CAMS ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC AWARD RECIPIENTS (1973-2007)

 

1973 Paul N. Yu, MD

Sarah McCort Ward Professor of Medicine, Chief of Cardiology, Strong Memorial Hospital, University

of Rochester School of Medicine. Past President, American Heart Association.

 

1974 K. K. Chen, MD

Pharmacologist (Discoverer of ephedrine in Chinese drug ma huang, from work done in laboratories at

Peking Union Medical College.)

Chien -Pien Li, MD

Microbiologist, Chief, Virus Biology Section, Laboratory of Virology, NIH (Dr. Li was a co-developer

of the Li-Schaeffer strain, a strain of polio virus used for production of Type I vaccine.)

Min- Chiu Li, MD

Director of Medical Research and Oncology, Nassau Hospital, Mineola (now Winthrop-University

Hospital)

Effect of Methotrexate on Choriocarcinoma.

 

1975 Chu-Huai Chang, MD

Professor of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University.

Recent Studies on Radiation Sensitizers

Florence Chu, MD

Clinical Professor of Radiology, Cornell University Medical Center.

Recent Advances in the Treatment of Breast Center.

 

1976 Shih -Chun Wang, MD, PhD

Pfeiffer Professor of Pharmacology, Columbia University, discoverer of the vomiting center in the CNS,

leading to the development of anti-emetics. Member, Academia Sinica.

CNS Involvement in Cardiovascular Diseases.

 

1977 Peter Kuo, MD

Professor of Medicine, Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Rutgers Medical School.

Beta Adrenegic Blocking Agents in Coronary Heart Disease.

 

1978 Shih-Hsun Ngai, MD

Professor of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, Columbia University. Member, Academia Sinica.

Clinical Use of Muscle Relaxants.

 

1979 Hsien -Chang Meng, MD, PhD

Professor of Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

Nutritional Assessment and Methods of Support in Hospitalized Patients with Special Reference to Total Parenteral Nutrition.

 

1980 Shu- Chien, MD, PhD

Professor of Physiology, Columbia University.

The Role of Rheology in Medicine

 

1981 Stuart H. Q. Quan, MD

Attending Surgeon, Colo-Rectal Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center,

Past President, American Rectal Society.

Environmental Influences on Colo-Rectal Cancer.

 

1982 Tsai-Fan Yu, MD

Research Professor of Medicine, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

Uricemia and Gout in Chinese.

 

1983 Choh-Hao Li, PhD

Professor and Director, Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, University of California, San Francisco.

β-endorphin: A Pituitary Hormone with Morphine-like Activity.

 

Shelley N. Chao, MD, PhD

Professor and Head, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Minnesota School of Medicine.

Brain Imaging at Square One.

 

1984 Mark O. M. Tso, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois School of Medicine.

 

1985 Charlotte Tan, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell University Medical College, Pediatric Oncologist, New York Hospital,

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Use of New Chemotherapeutic Agents in Pediatric Patients.

 

1986 Pei Fei Lee, MD

Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology, Director of Glaucoma Service, Albany Medical College.

Glaucoma: Past, Present, and Future.

 

1987 Te-Wen Chang, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases), Tufts University School of Medicine.

Clostridium difficile Disease: A Decade of Reminiscence.

 

1988 Chiu-Chen Wang, MD

Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Head of Clinical Services,

Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital.

Altered Fractionation Radiation Therapy for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

 

1989 Ming T. Tsuang, MD, PhD

Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health.

Schizophrenia: Heredity or Environment ?

Jacqueline Whang-Peng, MD

Chief of Cytogenetic Oncology Section, National Cancer Institute. Member, Academia Sinica.

3p Deletion in Lung Cancer.

 

1990 Min-Fu Tsan, MD, PhD

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Albany Medical College.

Monokines and Oxygen Toxicity.

 

1991 Yuet Wai Kan, MD

Professor, Department of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Chief, Division of Molecular Medicine

and Diagnostics, University of California, San Francisco.

Prospects for the Control of Thalassemia.

 

1992 George Y. Wu, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Chief, Division of Gastroenterology,

University of Connecticut School of Medicine.

Targeted Delivery of Genes for the Correction of Inherited Metabolic Disorders.

 

1993 C. Clifton Ling, PhD

Chief Radiation Physicist, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

3D Conformal Radiation Therapy.

 

Samuel D. J. Yeh, MD, ScD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College. Attending in Nuclear Medicine,

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Advances in Nuclear Medicine

 

1994 David D. Ho, MD

Professor of Medicine and Virology, New York University School of Medicine,

Director, Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center.

Drug Therapy in AIDS

 

1995 Victor J. Dzau, MD

Professor of Medicine, Chief of Medical Services, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Future Molecular Approaches in the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases-Gene Therapy.

 

1996 Lan Bo Chen, PhD

Professor of Pathology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School.

Probing Mitochondria in Living Cells.

 

1997 Chiu-Chen Wang, MD

Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Head of Clinical Services,

Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital.

New Developments in Radiation Therapy of Carcinomas of Oral Cavity.

 

1998 Frederick P. Li, MD

Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Professor of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology,

Dana Farber Cancer Center.

Cancers in Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: Migrant Studies.

 

1999 Stanley Chang, MD

Edward S. Harkness Professor, Chairman of Ophthalmology, Columbia University.

Recent Advances in Vitreous Surgery.

 

2000 Savio L. C. Woo, PhD

Professor and Director, Institute for Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine,

Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

Perspectives on Gene Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Genetic and Acquired Disorders

 

2001 David T. W. Chiu, MD

Professor of Plastic Surgery, New York University School of Medicine.

Director, Center for Restorative Surgery.

Progression through Reduction: A Salient Principle in Reconstructive Surgery

 

2002 Ray C. J. Chiu, MD, PhD

Professor of Cardiovascular Surgery, McGill University

Comparative History of Chinese and Western Medicine.

 

2003 John C. L. Wang, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University.

Senior Member, Rogosin Institute.

Nephrology: Back to the Basics.

2004 Yuman Fong, M.D.

Chief, Gastric & Mixed Tumor Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Hepatic Carcinoma

2005 Chun K. Yip, M.D.

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032

A New Approach to the Vanishing Lung

2006 Ren-Ke Li, M.D., PhD

Stem Cell Research, Myocardial Recovery

2007 Arthur P. Liang, M.D./M.P.H. Associate Director for Food Borne Diseases, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA.

Food Borne Diseases