Chaoyuan Kuang, MD, PhD

Chaoyuan Kuang, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor, Oncology, Medicine and Molecular Pharmacology at Montefiore Einstein and Co-Leader, GI Clinical and Translational Research at Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center. His clinical focus is on the treatment of patients with colorectal and other gastrointestinal malignancies, as well as the enrollment of patients into clinical trials.

In 2007, Dr. Kuang graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, earning his Bachelor of Science in chemistry. He then attended the University of Michigan until 2015, earning his Doctor of Medicine as well as his Doctor of Philosophy in cell/molecular biology. For his postdoctoral training, Dr. Kuang went to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, completing an internship in medicine in 2016, a residency in medicine in 2017, a clinical fellowship in hematology/oncology in 2019 and a research fellowship in hematology/oncology in 2021.

Through preclinical research of colorectal cancer using tissue culture and mouse models of cancer, Dr. Kuang’s research focus is on the discovery of novel therapies and biomarkers of cancer and scientific development of early phase trials for cancer. He has shared his research through peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, seminars, and oral and poster presentations.

Dr. Kuang is board certified in internal medicine. He is a member of several professional societies including the American Society for Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the American Association for Cancer Research and the Society for Immunotherapy in Cancer.