K. S. Clifford Chao

Biography

Education Kaohsiung Medical School, Taiwan, M.D., 1982, Medicine Experience Director, Biomedical Industry Center ( Preparatory Office ), China Medical University Hospital, August 2014 to present. Superintendent, Cancer Center, China Medical University Hospital, August 2014 to present. Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, May 2008 to 2015. Residency Program Director, Radiation Oncology Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, May 2008 to 2014. Professor and Chief, Division of Radiation Oncology, Weill Cornell College of Medicine, May 2008 to 2015. Director of Combined Radiation Oncology Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center- Weill Cornell College of Medicine, May 2008 to 2015. Director of Image-guided Therapy, Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston TX, June 2002-April 2008. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Cancer Center Committee, St. Louis, MO, July 1998-April 2002. Washington University Medical Center, Human Studies Committee, Internal Review Board, St.Louis, MO, July 1999-April 2002. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Associate Director of Residency Training Program, St. Louis, MO July 1998-April 2002. Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Cancer Center, Education Subcommittee, St. Louis, MO, July 1988-April 2002. President, North America Taiwanese Medical Association, St. Louis, MO, June 2001 – May 2002. Chair, Membership Committee, North America Taiwanese Professor Association, St. Louis, MO. July 1999-April 2001. Award(s) and honor(s) Best Doctors in America, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2011-2012,2012-2013, 2013-2014. America’s Top Doctors, Castle Connolly Medical – New Yorker Magazine, 2012, 2013, 2014. Taiwanese American Citizen League (TACL) and Taiwanese American Professionals (TAP) Life Time Achievement Award, 2012. Chu H. Chang Distinguished Professor, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 2008. Keynote Speaker of 2014 Second Chinese World Congress of Radiological Sciences, Suzhou, China. Keynote Speaker of 2009 Asian Pacific Head and Neck Oncology Congress, Taipei, Taiwan, September 18, 2009 Keynote Speaker of 2008 International Symposium on Cancer Nanotechnology and Image-guidedTherapy, Taipei, Taiwan, December 25, 2008 Keynote Speaker of 2006 Taiwan Radiology Society meeting, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, March 26, 2006. Keynote Speaker of 2006 International Society of Gastroenterology Oncology ICACT/ISGIO meeting, Paris, France, February 1, 2006. Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology, Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Chicago, Illinois, November 30, 2005. Keynote Speaker of 8th Japan 3-D CRT Symposium, Ciba, Japan, July 25, 2003. Richard Evan Memorial Lecture at University of Kansas. February 14, 2003. ASTRO/ESTRO Travel Award Oct. 1997. Essay Award - Gilbert H. Fletcher Society, Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Gilbert H. Fletcher Society, Houston, Texas, April 7-9, 1994. Essay Award - American Brachytherapy Society, Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the American Brachytherapy Society, Scottsdale, Arizona December 8-11, 1993. Best Intern of the Year, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, 1982 President, Medical Student Association, Kaohsiung Medical School, 1981 Head, Aboriginal Area Medical Service Corporation, Kaohsiung Medical School, 1980

Research Interest

Radiation Oncology