Meet Our Governor

Betty Chang, MDCM, PhD, FACP started her four-year term as Governor in the Spring of 2016. As Governor, Dr. Chang will serve as the official representative of the College for the New Mexico Chapter, providing a link between members at the local level and leadership at the national level. To learn more about Dr. Chang, feel free to read her bio below.


Betty Chang, MDCM, PhD, FACP

Dr. Chang

EDUCATION: Undergraduate: Massachusetts Institute of Technology - SB Material Science Engineering, 1987-1991 Medical School: McGill University Faculty of Medicine - MDCM, 1991-1995 Graduate School: Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health - PhD Graduate Training Program in Clinical Investigation, 1999-2002

POST DOCTORAL TRAINING: Internal Medicine Residency: Northwestern University - Evanston Hospital, 1995-1998, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University, 1998-2002

CERTIFICATION: Internal Medicine: 2008-2018, Pulmonary Medicine: 2001-2021, Critical Care Medicine: 2002-2022

PRESENT POSITION: Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

ACP CHAPTER INVOLVEMENT/LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES: Ex-Officio member of the New Mexico ACP Governing Council, 2009-present, NMACP Annual Meeting Associate Case Presentation Moderator, 2009-2012

OTHER APPOINTMENTS/ACTIVITIES: ACP Medical Student Mentoring Discussant, 2010, 2011, Abstract Reviewer ACP Annual Meeting, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, Abstract Judge ACP Annual Meeting, 2010, 2011, 2013

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL INTEREST/EXPERTISE: Graduate medical education, Rheumatologic lung diseases, Medical accreditation