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Stephen Chao, MD is a family physician at Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center in Houston, Texas. He is currently also a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and was previously on the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine as well. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, 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, is a past president of the Chinese American Doctors Association of Houston, is the current vice-president of Health Care For All Texas, and also presently serves on the board of Physicians for a National Health Program.

Dr. Chao completed his family medicine residency training at UT Health San Antonio and is committed to caring for the underserved residents of Houston and Harris County. His interests include care for immigrant and refugee populations, community health, and public policy. He believes in providing health care for all.

He also serves or has served on the boards of Refugee Services of Texas-Houston, OCAGreater Houston, Light and Salt Association, Eastside Promotoras de la Buena Salud, and the San Antonio Healthcare-NOW Coalition.

Dr. Wu completed his undergraduate degrees in mechanical engineering and biology at Stanford University and his MD and PhD degrees in the MSTP program at Duke University School of Medicine. After internal medicine residency at the Duke Hospital, he completed his training in general cardiology at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and a research fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital prior to becoming an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He move to Stanford University School of Medicine in 2012 where he is now the Endowed Faculty Scholar of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children, an Associate Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, Pediatrics, and the Associate Director at the Stanford Cardiovascular Institute. He was previous the National President of APAMSA in 1995-1996.

Ruey Hu, MD, MPH, who hails from Toronto, Canada, served as national president of APAMSA from 2016 to 2018. Ruey studied molecular biology at Princeton with certificates in computer science, neuroscience, and Chinese language and culture. He completed an MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He graduated from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed residency in internal medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He is currently a cardiology fellow at Yale. He is very passionate about clinical research and is a member of the Delta Omega Public Health Honor Society. Ruey finds joy in motivating others to do what they are passionate about. While on national board, Ruey’s favorite part of the job was getting to meet the spirited and hardworking members of APAMSA across our chapters. He enjoys continuing to advise medical students today.

Nolan Kagetsu is faculty co-adviser for the APAMSA chapter at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Nolan studied chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduating from Albany Medical College, he completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Mount Sinai West and a fellowship in Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology at NYU. He currently is a diagnostic neuroradiologist for the Mount Sinai West Department of Radiology. He lives in Manhattan with his partner.

He serves on the American College of Radiology Committee for Diversity and Inclusion and has written about unconscious bias, microaggression, and being an upstander. He is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Diagnostic, Molecular and Interventional Radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. He was a diagnostic program director for 15 years and has spoken about interview preparation at the National APAMSA meeting.

While Nolan was born in Canada, he self identifies as sansei, since his grandparents immigrated from Japan to Canada.

You can follow him on Twitter @nkagetsu and Instagram @NYCneurorad

Dr. Lee is a private practice radiologist in Los Alamitos, CA. He has been Chair of the Advisory Board for APAMSA for years, and was one of the original student organizers that helped lead to the formation of APAMSA in 1995. He is a board member of the National Council of Asian Pacific Islander Physicians (NCAPIP). He has been involved with the National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) since 1994, serving in many roles including National President, President of its Chicago chapter, and co-chair of the 2008 National Convention. He is also a past president of the Orange County chapter of OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates, and is the Medical Advisor for the Diagnostic Medical Sonography programs at Platt College.

Dr. Lee received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Sciences at Harvard University and obtained his medical degree from the University of Maryland. He completed his residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of Chicago, where he was chief resident, and a fellowship in abdominal imaging at Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School in Boston.

On the side, he and his wife, Misa have been doing improv comedy for years with group such as Cold Tofu, Los Angeles’ longest running APA improv troupe. Jhemon has also been writing and performing sketch comedy with a new APA comedy group, “No MSG Added.”