NY Chinese Medicine Forum

TCM & Oncology

April 16, 2006

Introduction to the speakers

Dr. Bingkui Piao

Dr. Piao was graduated from Da Lian Medical College (Sang Dong, China) in the 1950’s where he studied Western Medicine. He began studying Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 1960s and has focused on clinical cancer research combining Traditional Chinese Medicine with Western Medicine. He is a famous oncologist in China with more than forty years of experience. He is also in charge of several national studies on cancer. Currently, he is the director of China’s National Cancer Center and a specialist in drug evaluation at the China State FDA.

Dr. Daihan Zhou

Dr. Zhou is a graduate of the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and has more than forty years of clinical experience in the treatment of cancer. He is a famous oncologist in China, known for using Traditional Chinese Medicine. Currently, he directs the Cancer Chapter, National Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the cancer committee of the Society of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Guang Dong Province, and. the Cancer Center of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is also a specialist in drug evaluation at the China State FDA.

Dr. Hongsheng Lin

Dr. Lin has focused on cancer research in both clinical and laboratory settings for more than thirty years. The Ministry of Health in China and State Administration of TCM has awarded her for several projects in clinical studies on cancer. She is vice director of the National Cancer Center in China, director of the Cancer Department at Guang An Meng Hospital (Bei Jing), and a specialist in drug evaluation at the China State FDA.

Dr. Peitong Zhang

Dr. Zhang was graduated from Bei Jing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and obtained a Ph.D. in cancer studies. He has been a physician and a research scientist in the field of cancer treatment for many years. Currently, he is vice director of the National Cancer Center in China in charge of cancer studies there.

Dr.Cuijie Wang

Dr. Wang directs the Gastrointestinal Department at the affiliated hospital of Liao Ning College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. His major work is in the treatment of the pre-cancerous stage of patients suffering from chronic gastritis, using Traditional Chinese Medicine. His studies have demonstrated the great effectiveness of TCM treatment in the prevention of cancer.

Dr. Gary Deng

Dr. Deng was graduated from Bei Jing Medical University, and he is a board certified M.D. in New York State. He is vice director of the Department of Alternative Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. There he studies the effectiveness of natural therapy in the adjuvant treatment of cancer patients.

Dr. Xing Chen.

Dr. Chen obtained a Ph.D. in Traditional Chinese Medicine in China in the early 1990s. He came to the United States and has since worked as a scientist at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of NIH. His research focuses on the anti-cancer mechanisms of Chinese Herbs. He has published more than thirty articles in prestigious journals in the United States.

Dr. Jing Liu

Dr. Liu obtained the degree of Master of Traditional Chinese Medicine at China Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He came to the United States twenty years ago and has practice at his own acupuncture clinic since then. He is also consultant at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital regarding studies of the mechanism of acupuncture. In the past few years, he has specialized in the adjuvant treatment of cancer by combining acupuncture and herbal medicine with western natural therapy.

Dr. Chunyan Teng

Dr. Teng was graduated from Heilongjiang College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the 1980s and came to the United States almost twenty years ago. Since then, she has worked at her acupuncture clinic and taught at several schools of oriental medicine. In the past a few years, she has worked in the Department of Alternative Medicine at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is very experienced in the adjuvant treatment of cancer and very successful in relieving certain symptoms of cancer.