Chang never imagined moving to Tulsa, but after one of his mentors, Dr. Hisashi Nikaidoh, invited him to visit The Children’s Hospital at Saint Francis, he knew this was the opportunity of a lifetime. “(They were trying) to build a pediatric infectious diseases practice in eastern Oklahoma from the ground up. I couldn’t pass up such a unique opportunity, and here we are,” he says. Chang provides consultation services and patient care for children that have complicated or severe infections, as well as care for children that have more unusual illnesses. “The ‘mystery’ illnesses are always very interesting, and the perpetual evolution of our knowledge of infections and immunity is constantly refreshing,” he says
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