Rate My Professor Lin Chang

Dr. Chang's clinical expertise is in disorders of gut-brain interactions, including irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, and functional dyspepsia. Her research investigates the pathophysiology of irritable bowel syndrome related to stress, sex differences, genetic and epigenetic factors, neuroendocrine alterations, and gut microbiome, as well as irritable bowel syndrome treatment. She has authored more than 185 original research articles, 75 review articles, and 30 book chapters. Key publications include "Bowel disorders" (2016), "V. Stress and irritable bowel syndrome" (2001), "Chronic constipation" (2017), "American Gastroenterological Association-American College of Gastroenterology Clinical Practice Guideline: Pharmacological Management of Chronic Idiopathic Constipation" (2023), and "AGA Clinical Practice Update on the Role of Diet in Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Expert Review" (2022). Dr. Chang has received the Janssen Award in Gastroenterology for Basic or Clinical Research, AGA Distinguished Clinician Award, AGA Distinguished Educator Award, Super Doctors Southern California from 2019 to 2026, and Best Doctors in America from 2019 to 2021. She serves on the Rome Foundation Board of Directors, previously as president of the American Neurogastroenterology and Motility Society and clinical research councilor of the American Gastroenterological Association Governing Board, and as associate editor of Gastroenterology. She is a fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association and American College of Gastroenterology.