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Christopher Chao, MD

Physician
WakeMed

Christopher Chao, MD
Urgent Care Physician, WakeMed Cary, North Carolina

Christopher Chao, MD, is a full time Urgent Care physician with WakeMed. He graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio with a BS in Biomedical Engineering in 1994 and recevied his medical doctorate in 1998. He completed family practice residency at Carolina Medical Center - Rural Residency tract in Charlotte, North Carolina in 2001. He spent several years practicing family medicine in rural North Carolina before starting a practice to serve uninsured patients. He transitioned into Urgent Care in 2009 and has practiced full time urgent care medicine since 2011. He serves on the College of Urgent Care Medicine Board of Directors since 2017 and is actively involved with the Urgent Care Association.

He and his wife are avid outdoors enthusiasts and enjoy backpacking, whitewater kayaking, running and adventure travel. He has a strong interest in wilderness medicine and travel medicine.

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