CHRISTINA L. CHENG, MD

EDUCATION/TRAINING Fellowship - Colorectal Surgery August 2017 – July 2018 Swedish Colon & Rectal Clinic, Seattle, WA Residency - General Surgery July 2011 – June 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School (RWJMS), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Medical School - Doctorate of Medicine August 2006 – May 2011 Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ Medical Student Scholar Researcher July 2009 – June 2010 Crohn’s and Colitis Center of NJ, Rutgers RWJMS, New Brunswick, NJ Undergraduate - Bachelor of Arts in Neuroscience September 2001 – May 2005 Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY BOARD CERTIFICATION The American Board of Surgery July 20, 2017 General Surgery Qualifying Examination PASSED MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCRS) March 2016 – present American College of Surgeons (ACS) July 2011 – present Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (SLS) June 2017 – July 2018 Association of Women Surgeons (AWS) August 2011 – June 2017 American Medical Association (AMA) August 2006 – June 2011 AWARDS/CERTIFICATES Certificate of da Vinci Surgeon Training August 2018 2017 Outstanding Laparoendoscopic Resident Award, SLS June 17, 2017 Certificate of da Vinci System Training as a Console Surgeon, Intuitive April 12, 2016 Recognition of Outstanding Accomplishment in Women’s Health, RWJMS January 2015 Certificate of Excellence in Teaching, RWJMS July 10, 2013 Magna cum Laude, Barnard College May 2005 Barnard College Deans List 2002-2005 LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Robotics Curriculum Committee, RWJMS, Team Leader May 2016 – June 2017 Student Curriculum Committee (SCC), RWJMS, Leader May 2007 – May 2011 Peer Mentor Program, RWJMS, Co-Director June 2007 – May 2008 American Medical Association (AMA), RWJMS, Secretary May 2007 – May 2008 American Medical Association (AMA), RWJMS, Social Chair Aug 2006 – May 2007

PUBLICATIONS/VIDEO PUBLICATIONS Cheng CL, Rezac C. The Role of Robotics in Colorectal Surgery. The British Medical Journal. 2018 Feb 12;360:j5304. PMID: 29440057 Minacapelli CD, Bajpai M, Geng X, Cheng CL, Chouthai AA, *Souza R, *Spechler SJ, Das KM. “Barrett’s Metaplasia Develops from Cellular Reprograming of Esophageal Squamous Epithelium due to Gastroesophageal Reflux.” Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2017 Jun 1;312(6):F615-G622. PMID: 28336546 Cheng CL, Lin J, Rezac C. “da Vinci Robot Assisted Right Hemicolectomy with Intracorporeal Anastamosis.” CSurgeries.com, Peer-Reviewed Surgical Video Journal, https://www.csurgeries.com/video/da-vinci-robot-assisted-right-hemicolectomy-with-intracorporeal-anastamosis/gb6xh7cx7u, June 13, 2016

Cheng CL, Lin J, Rezac C. “da Vinci Robot Assisted Low Anterior Resection with Diverting Loop Ileostomy.” CSurgeries.com, Peer-Reviewed Surgical Video Journal, http://www.csurgeries.com/video/Da-Vinci-Robot-Assisted-Low-Anterior-Resection-With-Diverting-Loop-Ileostomy/vk8yonl7gj, April 23, 2016

Mirasol RV, Tholany JJ, Reddy T, Fyfe-Kirschner BS, Cheng CL, Moubarak IF, Nosher JL. “Gastrointestinal bleeding in a patient with a continuous-flow biventricular assist device.” World J of Radiology, 2016 Apr 28; 8(4):428-433. PMID: 27158430 Soman S, Amorosa J, Mueller L, Hu J, Zou L, Masand A, Cheng C, Virk J, Rama H, Tseng I, Patel K, Connolly S. Evaluation of Medical Student Experience Using Medical Student Created StudentPACS Flash Based PACS Simulator Tutorials for Learning Radiological Topics,” Acad Radiol. 2010 Jun;17(6):799-807. PMID: 20303802 ABSTRACTS/POSTER PRESENTATIONS Nemoyer R, Cheng CL, Dhir N, Parker G, Maloney Patel N. Comprehensive Robotics Curriculum in General Surgery Residency. Accepted abstract for the The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting, Seattle, Washington.

Cheng CL*, Zumba O*, Connelly D, Rezac C. Where does a colorectal surgeon’s revenue come from? The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2016 Annual Scientific Meeting, Los Angeles, California, May 2, 2016

Minacapelli CD, Cheng CL, Bajpai M, Chouthai AA, Souza RF, Spechler SJ, Das KM. Esophageal Squamous Cells Exposed Repeatedly to Acid and Bile Salts In Vitro Exhibit Columnar Differentiation With Features of Barrett's Metaplasia, Gastroenterology, April 2015, Vol. 148, Issue 4, S-346–S-347, Digestive Diseases Week 2015, Annual Meeting, Washington DC, May 16, 2015 Cheng CL, Minacapelli C, Bajpai M, Geng X, Das KM. Differential in Host Response in Gene Expression of Squamous Esophageal Epithelium from GERD Patients with and without Barrett’s Esophagus After Chronic Exposure to Acid and Bile, The 2014 Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) Annual Retreat on Cancer Research, Piscataway, New Jersey, May 21, 2014 Geng X, Minacapelli CD, Cheng CL, Das KD. Effects of Mesalamine on CYP Expression in Colon: a Novel Pathway for Chemoprevention of Mesalamine in Ulcerative Colitis,

Gastroenterology, May 2014, Vol. 146, Issue 5, S-336, Digestive Diseases Week 2014, Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, May 4, 2014 Cheng CL, Bajpai M, Kong YX, Das KM. Cellular Phenotypic Changes with Long-Term Acid and Bile Exposure to a Barrett's Epithelial Cell Line, Gastroenterology, Vol. 140, May 2011, Issue 5, S-222, Digestive Diseases Week, 2011, Chicago, IL, May 11, 2011 Lipskar AL, Cheng CL, Salky BA; Laparoscopic Excision of a Giant Gastric GIST with Stomach Reconstruction, Presented at Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) Scientific Session, San Antonio, Tx, V072, April 2, 2011 ORAL PRESENTATIONS New Jersey Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeon’s Annual Research Meeting, Somerville, New Jersey, February 24, 2016 Third Place Oral Presentation Cheng CL.“Where does a colorectal surgeon’s revenue come from?”

OESO World Organization for Specialized Studies on Diseases of the Esophagus 10th World Conference, Boston, MA, August 28, 2010 Finalist in OESO Young Investigator’s Grant Competition Cheng CL.“Characterizing the phenotypic changes of a benign Barrett’s epithelial cell line after chronic acid and bile exposure.”

Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2009 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, Chicago IL, December 2, 2009 Cheng C. “Student PACS: How Medical Students Learn to Search for Abnormal Images from Hundreds of Images—Assessment of Student Created Learning Modules with Peer Evaluation.” VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE International Elective/Global Health Volunteer International Healthcare Volunteers (IHCV), Accra, Ghana August 2014 Served as surgeon junior in a surgical healthcare team for an underserved community hospital and participated in women’s health education in Accra, Ghana. International Elective/Global Health Volunteer Mayan Medical Aid, Santa Cruz, Guatemala February 7, 2011 – March 4, 2011 Served as medical student doctor for four weeks, providing free medical care in rural outreach clinics in combination with learning of medical Spanish through immersion and didactics. CLINICAL INTERESTS Advanced robotic and laparoscopic colorectal surgery Benign anorectal disease Colorectal cancer