Avery Tung, MD
Avery Tung, MD
Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
Director, Critical Care Services
Specialties
- Anesthesiology
- Critical Care Medicine
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
Dr. Avery Tung is a specialist in anesthesia and intensive care medicine. Currently, he is the director of critical care services for the University of Chicago Burn and Complex Wound Center--a multidisciplinary program dedicated to treating patients with severe burns.
Dr. Tung's research interests include factors affecting physician decision-making, clinical topics in critical care medicine, and effects of sedatives and anesthesia on the regulation of naturally occurring sleep.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Cardiac Anesthesia
- Burn Care
Board Certifications
- Anesthesiology
- Critical Care Medicine
Practicing Since
- 1990
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Residency
- University of California San Francisco Medical Center
Fellowship
- Stanford University Hospital
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Illinois Society of Anesthesiologists
- Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Sleep Research Society
- International Anesthesia Research Society
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- American Burn Association
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
Our list of accepted insurance providers is subject to change at any time. You should contact your insurance company to confirm UChicago Medicine participates in their network before scheduling your appointment. If your insurance company is not listed here, or if you have any other questions, please contact Managed.Care@uchospitals.edu.