Sei Chung, M.D.

Biography

Sei Y. Chung, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She specializes in inflammatory sinonasal disease, anterior skull-base defects, and sinonasal and skull base tumors.

Dr. Chung graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her medical degree at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She completed a residency in otolaryngology at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center. She then received advanced training in rhinology and skull base surgery through a fellowship at UT Southwestern.

Certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2023.

Dr. Chung is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, the American Rhinologic Society, and the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

She has delivered numerous presentations and lectures at national meetings and has contributed to book chapters and several journals, including Journal of Neurological Surgery, The Laryngoscope, International Forum of Allergy & Rhinology, and Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery.

In 2023, Dr. Chung was awarded the Fellows Research Symposium Award from the UT Southwestern Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery. In 2022, she won the Otolaryngology Resident Research Award at Columbia University Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medical Center.

Personal Note

When she’s not working, Dr. Chung enjoys spending time with her husband and their two sons, as well as golfing, cooking, and hiking.