Weijen Chang, MD, FAAP

Department of Pediatrics
Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Institutional Leadership Roles

• Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

Academic Appointment

• Associate Professor of Pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• John Radcliffe Hospital/University of Oxford, Headington, UK
  Senior House Officer, General Pediatrics (1997-1998)
• Duke University, Durham, NC
  • Residency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics (1995-1998)
  • Internship, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics (1994-1995)
• New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY
  M.D. (1994)
• John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
  B.A., Humanities (1990)

Scholarly Foci

• Quality improvement
• Health services research
• Medical education
• Medical journalism

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Chang's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

• Society of Hospital Medicine
  • Editor-in-Chief, The Hospitalist (2020-present)
  • Member (2006-present)
• American Academy of Pediatrics
  • Senior PHM Fellows Conference (AAP Section of Hospital Medicine)
    • Chair (2021-2023)

Significant Honors and Awards (Limit 5)

• Society of Hospital Medicine National Meeting
  • Finalist, RIV Competition for Pediatric Vignette Abstract (2016, 2019, 2022)
  • Winner, Vignette Competition, Northeast Regional Meeting of National Med-Peds Residents Association, Albany, NY (2018)
• Resident Teaching Award, Pediatrics Residency Program, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate (2018)
• Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (1998)

Contact Information

Department of Pediatrics
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
Weijen.ChangMD@baystatehealth.org

(Updated February 2023)