User:FacultiesIntact/sandbox/Andrew Kung

Andrew Kung is a physician and scientist. He serves as Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at Memorial Sloan Kettering, heading its clinical, research, and educational projects.[1][2]

Biography edit

Andrew Kung earned his MD at the Stanford University School of Medicine before completing his residency at Children’s Hospital Boston.

Career edit

Kung was a faculty member at both the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School before moving to Columbia University Medical Center to lead the division of pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplantation.[2] He specializes in using cancer genomics, precision medicine, and stem cell transplantation to care for patients.[3] His research is centered on identifying the root causes of pediatric cancers and in turn developing new treatments to benefit pediatric cancer patients.[1] He became the chairman of the department of pediatrics at MSK in 2016.[2]

Memberships edit

Awards edit

  • Castle Connolly: America’s Top Doctors (2016-2017)[5]
  • Castle Connolly: New York's Top Doctors (2016-2017)[5]
  • Eugene D. O'Kelly Award, American Cancer Society (2013)[6]

Significant publications edit

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=search&db=pubmed&term=kung%20al%5Bau%5D

External links edit

https://www.mskcc.org/cancer-care/doctors/andrew-kung

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Despite Actionable Results, Cancer Sequencing Projects Struggle to Get Patients on Targeted Drugs". GenomeWeb. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  2. ^ a b c July 3; 2016. "Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center names pediatrics chairman". www.healio.com. Retrieved 2019-04-19. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Childhood cancer death rates continue to fall: CDC". UPI. Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  4. ^ "The American Society for Clinical Investigation". Retrieved 2019-04-19.
  5. ^ a b http://www.castleconnolly.com/doctors/profiles/andrew-l-kung-pediatric-hematology-oncology/
  6. ^ "Login Page". acsmnhtn.ejoinme.org. Retrieved 2019-04-19.