Biography
Isabelle Chumfong, M.D. M.Eng. is a resident in the Department of Surgery and is currently spending two years as a Surgical Innovations research fellow. Dr. Chumfong has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2003) and an M.Eng. in Engineering and Management (2004) from Yale University. She received her M.D. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2011. At the start of her research years, Dr. Chumfong worked as a medical fellow at IDEO, a global design and innovation firm. She is currently working on the development of a device to prevent pressure ulcers and a novel laparoscopic surgical grasper.
Education
Simon’s Rock College of Bard, Great Barrington, MA, AA 2001
Yale University, New Haven, CT, BS, Chemical Engineering, 2003; MEng, Engineering and Applied Science (Chemical), Select Program in Engineering and Management 2004
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, MD 2011
Clinical Interests
Pediatric Surgery
Minimally-Invasive Surgery
Chumfong I, Brown D, Keune J, Kodner I, Ray S, Zihni A. Distributing a Limited Resource: Ethical Allocation of Deceased Donor Kidneys. Surgery. 2014 Jul;156(1):198-203.
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Grants and Funding
NIH, T32 GI Training Grant
Research Interests
Medical Device Design
Digital Health