- Dr. Charlene Z Chao, MD
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Dr. Charlene Z Chao, MD
General Surgery - California, Lancaster
Overview
Dr. Charlene Z Chao, MD works in Lancaster, California is a specialist in General Surgery and graduated Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine in 2001. Dr. Chao is affiliated with Lancaster Community Hospital and practicing for 22 years
Specialties
- General Surgery
Conditions
• Acupuncture Meridian Therapy• Aspiration Pneumonia
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
• Charcot Reconstruction
• Chronic Renal Insufficiency
• Conjunctivoplasty
• Cupping Therapy
• Descemet's Stripping With Endothelial Keratoplasty (DSEK)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dystonia 7, Torsion
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• Esophageal Tumor
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Genetic Testing
• Glaucoma - Ectopia Microspherophakia - Stiff Joints - Short Stature
• Herpes Simplex Virus Antenatal Infection
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hypochondriasis
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Kidney Damage - Ethylene Glycol
• Laparoscopic Salpingectomy
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Mongolian Spot
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Non-24-Hour Sleep-Wake Syndrome
• Optic Ataxia
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Radical Retropubic Prostate Removal
• Renal Artery Stenosis (RAS)
• Shoulder and Thorax Deformity - Congenital Heart Disease
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Infections
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Vertebral Artery Occlusion
• Warts
• Wrinkles
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Procedures
• Abdominal Pain• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anal Fissure
• Anorectal Abscess
• Appendectomy, Laparoscopic
• Appendectomy, Open
• Appendicitis
• Atelectasis
• Biopsy of Breast
• Breast Cancer
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• Breast Lump
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cholecystitis and Gallstones
• Colectomy
• Colorectal Cancer
• Crohn's Disease (Regional Enteritis)
• Destruction of Anal Tumor
• Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
• Dressing and-or Debridement of Wound, Infection, or Burn (incl. Negative Pressure Wound Therapy)
• Enterostomy (Laparoscopic or Open)
• Esophageal Cancer
• Excision of Breast Tumor
• Excision, Shaving, or Destruction of Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue (incl. Mohs Micrographic Surgery), Tissue Transfer
• Femoral Hernia Repair, Open
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Gallbladder Cancer
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Laparoscopic
• Gallbladder Removal (Cholecystectomy), Open
• Gastric Bypass Surgery, Laparoscopic
• Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
• Hemorrhoids
• Hidradenitis
• Incisional Hernia
• Incisional Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Inguinal Hernia Repair, Open
• Intestinal Abscess
• Intestinal Obstruction
• Intestinal Transplant (incl. Enterectomy)
• Lipomas
• Lymph Node Biopsy or Excision
• Mastectomy
• Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Peripheral Artery Catheterization
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PAD, PVD)
• Phlebitis and Thrombophlebitis
• Pleural Effusion
• Port Placements or Replacements
• Pyloric Stenosis
• Rib Fracture
• Secondary Malignancies
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Splenectomy
• Splenectomy and Splenorrhaphy
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Thyroidectomy
• Thyroidectomy or Thyroid Lobectomy
• Tracheal Surgery
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Umbilical Hernia
• Umbilical or Ventral Hernia Repair, Laparoscopic
• Varicose Veins
• Ventral Hernia
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Years Since Graduation
- 22
State License
- California
- New York
- Pennsylvania
Spoken Languages
- Chinese
- Mandarin
Education & Training
Medical School
Suny Downstate Medical Center College Of Medicine
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 2001
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Graduated: 2001
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Office Locations
Primary location
Office Address
43839 15th Street West
California (CA)
Lancaster
93534
Phone:(661) 945-5984
Accepting New Patients
- No
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Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP)
- Capital District Physician's Health Plan (CDPHP) HMO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Emblem Health
- EmblemHealth
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HMO
- Fallon Community Health Plan
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Freedom Plan
- GHI PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP) PPO
- Health Net
- Humana
- LocalPlus
- MagnaCare
- MagnaCare PPO
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Neighborhood Health Plan
- Network Health
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- Oxford Health Plans
- Oxford Liberty
- Pathway Enhanced Guided Access
- PHCS Network PPO
- Prism Blue Priority EPO
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts Health Plans
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Lancaster Community Hospital
43830 North 10th Street West
California CA,
Lancaster,
93534
Lancaster Community Hospital is a hospital located in Lancaster, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 8 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 9 of 9 procedures.
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