Dr. Cheong is a recipient of numerous local and national awards for education, including the University of Florida College of Medicine (UF COM) Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Florida Distinguished Faculty Award, and most recently, the 2021 Association for Academic Psychiatry Roberts Award. She has been actively involved in the national Veterans Affairs Office of Academic Affiliations and served as an associate chief of staff/education at the North Florida/South Georgia Veterans Health System from 2008-2014 and as assistant chief, psychiatry at the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System from 2014-2017. Dr. Cheong is active in national professional and advocacy organizations.

She serves in multiple leadership and committee member roles within the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN), the American Psychiatric Association, and the Veterans Health Administration. She served two terms on the ACGME Review Committee for Psychiatry. As an ABPN director, she serves on the Psychiatry Council and is actively involved in the ongoing development and management of initial and continuing certification processes in general psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and geriatric psychiatry committees.