Dr. Elaine Chan is board certified by the American Board of Surgery in General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care. She completed her undergraduate studies at New York University and her medical education at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center. Her internship and general surgery residency were completed at St Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital In New York City. She completed a fellowship in Trauma Surgery at Emory University - Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA and a fellowship in Surgical Critical Care at Jackson Memorial Hospital - Ryder Trauma Medical Center in Miami, FL. She continued as assistant professor of surgery at Temple University Hospital before transitioning to locums for several years. Currently, she is an adjunct professor of surgery at Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC where she serves as Director of Wellness for the MAHEC surgery residents and is also clerkship director for the Asheville cohort of UNC SOM third year medical students.