung L, O'Donnell S, McNally S, Tirschwell D, Majersik J (2017). Determinants of the impact of blood pressure variability on neurological outcome after acute ischaemic stroke. Stroke and vascular neurology,
  8. Chung LS, Tkach A, Lingenfelter EM, Dehoney SB, Rollo J, de Havenon A, DeWitt LD, Grantz MR, Wang H, Wold JJ, Hannon PM, Weathered NR, Majersik J (2016). Tissue Plasminogen Activator Prescription and Administration Errors within a Regional Stroke System. Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases, 25(3), 565-71.
  9. de Havenon A, Bennett A, Stoddard GJ, Smith G, Wang H, Wold J, Chung L,Tirschwell DL, Majersik J (2016). Increased Blood Pressure Variability Is Associated with Worse Neurologic Outcome in Acute Anterior Circulation Ischemic Stroke. Stroke research and treatment,

Review

  1. de Havenon A, Chung L, Park M, Mossa-Basha (2016). Intracranial vessel wall MRI: a review of current indications and future applications. Neurovascular imaging (London),

Abstract

  1. de Havenon A, Stoddard G, Wang H, Chung L, Majersik (2015). Increased blood pressure variability is associated with worse outcome in acute ischemic stroke patients with penumbra.