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Maija Cheung, MD, FACS

Associate Program Director, General Surgery, Surgery
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Associate Program Director, General Surgery, Surgery

Biography

Dr. Maija Cheung is an Assistant Professor in Surgery in the Division of Bariatrics and Minimally Invasive Surgery. Dr. Cheung also serves as the Associate Program Director for Clinical Skills for the General Surgery Program and Associate Program Director for the Bariatric and Minimally Invasive Surgery Fellowship Program. Her clinical interests are in hernia, foregut and bariatric surgery and integrating robotics into this practice.

Dr. Cheung completed her General Surgery Residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and was the first Yale Global Surgery Research Fellow. Her research focused on capacity building and educational projects in pediatric surgery and trauma and emergency general surgery in Uganda. She has worked with a philanthropic organization, KidsOR since 2017 as an International Advisory Board member helping steer clinical development opportunities and data collection policies and in 2021 was appointed as their Global Lead for Surgery.

Dr. Cheung completed her fellowship in Bariatrics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Yale. Her current research is focused on global trauma and surgical outcomes, developing education, simulation, and training programs both in the United States and in low income countries, and building reciprocal clinical and research collaborations between international institutions.

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Education & Training

Resident Physician
Yale University School of Medicine (2020)
Global Surgery Fellow
Yale University School of Medicine (2017)
MD
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth (2014)
BA
Middlebury College (2005)

Research

Overview

Medical Research Interests

Bariatric Surgery; Biliary Tract Surgical Procedures; General Surgery; Global Burden of Disease; Global Health; Health Systems Plans; Healthcare Disparities

Public Health Interests

Global Health; Health Systems Strengthening; Health Systems Reform

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Maija Cheung's published research.

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2024

2023

2021

2020

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Gastrointestinal Surgery

333 Cedar Street, PO Box 208062

New Haven, Ct 06510

United States

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  • YM Bariatric and MInimally Invasive Surgery

    Academic Office

    Sterling Hall of Medicine

    333 Cedar Street, Ste PO Box 208062

    New Haven, CT 06510