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Emergency physician · Founder
Emile Chang, MD.
A career in emergency medicine taught Dr. Chang to see the whole clinical picture. Dr. C Wellness Studio gives her something the ER rarely can: time—to listen, personalize, and stay with the plan.
Princeton undergraduate · MD, UC Irvine · UCLA-trained · Board-certified in emergency medicine · Board-eligible in obesity medicine
The path to private care
The ER taught her what matters. Private care gives her time to act on it.
For more than a decade, Dr. Chang has practiced in a world where every detail matters and decisions cannot wait.
In the emergency department, she has met people on some of their most uncertain days. The work demands calm judgment, a broad medical lens, precise communication, and the humility to recognize when a concern needs a different specialist or level of care.
It also showed her what a brief, urgent encounter cannot provide. Questions about changing weight, sleep, hormones, skin, energy, confidence, and how someone wants to age deserve more than a rushed answer. They require context, options, and follow-through.
Dr. C Wellness Studio grew from that contrast. Dr. Chang carries the rigor and risk-awareness of emergency medicine into a quieter, appointment-only practice—one designed for unhurried conversation, thoughtful treatment, and care that evolves with the person in front of her.
A broader view of medicine
From treating the urgent to investing in what comes next.
Emergency medicine trained Dr. Chang to identify risk. Her work in medical weight management, menopause, wellness, and aesthetics asks a complementary question: what can be improved thoughtfully, before it becomes urgent?
To her, aesthetics is not separate from health. It is another form of attentive medicine—grounded in anatomy, honest expectations, conservative judgment, and respect for the features that make someone recognizable as themselves.
Curriculum vitae
Education & clinical experience.
A foundation in academic medicine, emergency care, and population health now informs a highly personal practice.
- 01Undergraduate
Undergraduate education
Princeton University
Undergraduate studies - 022009
Medical education
Doctor of Medicine
University of California, Irvine School of Medicine - 032009—2013
Postgraduate training
Emergency Medicine Residency
UCLA / Olive View–UCLA Medical Center - 04Board certified
Physician credential
Emergency Medicine
American Board of Emergency Medicine - 05CA → WA
Clinical experience
Emergency Medicine Practice
Hospital-based care in California and Washington - 06Selected work
Research contribution
Crisis Standards of Care
Co-author, disaster-medicine research published in the Western Journal of Emergency MedicineView published abstract - 07Founder
Private practice
Dr. C Wellness Studio
Personalized aesthetics, weight, menopause, wellness, and healthspan care
Her standard of care
Personal does not mean less rigorous.
Recommend with restraint.
Every option has limits. Dr. Chang explains them plainly and will say when no treatment—or a different clinician—is the better answer.
Plan beyond today.
Good care includes timing, monitoring, maintenance, and a clear understanding of what happens next.
Care, with time built in
Start with a conversation.
Share what has changed and what you hope to improve. Dr. Chang will help you understand what is possible, what is appropriate, and where to begin.