Jennifer Chuy, Md

Biography

ennifer W. Chuy, MD earned her medical degree at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL. She completed an internal medicine residency and a hematology/oncology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She is board certified in internal medicine, hematology and oncology. Dr. Chuy was initially drawn to medical oncology because of the constantly evolving scientific advances in the field. She enjoys collaborating with other physician specialists to coordinate a comprehensive multidisciplinary treatment plan for patients. Most importantly, she has found it rewarding to provide hope and education to patients who are faced with a new cancer diagnosis. She makes every effort to help patients accomplish what matters most to them– whether it be continuing a full-time job or spending more time with loved ones – while receiving aggressive cancer therapies.

Research Interest

Dr. Chuy’s research has focused on therapies for gastrointestinal cancers and public health issues including patterns of smoking cessation among head and neck cancer patients and health literacy and barriers to care among Chinese immigrants with chronic hepatitis B. She is currently the site principal investigator of clinical trials of new agents used alone or in combination with other therapies to treat pancreatic cancer, as well as a drug to treat solid tumors in individuals with HIV. Dr. Chuy has presented her research at national meetings including the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, Society of General Internal Medicine and the Chinese American Medical Society. She is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and has presented at its annual meeting.