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."

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine) American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine)

Patient Rating

Rating: 4.7 out of 5

4.7 /5

( out of 18 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.

Patient Comments

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.

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Doctor was extremely helpful. Great visit.

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Very good [TRANSLATED]

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

If you need help, this is definitely the right doctor for you, she's so patient and knowledgeable and honestly amazing, she got me all patched up and feeling better within the first 2 days of my injury, thank you very much Melissa ! :)

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Dr Cheng followed up with a phone call days after my annual exam to explain my blood test results. Very helpful!

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

DR. Melissa Cheng has the patient best interest in mind. She is very thorough & caring in her approach with me.

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Very kind and knowledgeable

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

She is awesome!

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 4 out of 5

Very good Dr. and she really knows her job and she is

SOUTH JORDAN HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 4 out of 5

Attentive, knowledgeable, and respectful - thought she was great

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Es una persona profesional, educada

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Wonderful provider.

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 3 out of 5

My physical check was done by Melissa, and I felt that she provided slightly more information about my overall health than the last physical check. While I am not pleased to hear that my overall health hasn't improved, I was glad she told the truth and recommended that I get an overall check up done at the clinic (blood and urine test included). I want to thank her for time spent on getting the physical check done to be able to move forward with my employment at USGS.

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Dr Cheng was very easy to talk to and listened to my concerns.

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Dr. Cheng was incredible and went above and beyond to provide the care I needed. I wish I could see her more often!

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

So wonderful Doctor!!!

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

She explained everything

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

She was very kind and cared about my overall health because my blood pressure was high it caused a panic and she made sure I was doing okay. I was there for a wrist injury from work and she looked at my overall health very thorough.

SOUTH JORDAN HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

She was very nice. When I was still struggling to complete some paperwork, she gave me the time needed to finish those. She was quick but patient, knew what she was doing and above all else she made me feel comfortable being there. 10/10 recommend her for anything

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Atencin 5 estrellas

REDWOOD HEALTH CENTER

Rating: 5 out of 5

Excellent and very nice Doctor!

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments	Psychiatry -Adjunct Assistant Professor
Academic Divisions	Adult Psychiatry
Board Certification	American Board of Preventive Medicine (Addiction Medicine) American Board of Preventive Medicine (Occupational Medicine)

Education history

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Cheng, M., Thiese MS., Wood, EM., Kapellusch, J., Drury, D., Merryweather, A., Hegmann, K (2019). Relationship between opioid use and pain severity rating in workers with low back pain. . Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001673,

Book

ACOEM tea (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. .
ACOEM tea (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. .

Book Chapter

Cheng (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. .

Other

Cheng (2014). Evidence-Based Medicine: Determining Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials. (Aug 2014), 3-5.
Cheng, Melissa and Phillips, Andre (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. .
Cheng, Melissa and Phillips, Andre (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. .