Dr. Chang Featured in National ENT Newspaper (ENTtoday)

In the April 2020 issue of ENT today , a nationally published monthly newspaper for ENT specialists, Dr. Chang was featured in the Practice Management section of "What They Didn't Teach You in Medical School." Dr. Chang specifically focussed on how ENT practices can utilize not only old tactics of practice marketing but also social media incorporating effective use of YouTube , Twitter , blog, Facebook , and practice website. Check it out here !

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Why Aren't Medical Research Papers Available for Free?

Policy Guidelines for the Development and Promotion of Open Access, UNESCO Medical research abstracts are freely available to read from databases like pubmed , but if you want to read the entire paper, only very rarely are they available for free. That's a big bummer for small community physicians as well as lay public who want to know more about a particular medical condition or research findings. Your options are to drive to a medical school library and copy it... or contact one of …

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Dr. Chang Quoted in Washington Post Regarding Hearing Damage from Noise

The Washington Post on April 8, 2013, published a story about how loud noises can lead to hearing loss, even in young teenagers. Dr. Chang was liberally quoted throughout this informative article . "...That’s according to Christopher Chang, an ear, nose and throat doctor at Fauquier ENT Consultants in Warrenton, who sees patients every day with hearing-related issues. “What he’s hearing is way too loud, because it’s concentrated directly into the ear itself,” he says of my son, add…

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Government Sponsored Studies Not Getting Published

Yale researchers published a study on whether NIH-funded studies get published after research completion. The researchers examined all clinical trials after Sept 30, 2005 funded by NIH and registered within ClinicalTrials.gov maintained by the US National Library of Medicine. Shockingly, among 635 clinical trials completed by 31 December 2008, only 46% (294 studies) were published in a peer reviewed biomedical journal within 30 months of trial completion. The median period of follow-up…

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For a Physician, When is the Best Time To Tweet or Publish a Blog?

According to professional bloggers and tweeters, timing of content publication is important in order to maximize getting noticed and shared. From a general topics viewpoint (not healthcare specific; data taken from here ): 4PM Eastern is the best time to Tweet Friday is the best day to Tweet 9AM Eastern is the best time to Facebook share Saturday and Sunday are the best days to Facebook share In the morning is the best time to blog Publishing a different blog article multiple times thr…

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New Paper Published by Dr. Chang Titled "Bilateral Aberrant Internal Carotid Artery"

Dr. Chang has published a new paper titled "Bilateral Aberrant Internal Carotid Artery." This paper was published in ENT Journal March 2010, pages 114-115. Pubmed ID 20229475 .

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