Jennifer H. Chuang, MD, MS, FAAP
Dr. Chuang is an adolescent medicine physician at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center in Paterson, where she is the Program Director of the Pediatrics Residency Program as well as Section Chief of Adolescent Medicine. Dr. Chuang is currently serving as NJAAP Treasurer, having previously served as Secretary and a District Councilor-at-large. Moreover, she also Co-Chairs the NJAAP Government Affairs Committee.
Dr. Chuang had received her medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine and completed her residency in combined internal medicine and pediatrics from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – The New Jersey Medical School (now Rutgers NJMS). Following her med/peds residency, Dr. Chuang completed her fellowship in adolescent medicine from Columbia University Medical Center, where she also received a Masters of Science in Patient Oriented Research from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. Prior to joining St. Joseph’s, she had practiced at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for seven years, where she had been the Medical Director of the Adolescent Inpatient Services and Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also medical advisor on the Board of Directors for Camp No Worries, a summer camp for youth with cancer and their siblings located in South Jersey. Her areas of clinical interest and expertise include reducing teen pregnancies, substance use prevention, LGBTQ health, suicide prevention, eating disorders, and transition of care from pediatric to adult oriented care.
Dr. Chuang has been closely involved with the American Academy of Pediatrics throughout her career, having previously served on the Executive Committee to the Section on Adolescent Health as the Liaison from the Section on Medical Students, Residents, and Fellowship Trainees. She was honored to be awarded the first Emerging Leader Award in Adolescent Health from the American Academy of Pediatrics. With a personal mission to increase advocacy engagement among her physician colleagues, Dr. Chuang has met with local, state, and nationally elected officials several times. Dr. Chuang has also testified to NJ state committees on several occasions on behalf of NJAAP regarding the health of children. In her commitment to reduce gun violence, Dr. Chuang also serves on the New Jersey Governor’s Personalized Handgun Authorization Commission. Dr. Chuang was also recently selected to be the SAHM (Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine) representative for a 5 year term for the AAP Bright Futures Implementation Program. In September 2023, Dr. Chuang was also a recipient of a Special Achievement Award from NJAAP.