Lillian S. Kao, MD, MS, MBA is Professor and Division Chief of Acute Care Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She holds the (endowed) Jack H. Mayfield, MD, Chair in Surgery, and she is Vice Chair for Quality for the Department of Surgery. She is co-founder and co-director for the Center for Surgical Trials and Evidence-based Practice (C-STEP) at UTHealth. Dr. Kao is a founding member of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS). She is also the outgoing lead of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Workgroup for the Committee on Trauma and a member of the Diversity, Equity, Excellence, and Inclusion Task Force of the American Surgical Association.

Deepa A. Iyengar, MD, MPH, is a professor and vice chair for the Department of Family and Community Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. She is also the medical director for two UT Physicians clinics. Dr. Iyengar is board certified in family medicine and focuses on providing care that is respectful and responsive to each patient’s preferences, needs, and values with respect to clinical decisions. Dr. Iyengar has an interest in health conditions unique to people of Southeast Asian descent, women’s health, and obesity. She is the director and coordinator of McGovern’s Global Health Scholarly Concentration and Center for Global Health, and inaugural holder of the Schultz Endowed Professorship in Global Health.

Dr. Tue A. Dinh practices plastic and reconstructive surgery in Houston in the Institute for Reconstructive Surgery within the Division of Plastic Surgery of the Houston Methodist Hospital and Weill–Cornell Medical College. Dr. Dinh graduated from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine with honors; obtained his general surgery training at University of Texas at San Antonio, his plastic surgery residency at Baylor College of Medicine and completed 2 fellowships in Reconstructive Microsurgery and Aesthetic Surgery. He is board-certified in plastic surgery, and his practice is mostly reconstructive. His reconstructive interests include microsurgical functional reconstruction after trauma or cancer resection, coverage of complex wounds, and perineal/genital/pelvic reconstruction.

Dr. Dinh has given lectures in numerous academic conferences and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals. Annually for the past 20 years (with the exception of Covid years), he and his brothers have led a team of volunteer physicians to Vietnam to teach local physicians and perform surgery for indigent patients at Danang General Hospital, where his late father, Dr. Tung Van Dinh, was the director until 1975. Dr. Dinh is active in the local Houston Vietnamese American medical community. He is a past president of the Vietnamese American Medical Association of Greater Houston (VAMA-GH) and currently serves as president of the Texas Society of Plastic Surgeons (TSPS). He is an active member and participates in several committees in local, state, and national plastic surgery organizations and the Texas Medical Association (TMA). Dr. Dinh resides in Houston, Texas with his wife and their two children.

Stephen Chao, MD (pronouns: he/him/his) is a family physician who has practiced in the underserved safety-net/community health setting for the last ten years in Houston, Texas. He is the medical director of the Squatty Lyons Health Center in Humble, Texas, one of the twelve Community Health Centers that are part of Harris Health System, and is also an Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Born and raised in Houston, he attended Rice University, graduating with degrees in Biochemistry and Health Policy. He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and also completed his family medicine residency training at UT Health San Antonio. Upon returning to his hometown of Houston, Dr. Chao became involved in the Chinese American Doctors Association of Houston and was elected president of the Association from 2016-2017. He also was involved with OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates, serving on the Greater  Houston chapter board for more than ten years. Dr. Chao currently serves on the board of  the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians, and also recently served on the national board of Physicians for a National Health Program. He believes in providing health care for all.

Dr. Lu-Yu Hwang is a Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Global Health at the UTHealth School of Public Health (UTSPH) at Houston. She graduated from National Taiwan University School of Medicine with a MD degree, then was trained as a Pediatrician at NTU hospital and an infectious diseases epidemiology research fellow scientist at the Naval Medical Research Unit No 2, and the University of Washington School of Public Health. 

She has begun her hepatitis B epidemiology research on mother-to infant transmission and vaccine prevention trials since 1978 as the NIH fellow at NAMRU2/University of Washington with Dr. Beasley. During past 40+ years. She has conducted several viral hepatitis incidence studies of transmission, natural history & prevention among various population in high endemic countries such as Asia, Africa. She has studied drug using/MSM high risk population on hepatitis/HIV risk and vaccine prevention in Houston. Dr. Hwang has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and research at UTHealth and is a current member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, American Public Health Association, and American College of Epidemiology.  She has been the director or advisory committee member on several NIH Fogarty training grants for HIV/TB/Hepatitis in Asia/Africa; a consultant to local government & NGOs for hepatitis prevention & elimination. She currently is the Board Advisor of National Task Force on Hepatitis B. She has been advocating Toward Global Elimination of Hepatitis B and C in many countries and settings.

Audrey Nath is a pediatric epileptologist who is passionate about teaching, communication and advocacy. She lends her expertise to fight for appropriate medical care of incarcerated and detained people, and she has advocated for Medicaid expansion at the Texas state Capitol. She works towards representation of underrepresented minorities in medicine as the National Grants and Charitable Giving Director for Chasing Medicine and mentor for Momentum Education. She is a Community Advisory Board Member for The Village Connect, which promotes evidence-based, multidisciplinary solutions for unhoused people in the Houston area. She serves as a member of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Medical Advisory Board.

Chris Doan is an MS3 at the John Sealy School of Medicine at UTMB. He currently sits on the APAMSA National Board as one of the Hepatitis Directors. He has experience in developing HBV screening initiatives in AANHPI populations. He also oversees the planning for the annual Hepatitis Conference and supports chapters across the country in their HBV-related screening and education efforts.

Jerry Liu is an MS2 at the Texas A&M College of Medicine and one of the Community Outreach committee members. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Texas at Austin and worked as a software developer before switching over to medicine. Outside of school, he enjoys dancing west coast swing, baking, and playing volleyball.

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