Education:
Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center. Seattle, WA.
Clinical Instructor. 7/2002-6/2003
Pediatric Urology, Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center. Seattle, WA.
Pediatric Urology Fellow. 7/2001-6/2002
Department of Urology, UCLA Medical Center. Los Angeles, CA.
Urology Resident Training Program. 6/1995-6/2001
Mount Sinai School of Medicine. New York, NY.
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) 7/1987-5/1995
MD Awarded 5/1995
PH.D in Biomedical Sciences (Biophysical Sciences) awarded 6/1993
Brown University, Providence, RI.
Sc.B with Honors in Biochemistry. 5/1987
Research:
PH.D. Dissertation: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics in the laboratory of Dr. Harel Weinstein, Professor and Chairman. From 7/89-6/93. The Role of Flexibility in the Specific Interactions of “Even” Zinc Fingers to DNA.
Research Assistant. New York Public Health Research Institute (NYPHRI) in the laboratory of Dr. David S. Perlin, Professor and Director. I developed hydrophobic labeling techniques for Saccharomyces cerevisiae plasma membrane ATPase and novel purification protocol of protein. 1996-1987
Honors:
Residency:
Pfizer Scholar in Urology Award – UCLA 2001
Pfizer Scholar in Urology Award – Harbor/UCLA 1999
Medical School:
Traineeship on the Medical Scientist Trainign Program (MSTP) training grant from the NIH
Clinical Clerkship Honors – Psychiatry, Urology, ObGyn, Opthalmology, Anesthesia, Otolaryngology, Sr. Pediatrics, Sr. Medicine, Geriatrics.
Basic Science Achievement Award – 1995
Rosenbluth Foundation Fellow – 1995
Doctoral Dissertation Award – 1994
Nathan Selz Award for Meritorious Research in Renal and Cardiovascular Diseases – 1993
1st Place Poster, Eastern Student Research Forum – 1993
AIDS Research with Chiang Mai University and the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Thailand – 1994
Chinese American Medical Society Award – 1988
Grouch Memorial Award – 1988