Neuroradiology
Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Dr. Brian Chong practiced medicine at two University of California medical centers ( San Diego and Davis), the University of Utah, and at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash. In 2004, he accepted an offer from Mayo Clinic in Arizona to develop and lead an endovascular surgical neuroradiology practice.

"What attracted me most to Mayo was that really the system is geared to putting the patient first," says Dr. Chong. "Everybody in academic medicine and in private practice says the patient comes first. But in academic medicine, there is a different currency and, in private practice, there's a different currency. And the currencies aren't always in sync with the patient's needs.