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Phone: (276) 889-0433 Matthew Cheng, M.D. is a board certified internist who practices in partnership with Samina Yousuf, M.D. at Community Medical Care in Lebanon and Rosedale, Virginia. A nurse practitioner works with the physicians one day a week. Born March 11, 1966 in Manila, Philippines, Dr. Cheng is a Filipino citizen. He enrolled in undergraduate school at the University of the Philippines in 1983 and graduated with a B.S. in Zoology in 1987. He attended medical school at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center from 1987 to 1991, taking a M.D. degree before moving on to an internship at Quirino Memorial Medical Center. Dr. Cheng finished his general medical training in 1992. From 1992 to 1994, Dr. Cheng was an emergency room officer at Quirino Memorial Medical Center, a 200-bed government hospital that caters to the poor. He volunteered at various locations in the Philippines to care for patients at free clinics sponsored by the Beta Sigma Fraternity, UERMMMC Chapter. From 1993 to 1994, he also worked at a church-sponsored charity clinic two days a week, providing service to residents of low-income barrios. In 1995, Dr. Cheng enrolled in a three-year Internal Medicine residency program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, a program affiliated with the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Upon completion of his residency in 1998, Dr. Cheng entered a three-year fellowship program in Pulmonary/Critical Care at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York, New York. He completed the fellowship in 2001 and moved to Lebanon, Virginia where he began practicing general internal medicine.
On the average day, Dr. Cheng sees 20-30 patients in the office and 3-5 patients in the hospital. He estimates that 10% of his patients are children or adolescents, 30% are adults under age 50, 50% are between the ages of 50 and 80, and 10% are over 80 years old. About 35% of Dr. Cheng's patients are covered by Medicare or Medicaid, around 60% have commercial insurance coverage and an estimated 5% are uninsured. Dr. Cheng maintains medicine and ICU/CCU admitting privileges at Russell County Medical Center in Lebanon. He shares call with four other physicians. Dr. Cheng also has privileges at Maple Grove Health Care Center, a 60-bed long-term care facility located between his office and the hospital. Among his professional interests, Dr. Cheng gives precedence to patients with pulmonary problems, obstructive lung diseases, diabetes, and hypertension. He sees a number of patients who suffer from black lung disease. In his leisure time, Dr. Cheng enjoys watching television, sleeping, amateur photography, movies, fine dining, and music, mostly jazz and classical. Residents who train with Dr. Cheng can learn how to practice medicine outside the tertiary setting, taking care of patients in a rural clinic and in a small, but well-equipped hospital. Along with the acquisition of clinical information, residents in Lebanon can learn what is involved in managing a practice - coding, scheduling, record-keeping etc. Those who have a special interest in pulmonary medicine should find time spent with Dr. Cheng particularly rewarding. Residents on block rotations may stay in a furnished apartment rented by GMEC for the use of residents who train in Lebanon.
Russell County once boasted the largest cattle ranches east of the Mississippi, and the high mountain pastures of the Clinch River Valley are a legacy of those bygone days. Pastures surrounding the Town of Lebanon fade into forests in the northern and western parts of the county, which stretch across the coal-bearing hills of the Cumberland Plateau. The population of Russell County is 30,308. The population of Lebanon, which is the seat of government for the county, is 3,273. Three highways - U.S. 19, Rte. 82, and Rte. 71 - converge in Lebanon, offering easy access to larger communities in the region. The town is about 30 minutes from Interstate 81. The local economy is based on educational, health, and social services (20.0%), manufacturing (17.8%), retail and wholesale trade (13.7%), agriculture, mining, and forestry (9.5%) and construction (8.3%). In 1995, the largest employers in the county were the Lear Corporation (automotive stampings), the public schools, Clinchfield Coal Company, Russell County Medical Center, Lebanon Apparel, Teleflex Automotive Division, American Electric Power, and Pittston Coal. Local residents are served by a number of restaurants, groceries, banks, churches, discount stores, and specialty shops. For fine dining, live theater, and serious shopping, most residents drive to historic Abingdon, about 30 minutes to the south. Outdoor enthusiasts can hike, bike, camp, picnic, fish, hunt, boat, and ride horses in a number of recreation areas within easy distance - Guest River Gorge, Falls of the Little Stony, Hanging Rock Trail, the Devil's Bathtub, the Clinch River, and the Virginia Creeper Trail. For more information about the community, please see our profile of Russell County at www.uvawise.gmec/edu.
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Matthew
Cheng, M.D.
Dr.
Cheng works in an office setting from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Monday
through Friday. He sees patients at the Community Medical Care clinics
in Rosedale everyday except Wednesday, where he can be see in the Lebanon office. The clinics are equipped to support
the delivery of direct medical care. Patients who need x-rays, lab work,
and other diagnostic services are referred to Russell County Medical
Center in Lebanon.
Russell
County Medical Center is an acute care hospital with 78 staffed beds
and an occupancy rate (1997) of 54.2%. In 1997, 10.4% of the hospital's
expenses were allocated to charity care, bad debt or taxes and Medicaid
patients accounted for 18.1% of patient days. The hospital offers a
wide range of services -- emergency care, inpatient and outpatient care,
intensive care, surgery and anesthesia, radiology, imaging, laboratory,
nutrition, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, obstetrics, physical therapy,
pharmacy, and home health. Specialties represented on the staff include:
Anesthesiology, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Family Practice, Internal
Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oncology,
Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pulmonology, Radiology,
and Surgery.