PRESIDENTS OF CAMS

1964-2023

Shyh-Jong Yue, MD

First President

1964,1965

Deceased, 2000

Associate Clinical Professor of

Rehabilitation Medicine

Columbia University
Director, Rehabilitation Medicine

St. Luke’s Hospital
Promoted acceptance of acupuncture by New York State licensing bureau

Percy P. Tung, MD

President, 1966, 1967

Assistant Attending Anesthesiologist

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center;

Director, Anesthesiology Service,

Parsons Hospital, Flushing, NY

Co-Founder of CAMS

David Ming Chang Ju, M.D.

President, 1968

Deceased, 1996

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, Columbia University;
Chief of Head & Neck Service, Francis Delafield Hospital

Kenneth Chia-Che Sze, M.D.

President, 1969

Deceased, 2012

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery, NYU School of Medicine; Attending Surgeon, French Hospital, NYU Downtown Hospital and Beth Israel Medical Center

Major, U.S. Army Medical Corps

William Shing-Zung Kuh, M.D.
President, 1970

Deceased, 1992

Affiliated with the Department of Family Practice, Somerset Medical Center, Somerville, NJ
President, Somerset County Medical Society, 1985

Min-Chu Li, M.D.

President, 1971, 1972

Deceased, 1980

Director of Medical Research and Oncology, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, NY;

Director of Cancer Center, Scripps Memorial Hospital, La Jolla, CA

Recipient of Alfred Sloan Award in 1957 and Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Research in 1972

Jerome Wei-Ping Loh, M.D., Ph.D.
President, 1973, 1974

Deceased, 1988

Clinical Professor of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine;
Chairman, Department of Pathology, Methodist Hospital, Gary, IN.
Medical Director, Indiana Sickle Cell Foundation

Kuo Chen Wang, M.D.
President, 1975

Deceased, 2012

Attending Anesthesiologist, St. Clare Hospital, NYC and
St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY

Eddy C.K. Tong, M.D.
President, 1976, 1977

Deceased, 2015

Associate Professor of Radiology, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine;
Director of Radiology, Cumberland Hospital, North General Hospital and
Metropolitan Hospital Center
Outstanding Alumnus Award of National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan

Joseph C. Lin, M.D.
President, 1978

Deceased, 2018

Professor of Radiology, NYU School of Medicine; Director of Neuroradiology,
University Hospital and Bellevue Hospital
Leader of the First CAMS visit to People’s Republic of China, 1978

Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D.
President, 1979

Professor of Physiology;
Director of Circulatory Physiology and Biophysics, College of P & S, Columbia University
Recipient of National Medal of Science from President Obama at the White House, 2011

Samuel D.J. Yeh, M.D., Sc.D
President, 1980

Deceased, 2022

Associate Professor of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Attending Physician of Nuclear Medicine, Endocrinology and Clinical Chemistry, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
One of 3 founding and volunteer physicians of Chinatown Health Clinic, 1971

Dorothy C. Yang, M.D.

President, 1981

Deceased, 2007

Associate Medical Director, Stanley S. Lamm Institute for Developmental

Disability, Long Island College Hospital

Hsueh hwa Wang, M.D.
President, 1982

Executive Director 1986-2011

Deceased 2021

Professor of Pharmacology and Director of Graduate Studies,
Columbia University
Outstanding Women Scientist Award, Association for Women in Science,
New York Chapter, 1991

Chu-Huai Chang, M.D.
President, 1983

Deceased, 2010

Professor Emeritus, Radiation Oncology, Columbia University;
Past Director, Radiation Therapy Service, NY Presbyterian Hospital
Outstanding Radiation Oncologist Award, Roentgen Society, 1989

Thomas King, M.D.
President, 1984

Deceased 2019

Associate Professor of Medicine and Biophysics, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University
President, New York Trudeau Society, 1978-1979

Lillian K. Chen, M.D.
President, 1985

Chairman of Anesthesiology, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Staten Island, NY

David T. W. Chiu, M.D.
President, 1986, 1987

Professor of Plastic Surgery, NYU School of Medicine;
Director, Center for Restorative Surgery
Gold Medal, Alumni Association,

College of P & S, 1997
Hanno Millesi Award for significant contribution on research of peripheral
Nerves, Vienna, 2010

Wen-Hsien Wu, M.D.

President, 1988, 1989

Professor & Chairman of Anesthesiology; Director of Pain Management

Center, UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School

Stanley Chang, M.D.
President, 1990, 1991

Edward Harkness Professor of Ophthalmology, Columbia University;
Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, Presbyterian Hospital
Selected as National Physician of the Year by Castle Connolly Guides, 2008

John K.H. Li, M.D.
President, 1992, 1993

Deceased 2020

Associate Clinical Professor of Pathology, State University of New York, Brooklyn;
Chairman of Pathology,

Long Island College Hospital
Author of CAMS at 40 (1963-2003)
One of 3 founding and volunteer physicians of Chinatown Health Clinic, 1971

Sun-Hoo Foo, M.D.
President, 1994, 1995

Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, NYU School of Medicine;
Director of Neurology, NYU Downtown Hospital
Governor Cuomo Award for Outstanding Asian American, 1993
Co-founder, Tien An Men Foundation (TMF)

Marcus Loo, M.D.

President, 1996, 1997

Clinical Associate Professor of Urology, Weill Medical College of Cornell

University; Associate Attending Urologist, New York Presbyterian Hospital

Trustee, Cornell University

Raymond Fong, M.D.
President, 1998, 1999

Assistant Attending Surgeon, Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital
President, Chinatown Health Clinic Foundation

John C. L. Wang, M.D.
President, 2000, 2001

Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Medical Advisory Board, National Kidney Foundation

Daisy Saw, M.D.
President, 2002, 2003

Assoc. Prof. of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine; Associate Director
of Anatomic Pathology, New York Hospital Queens
Board member, Chinese Unit, American Cancer Society

Tak Kwan, M.D.
President, 2004, 2005

Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein School of Medicine;
Senior Associate Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiology, Beth Israel Medical Center
Honoree, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 2010

Pak Chung, M.D.
President, 2006, 2007

Associate Professor of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and New York Presbyterian Hospital
Director, Chinatown Health Clinic Foundation

Wilson Ko, M.D.

President, 2008, 2009

Deceased 2015

Professor of Surgery, New York Medical College

Co-Director, Asian Cardiovascular Services, Beth Israel Medical Center

Honoree, Ellis Island Medal of Honor, 2008

Warren W. Chin, M.D.
President, 2010, 2011

Executive Director, 2012 - Present

Clinical Instructor in Medicine and Assistant Attending, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, and Beth Israel Medical Center

Raymond L. Yung, M.D.
President, 2012, 2013

Clinical Instructor, Department of Otolaryngology, Beth Israel Medical Center
Clinical Instructor, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, New York University Medical Center

Danny Fong, M.D.
President, 2014, 2015

Private Practice

Paul C. Lee, M.D., M.P.H.
President, 2016, 2017

Systems Director of Thoracic Surgery, Northwell Health
Director of Comprehensive Lung and Foregut Institute, Northwell Health
Professor, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine